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Audacious 3.9 Released With Qt User Interface Enhancements, More [PPA]

| Date: August 22, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: audacious, linux, music player, ubuntu, windows

Audacious 3.9 was released recently, bringing much-needed updates to the QT UI, along with various other enhancements.

Audacious 3.9 GTK2 interface
Audacious GTK2 interface

Audacious is a music player available for Linux and Windows, which ships with an extensive list of plugins, along with multiple interfaces: GTK2, GTK3, Qt5 and a Winamp2-like interface. Note that the builds from the main WebUpd8 PPA use the GTK2 and Qt5 interfaces.

Tool To Create Bootable Windows USB Stick From Linux `WinUSB` (Fork) Renamed To `WoeUSB`, Sees New Release

| Date: June 14, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: boot, linux, ubuntu, usb, windows

The WinUSB fork we covered a while back was renamed to WoeUSB recently, while also seeing quite a few releases for the past few days.

WoeUSB

WoeUSB / WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable Windows installer USB stick from an ISO or DVD. The application supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, as well Windows 10, and can be used either with a GUI or from the command line.

Streamlink 0.5.0 Adds Support For Streaming Google Drive / Google Docs Videos

| Date: April 05, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: cli, linux, livestreamer, macosx, streaming, streamlink, ubuntu, windows

Streamlink 0.5.0 was released yesterday, bringing support for streaming videos from Google Drive / Google Docs, along with other improvements.

Streamlink

Forked from Livestreamer, which is no longer maintained, Streamlink is a command line tool (and API) that can be used to stream videos from various streaming services, such as Twitch, YouTube Live and many more, and play them using your favorite video player, be it VLC, mpv, and more.

Code Editor `Brackets` 1.9 Released, Available In PPA

| Date: March 23, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: brackets, code editor, ide, linux, macosx, ubuntu, windows

Brackets is a free, open source code editor focused on front-end web development (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).

The application, which was originally developed by Adobe, is available for Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Brackets editor Linux

Streamlink Twitch GUI 1.2.0 Adds Support For Communities And Team Pages, Basic Hotkeys

| Date: March 20, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: linux, macosx, streamlink, twitch, ubuntu, windows

Streamlink Twitch GUI (previously Livestreamer Twitch GUI) is a multi-platform Twitch.tv browser.

The application is powered by Node.js, Chromium and Streamlink, though it can still use Livestreamer (which is no longer maintained) too.

Streamlink Twitch GUI

Using it, you can easily browse Twitch.tv and open streams in your favorite video player, like VLC, Totem, mpv and others.

Rclone 1.36 Released With SFTP And Local Symlinks Support, More

| Date: March 20, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: cloud, dropbox, google drive, linux, macosx, onedrive, rclone, sync, ubuntu, windows

cloud storage

Rclone 1.36 was released recently, bringing support for SFTP, local symbolic links support, mount improvements, along with many other new features and bug fixes.

For those not familiar with Rclone, this is a cross-platform command line tool for synchronizing files and folders to multiple cloud storages, which supports Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Amazon Drive, Microsoft One Drive, Yandex Disk, and more.

Import Your Geotagged Photos In Google Earth With Mapollage (KML File Generator)

| Date: March 08, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: google earth, linux, mapollage, photos, windows

Mapollage is a Java tool that can be used to put your geotagged photos on the map by creating an KML file that can be used with Google Earth.

mapollage google earth

Here's a quick demo of a KML file I created using Mapollage, loaded in Google Earth for Linux:

mapollage google earth

Firefox 52 Released With WebAssembly Support, Removes NPAPI Plugins Other Than Flash (Java, Silverlight)

| Date: March 07, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: browser, firefox, internet, linux, macosx, ubuntu, windows

Firefox 52 was released today and it includes two major changes: support for WebAssembly and the removal of support for NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API) plugins like Silverlight, Java, and others, with the exception of Flash.

Firefox 52 plugins

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