How to Install 0 A.D. Alpha 21 Released on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

    The twenty-first alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare. This alpha features new game modes, plenty of new maps, the official introduction of the final civilization: The Seleucid Empire and more!

Top New Gameplay Features In 0 A.D. Alpha 21 Released

• Herocide/Regicide: You start with a hero and are defeated when he or she dies.
• Wonder Victory: Now you can change the time from when the wonder is built to when you win. Either set it to 0 so you win as soon as the wonder is built or to anywhere between 1 and 120 minutes for a chance for the opponents to destroy it before the match is won.
• Last Man Standing: Only one player can win the game. Form temporary alliances to eliminate common competitors. But be careful: as the remaining players struggle for victory, allies are forced to turn against you. This mode can be played with every victory condition.

How to install Sigil 0.9.7 EPUB Ebook Editor on Ubuntu 16.10 and 16.04

    Sigil is a free, open source, multi-platform ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format (both ePub 2 and ePub 3).

This Sigil-0.9.7 release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users.

Bug Fixes

•     Allow tags in the svg and mathml namespace to automtically self-close if empty to help work around a bug in Kindlegen that will not seem to accept a closing svg image tag even though image is non-void
•     Prevent TextTab from constantly recentering page when focus is lost
•     Fix bugs in plugin basename_to_id when used with xpgt files or any unrecognized extensions
•     Fix typos in pls mimetype in plugins

How to Install Planetarium App KStars 2.7.0 on Ubuntu 16.10

    KStars 2.7.0 is released on Oct. 28th, 2016 and can be installed on a number of platforms, most notably Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux.

KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites. For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales, the KStars Astrocalculator to predict conjunctions, and many common astronomical calculations.

KStars 2.7.0 features:

•     much better experience on embedded devices such as Raspberry PI
•     object internet lookup from online catalogs
•     Ekos GUI improvements, especially on low-resolution displays.
•     guide module rewritten to support multiple external guiders

Install HP Print Drivers HPLIP 3.16.10 Adds New Printers

    HPLIP is a free, open-source HP-developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.

HPLIP  the latest 3.16.10 has been released with following new printers support:

•     HP officejetPro7740 wide Format All in one
•     HP Office jet 6950 All-in-One printer
•     HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s3 Sheet-feed Scanner
•     HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow 5000 s4 Sheet-feed Scanner

How to install Shotwell 0.25.0 released on Ubuntu 16.10

   Shotwell 0.25.0 is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop Shotwell can import photos and videos from a digital camera directly. Shotwell automatically groups photos and videos by date, and supports tagging. Its image editing features allow users to straighten, crop, eliminate red eye, and adjust levels and color balance. It also features an auto "enhance" option that will attempt to guess appropriate levels for the image.

Shotwell 0.25.0 Changelog:

•     Add contrast to improvements
•     Add a log when shifting events
•     Add a debug output of the current timezone
•     Fix compilation with recent Vala compiler
•     Fix focus handling of full-screen viewer
•     Remove obsolete CSS style property
•     Support ACDSEE tags

How to Install DeaDBeeF 0.7.2-1 on Ubuntu 16.10

DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is an audio player for GNU/Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, Mac OS X, and other UNIX-like systems. There's also the DeaDBeeF For Android, which is a very different product. There are no Windows or iOS versions though.

Main features (the list is most likely far from complete):

•     mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, ape, wv/iso.wv, wav, m4a/mp3 (aac and alac), mpc, tta, cd audio, and many more
•     nsf, ay, vtx, vgm/vgz, spc and many other popular chiptune formats
•     SID with HVSC song length database support for sid
•     tracker modules - mod, s3m, it, xm, etc

How to install Adobe Flash Player 24 Beta on Ubuntu 16.10

   Adobe Flash Player 24 drives innovation for rich, engaging digital experiences with new features for cross-platform browser-based viewing of expressive rich internet applications, content, and videos across devices. This beta release provides access to the Flash Player 24 runtime for Mac OS and Windows desktop environments.

   Adobe says it will release both the NPAPI and PPAPI (used in Chrome) versions of Flash Player for Linux. However, the NPAPI version will not support or add any advanced features and capabilities, like DRM, GPU acceleration, Stage 3D, etc.


Installation instructions: 


1. Install Flash Player 11.2 from Canonical Partners repository:

•     Launch Software & Updates, and enable Canonical Partners repository in Other Software tab. Then close it.