MATE Dock Applet 0.75

MATE Dock Applet 0.75 Dock Applet is a MATE panel applet that displays running applications/windows as icons. MATE Dock Applet 0.75 changes: app actions (like pin/unpin, etc.) have been removed from the window list and now appear in place of the window list when the mouse hovers over an app’s dock icon; a new configuration […]

UNetbootin create bootable Live USB drives

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file. Features UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive It loads distributions either by […]

How To Install Legacy Apps on Unity 8 in Ubuntu 16.10

Ubuntu 16.10 come with an optional Unity 8 preview session pre-installed, ready for you to play with. It’s more of a technical demo than a fully-fledged alternative to the standard Unity 7 desktop, but you may be curious to stress test it nonetheless. Providing you have hardware that support it, using Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.10 is actually an okay experience. […]

How To Access Your Google Drive on Ubuntu 16.04

Want to access your Google Drive files natively on Ubuntu? Sure you do, and you can. If you read this site regularly (or are fairly up-to-speed in all things Linux) then you’ll know that GNOME 3.18brought with it the nifty ability to access your Google Drive files on Linux through the Nautilus file manager. ‘Get […]

Kdenlive 16.08.2 released | Kdenlive

Kdenlive 16.08.2 has been released. The update is the second ‘bug fix’ release in the Kdenlive 16.08 series, which made its debut back in August. It solves a number of ‘keyframe related problems as well as improvements to proxy clip rendering, user interface, workflow and compilation issues.’ Kdenlive 16.08.2 lets you copy and paste keyframes on clips and […]

[TUTORIAL]How to setup SP_Flash_Tool_Linux (MTK/MediaTek Soc)

Step 1: If you haven’t done so before, install the Linux generic usb-drivers package: Code: sudo apt-get install libusb-dev Download https://androidmtk.com/smart-phone-flash-tool I recommend version 5.1604 or newer. Step 2: Extract the downloaded file -> graphic file manager (e.g. Nautilus): double-click and extract. Terminal: Code: unzip path_to_file (from now on: please adapt paths to your own […]

How to take screenshots on Ubuntu 16.04 with ScreenCloud

Screenshots come in handy in many situations. For example, while making tutorials, discussing problems, or sharing information. What I mean to say is that it’s a very common activity, so much so that there’s a dedicated keyboard button to take screenshots. However still, there are many screenshot taking applications available in the market, and their […]