Ubuntu 14.10 Supplementary wallpaper contest winners are announced. The Ubuntu Community wallpapers are selected from the flickr group. The winning entries for Ubuntu 14.10 are available now. Twelve Wallpapers are officially selected for the inclusion of Ubuntu 14.10 release. There are 400 images are submitted from various parts of the world for getting official inclusion…
Install Handbrake Video converter for Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint
Convert videos from one format to another format in Ubuntu 14.04 or in Linux Mint is not a very hard way. There are lot of powerfull video converters like ffmpeg are available in Ubuntu 14.04. Handbrake is a tool with very nice GUI in Ubuntu to convert videos from any format to widely supported popular…
Ubuntu 14.10 Beta released for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu
Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn series now entered into beta status. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin and Ubuntu GNOME flavours are now got first beta images for testing. This beta is the change indicator for upcoming Ubuntu 14.10 in October 2014. The changes from alpha release is very less but the distro is gradually improving…
Convert Audio, Video, Images and Documents in Ubuntu – FFMulticonverter
FF Multi Converter is a very simple utility in Ubuntu to convert all types of audio, video, image and document files from one format to another format with the help of a set of tools like FFmpeg, unoconv and PythonMagick. It has a very simple GUI so that conversion from one file format to another…
Ubuntu 14.10 Wallpaper Contest Started on Flickr
Ubuntu 14.10 Community Wallpaper contest started on Flickr Group of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 14.10 Wallpaper contest is now open for your entries. The community wallpapers are included in Ubuntu 14.10 DVD Image by default with the default wallpaper. These wallpapers are selected from the entries submitted in the Utopic Unicorn Wallpaper Submission Group in Flickr. A…
KDE Plasma 5 Desktop is released. Bring Convergence to KDE
KDE Plasma 5 Desktop is now officially available for download. It is the next iteration of KDE after KDE4. We can call it as KDE5 and is based on Qt5.KDE Framework 5 is used to create a more convergent desktop on various devices like PC, Tablets, Mobiles etc. There is no Big UI change from…
Linux Mint 17 KDE Released
The Most popular Linux Distro Linux Mint 17 KDE codenamed Qiana released now. It is based on the KDE 4.13.0. This is a Long Term Support Released and will get updates until 2019. Linux Mint KDE 17 comes with a completely revamed Update Manager. It show more information, looks better than the old and it does…
Install Telegram Desktop Client in Ubuntu 14.04 – Sigram
Telegram is an instant messaging app for Android, iOs. Telegram is a free and open source project. It focus on speed and security. Official Telegram clients are available for Windows and Mac OS X. There is no native client for Linux available now. Sigram is a native clent fro Telegram written in C++, C, Qt,…
Install Skype in Ubuntu 14.04
Skype 4.3 for linux is released with updated interface, cloud based group chat, support for PulseAudio 3 and 4, better desktop integration and much more. Latest Updates in Skype 4.3 much updated and polished user interface for skype 4.3. The update includes a revamped login window, main window, options screen etc. This update is a…
Change SSH Port from Default – Cent OS 6, Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 20
Changing the SSH port from the default running Port (ie Port 22) will strengthen the security and prevent lot of direct shell attacs to a server or virtual host running on Linux (Cent OS 6, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 or a Fedora 20 / 19). It adds another layer of security to the server and…
Mac OS X theme for Gnome – Adwaita OS X
Adwaita OS X is a Mac OS X like GTK theme for Gnome 3.12 created by kxmylo. The theme adds a fresh look to every window in Gnome 3.12 and a Mac OS X like look to it. There was another makeover for ubuntu to look like Mac OS X. It makes the whole…
Install Spotify Client In Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Spotify a great music streaming servie available in US now. Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs – from old favorites to the latest hits. Just hit play to stream anything you like. You can listen the music via web interface in spotify. There is a native client for spotify in Ubuntu. The…