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Install Transmission BitTorrent 2.83 in Ubuntu 14.04

According to the developers: Transmission doesn’t bundle toolbars, pop-up ads, flash ads, twitter tools, or anything else. It doesn’t hold some feaures back for a payware version. Its source code is available for anyone to review. They don’t track users, and their website and forums have no third-party ads or analytics Uses less CPU than any other GUI client, including some non-GUI clients Transmission also has the lowest memory footprint of any major BitTorrent client Transmission has the features you want from a BitTorrent client: encryption, a web interface, peer exchange, magnet links, DHT, µTP, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, webseed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.

Nvidia 337.25 Linux Graphics Driver Released

Fixed a performance regression when running KDE with desktop effects using the OpenGL compositing backend Fixed a regression that could cause OpenGL rendering corruption on X screens with 30 bit per pixel color Fixed several cosmetic issues in the clock control user interface of nvidia-settings. Added support for the GLX_EXT_stereo_tree extension Fixed a bug that could cause OpenGL programs to freeze under some low memory conditions. Updated the display configuration page in nvidia-settings to uniquely identify DisplayPort 1.

uGet 1.10.4 Released with added Celebration

Resume downloads. Queue downloads. Classify downloads in categories. Mozilla Firefox integration (through Flashgot plugin). Clipboard monitoring. Import downloads import from HTML files. Batch download. It also can be launched from the command line. Added support for Magnet Links via the aria2 Plugin Added GnuTLS support (configure –enable-gnutls) Added new languages & updated existing languages Added a new “Check for Updates” feature. Added a new “Message Banner” which allows us to provide uGet related info to all uGetters.

Install TV-Maxe 0.10 in Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10

TV-MAXEis an application similar to soap, allowing users to watch TV stations and listen to radio via different streams. Currently it has a large number of channels, both romanian and international as the default channel lists. See listfor available channels Key changes: per-channel image settings; Unity AppIndicator support; Project Petrodava, a feature that allows the application to bypass blocked ports by redirecting the audio/video stream through port 80. This feature is also useful for users with slow Internet connections.