Firefox 11 Brings 3D Web Page Visualizer and CSS Style Editor

Posted on February 5, 2012 by mhnassif

Mozilla Firefox 11 web browser the latest development release brings several new features improves the web browsing experience for regular users and better developing environment for web developers. A couple of new developer features added lately to the Beta version of Mozilla Firefox 11 are a style editor for CSS editing web page elements and 3D web page visualizer tool allows you to easily check the web page structure in 3D. Continue reading →

LIVES 1.6.1 Video Editor Has Been Released | Changelog | Download

Posted on February 4, 2012 by mhnassif

LIVES is a free and open-source non-linear video editor. It has a simple user interface with many powerful features. it support a various types of audio/video formats and capable of rendering to advanced video coding “AVC”. The latest development release LIVES 1.6.1 brings OpenGL playback plugins, graphical user interface fixes and some bug fixes. Continue reading →

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Updates: Unity 5.2 Is Available to Update

Posted on February 3, 2012 by mhnassif

One day after the official release of Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 LTS Precise Pangolin, Unity 5.2 user interface is available to update from Precise repository. The last release brings several changes to Unity Dash and Compiz improvements to decrease Ubuntu Unity plugin crashes. Continue reading →

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Has Been Released | Download

Posted on February 3, 2012 by mhnassif

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 with codename “Precise Pangolin” has been released along with the second Alpha of other Ubuntu flavors such as “Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Mythbuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu”. Many of the recent changes to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin “development branch” we already have seen in the past few weeks in earlier posts at LinuxNov. However, let’s check what’s the release notes includes for Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 and Download options. Continue reading →

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Updates: The HUD will Replace Application Menus

Posted on February 2, 2012 by mhnassif

A few days ago, Mark Shuttleworth introduced the HUD in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. The HUD is a new way to search through application menus and run the required option directly using the HUD which stand for Head-Up Display. The HUD will replace menus for all applications supporting global menu. Continue reading →

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Updates: Ubuntu Software Center Displaying Multiple Screenshot Thumbnails

Posted on January 29, 2012 by mhnassif

Recently the latest release of Ubuntu Software Center version 5.1.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS “development branch” is displaying multiple screenshots beneath the main screenshot location if available. Continue reading →

Wine 1.4 Release Candidate 1 Released | What’s New | Download

Posted on January 29, 2012 by mhnassif

Wine application allows you to run Microsoft applications on Linux/Unix platforms. After many development releases for wine 1.3 here comes the first release candidate for the upcoming stable release wine 1.4. Check the what’s new in Wine 1.4 RC1, changes since Wine 1.3.37 and download options. Continue reading →

What’s New In Unity 2D 5.2 | Changelog | Installation Using PPA

Posted on January 21, 2012 by mhnassif

A few days ago Unity 5.0 released along with Unity 2D 5.2 for machines does not support the minimum hardware requirements for Unity. Both of them are available to update on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS using local repository. Unity 2D 5.2 brings new functionalities to unity launcher, better performance to the home dash menu and various bug fixes. Continue reading →

Install Luna Elementary Icon Theme On Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Posted on January 8, 2012 by mhnassif

The new Elementary icon theme for the next release of ElementaryOS with codename Luna is available install on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin for testing purposes. Continue reading →

[How To]: Install Kdenlive 0.8.2.1 Video Editor and Kdenlive 0.8.3 Development Release

Posted on January 7, 2012 by mhnassif

Kdenlive is a free and open source video editor, considered as one of the best video editor available so far for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Kdenlive support many camcorders, and cameras has a HDV capabilities. Kdenlive supports many multimedia formats supported by FFmpeg. Also it comes with several customizable video effects, and transitions by Frei0r. Continue reading →

What’s New In XBMC 11.0 Beta Eden | Download

Posted on January 6, 2012 by mhnassif

XBMC is a free and open-source entertaining multimedia software works on major platforms and gaming consoles such as Xbox and on PS3 compiled through Ubuntu. XBMC 11.0 with code name “Eden” Beta released few weeks ago. Check what’s new in XBMC 11.0 Beta and installation instructions on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot using PPA. Continue reading →

Wine 1.3.36 Supports Dynamic Devices Using UDisks

Posted on December 31, 2011 by mhnassif

Wine application allows you to run Microsoft Windows applications on Linux, BSD, and MAC OS X. This week development release Wine 1.3.36 supports dynamic devices using UDisks utility which allows you to mount, unmount, format, and safely remove devices “External USB drive, USB flash drive, hard drive,..etc”. Also this release has many enhancements, and several bug fixes. Continue reading →