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NetBeans IDE 8.2 released, Install on Ubuntu 16.04

<p style="text-align: justify;"> – There are diferent NetBeans IDE <a href="https://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html" target="_blank">download bundles</a> available. Download the desired bundle or download for all bundles. For the purpose of this post, I am downloading for ALL </p> <pre>sudo apt-get purge openjdk* sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer wget http://download.netbeans.org/netbeans/8.2/final/bundles/netbeans-8.2-linux.sh chmod +x netbeans-8.2-linux.sh ./netbeans-8.2-linux.sh<p style="text-align: justify;"> – Follow on-screen wizard to install your IDE </p>

Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak Final Beta released

The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 16.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 13th, 2016. Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images: Yakkety Final Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 4.8 kernel, and much more.

digiKam 5.2.0 released, with better shape and face recognition

<pre>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:philip5/extra sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install digikam5<h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #003366;">How to remove digiKam 5.2.0 from Ubuntu 16.04</span> </h3> <pre>sudo apt remove digikam5 sudo apt autoremove

SmartGit 8.0.1 available, Install on Ubuntu 16.04

<li> Log: memory leak if having the Log window open for a long time </li> <li> Refresh, File Monitor: smartgit.fileMonitor.excludeIgnoredDirectories=false does not work properly </li> <li> Stash-on-demand: possible internal error related to progress display </li> </ul>

VMware Workstation Player 12.5 released, Install on Ubuntu 16.04

VMware Workstation Player 12.5 recently released, is a free for personal use piece of software that can be used by anyone to run (or playback) virtual machines that were initially created with the Oracle Virtualbox or VMware Workstation applications and exported as appliances. VMware Workstation Player 12.5 Changelog   What’s New How to install VMware Workstation Player 12.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 Follow on screen installer to complete the installation