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Install Corebird 0.8 Twitter Client on Ubuntu 14.04

<th align="left"> Description </th> <td align="left"> Compose Tweet </td> <td align="left"> Go one page back(this can be triggered via tha back button on the keyboard, the back thumb button on the mouse or <code>Alt + Left</code>) </td> <td align="left"> Go one page forward(this can be triggered via tha forward button on the keyboard, the forward thumb button on the mouse or <code>Alt + Right</code>) </td> <td align="left"> Go to page <code>num</code>(between 1 and 7 at the moment) </td> <td align="left"> Show/Hide sidebar </td>

Install KDE Plasma 5.0 on Ubuntu 14.04

An updated and modernized, cleaner visual and interactive user experience Smoother graphics performance thanks to an updated graphics stack The “converged Plasma shell” that loads up the desktop in Plasma 5.0 can be extended with other user experiences Modernized launchers Workflow improvements in the notification area Better support for high-density (high-DPI) displays

Install Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.394 on Ubuntu 14.04

Adobe has just recently released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.378and earlier versions for Linux and Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system / desktops including servers running Adobe Flash in a production environment. Adobe recommends users of Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.378 and earlier versions for Linux including Adobe Flash Player 14.

Install AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta on Ubuntu 14.04

Xorg/Xserver 7.4 and above (up to 1.15) Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.13) glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

Install FFmpeg 2.2.5 on Ubuntu 14.04

ffmpeg is a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats. ffserver is a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts. ffplay is a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries. ffprobe is a is a simple multimedia stream analyzer.

Install Phototonic 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04

[box type=”danger”] Phototonic 1.0.1 has just been released 2 days after 1.0 was released. This is to fix the following: Note, the PPA had been updated to 1.0.1 as same procedure as below would install the latest release [/box]

Install Meld 3.11.2 on Ubuntu 14.04

Meldis a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems. File and folder comparison panes can now be resized (Marco Brito) Folder comparisons now support scrolling between chunks using the mouse wheel in the link map, like file comparisons (Kai Willadsen) Don’t draw spurious actions for equal chunks (Kai Willadsen) Remove default sourceview behaviour for Alt+Left/Right (Kai Willadsen) Fix storing translated column names in configuration (Kai Willadsen) Several fixes for multiple windows in single-instance handling: Resolve relative paths relative to the correct instance (Kai Willadsen) Don’t create windows in the original instance when the calling instance errors out (Kai Willadsen) Raise the correct window for new windows in the same instance (Kai Willadsen) Exit correctly for command line errors in the calling instance (Kai Willadsen) Fix display of unicode paths in repositories (Kai Willadsen) Fix handling of unicode paths in recent files store (Kai Willadsen) Improve behaviour of Open External action, and handle spaces in filenames for the custom editor option (Kai Willadsen) Improve support custom installation prefixes (Kai Willadsen) Install Meld 3.

Install Selene 2.4.3 on Ubuntu 14.04

Encode videos to MKV/MP4/OGV/WEBM formats. Encode music to MP3/AAC/OGG/OPUS/FLAC/WAV formats. Option to pause/resume encoding Option to run in background and shutdown PC after encoding Bash scripts can be written to control the encoding process Commandline interface for unattended/automated encoding Added option for SOX Audio Processing Added check for missing encoders Added new About and Donation windows Fixed: ‘Add File’ button will remember the last input folder Fixed: Encoding fails if the /tmp directory is mounted with ‘noexec’ option