Gimp 2.8.0 Has Been Released | New Features Highlights | Download

Gimp is an advanced and free open-source image editor application, it works on many operating system including Linux, MAC OS X and Microsoft Windows. We have seen earlier on the development series 2.7.x many features which lands on the final release Gimp 2.8.0. Now, the final release is available to Download. So, let’s check out its highlights and download links. Continue reading

Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 Highlights For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

Ubuntu Tweak is a great tool allows you to easily configure and customize Ubuntu in many ways. The earlier development release 0.6.x series which has been release during the development stages of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS brought several new features dedicated to Ubuntu Precise. Now, the final stable release Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 brings full support to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, also Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 brings many bug fixes and new features to Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot release as well. Continue reading

[Reviews]: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Review

Finally! The latest stable release 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin is available to download in different flavors, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu. Many of the recent changes in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, we already have seen it any many post on the earlier builds of Precise at LinuxNov. However, in this post we will go through the recent major features in a quick review for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Continue reading

SoundBox Another GTK Multimedia player

There are many multimedia player with variety of features and different user interface, and here’s another one called SoundBox. SoundBox is a lightweight GTK multimedia player based on GStreamer. Continue reading

Nitro Task Manager Brings New Themes and More Translations

Nitro or Nitrotasks is a free and opensource task manager with a very simple user interface allows you to easily organize your tasks depending on the due dates, the importance of these tasks, adding multiple tasks to different lists. Also support searching through notes and tasks. The new release includes new themes, new translations to many languages and several bug fixes. Continue reading

Fedora 17 Beta “Beefy Miracle” Has Been Released | Download

Fedora 17 Beefy Miracle Beta is available to download. Almost 100% of the upcoming release Beefy Miracle features process are completed. Fedora 17 Beta brings the latest free and open source softwares. So, let’s check this highlights of this release and Download links. Continue reading

Cairo Dock 3.0.0 Has Been Released | What’s New

Cairo dock is an advanced applications launcher, it supports OpenGL and it works without OpenGL for graphic cards doesn’t support OpenGL. Cairo Dock allows you add multiple docks and applets, so, it could replace the default panels for your current desktop environment. Also it’s fully customizable with different themes and icons for each dock. Cairo Dock developers announced the last stable release version 3.0.0 with several new features, enhancements and bug fixes. Check installation instructions and what’s new down below. Continue reading

[How To]: Install XBMC 11.0 “Eden” Multimedia Center on Fedora 16 Verne

XBMC is a free and open source multimedia center, it’s available for cross-platforms. Probably you have seen a quick look for XBMC 11.0 Eden running on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot at LinuxNov in this post, if not, you might want to check it out for more information about what’s new in XBMC 11.0 Eden, because in this post we will have a look at the installation instructions for XBMC 11.0 Eden on Fedora 16 Verne only. Continue reading

[How To]: Install VLC 2.0.1 Multimedia Player on Fedora 16 Verne and Fedora 15 Lovelock

The maintenance release of VLC “Twoflower” multimedia player version 2.0.1 is available to install on Fedora 16 Verne and Fedora 15 Lovelock. A few weeks ago, we have seen the changelog and installation instructions for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Using PPA in this post. Continue reading

[How To]: Update To KDE 4.8.2 “Plasma and Applications” On Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

The second maintenance release of the major release KDE Plasma and Applications version 4.8 are now available to update for Kubuntu/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and its derivatives using Kubuntu backport PPA. Continue reading

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 2 Released | What’s New

Almost there! Day by day we are getting closer to the final stable release of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin the long term support release. Today the second beta release is available to download for the testing purposes. So, let’s check the recent changes to Ubuntu Precise Pangolin highlights. Continue reading

XBMC 11.0 Eden Multimedia Center Released | What’s New | Screenshots

Back to January 2012, we have seen the first Beta release of XBMC 11.0 Eden the free and open-source multimedia entertaining center. The Beta releases of XBMC 11.0 came with several new features, better hardware support since XBMC 10.0 Dharma, and improvements to the new default skin “Confluence”. After over a year since Dharma release, here comes the final stable release of XBMC 11.0 Eden. Check what’s new and Download options down below. Continue reading