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Packt's $5 eBook Bonanza is back!

Following on from the success of last year's festive offer, the publisher will be celebrating the holiday season with an even bigger $5 Bonanza.
From December 19th, customers will be able to get any eBook or Video from Packt for just $5. This sale covers every title in the 1700+ range and customers can grab as many as they like until January 3rd 2014 – more information is available at http://goo.gl/dpf8Mr

Install Zukitwo and Zukiwi theme in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

Zukitwo is well designed great light theme, Basically aim of this theme is to make GTK and Gnome-Shell looks better like Gtk theme(Adwaita Cupertino). This theme perfectly works with all resolutions bigger screens or you can use this with smaller screen. This theme support latest GTK and Gnome Shell 3.10/3.8/3.6/3.4. Zukiwi is almost same like zukitwo theme but with few changes. This theme support latest GTK 3.10/3.8/3.6.
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.
zonColor & Magical-light icons used in screenshots.

To install Zukitwo theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zukitwo

To install Zukiwi theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zukiwi

That's it

Source: Zukitwo, Zukiwi

Install Zukitwo Cupertino theme on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 (Gnome Shell 3.10/3.8/3.6/3.4)

Zukitwo-cupertino theme is made off the zukitwo theme, aim of this theme is to make Gnome-Shell look better like Zukitwo GTK version. It is tested and available for all current Gnome Shell versions 3.10/3.8/3.6/3.5.4/3.4. It works perfect with all resolutions even it's bigger or smaller. You can install Zukitwo GTK version also to make theme set complete for your desktop. zonColor icons used in screenshots, check icons collection.
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.

To install Zukitwo Cupertino theme in Ubuntu/Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zukitwo-cupertino-gs

That's it

Source: Zukitwo Cupertino

Install VLC 2.0.9 stable in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

Install VLC 2.2.0 daily builds in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.
VideoLAN and the VLC development team released the new major version of VLC, 2.2.0. With a new audio core, hardware decoding and encoding, port to mobile platforms, preparation for Ultra-HD video and a special care to support more formats, 2.2 is a major upgrade for VLC. Rincewind has a new rendering pipeline for audio, with better effiency, volume and device management, to improve VLC audio support. It supports many new devices inputs, formats, metadata and improves most of the current ones, preparing for the next-gen codecs.

Features:

Simple, fast and powerful media player.
Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed:

MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...

Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...
Completely Free, 0 spyware, 0 ads and no user tracking.
Can do media conversion and streaming.
More info.

What's new in these releases:

The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access. New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
MMS audio selection on split audio streams
Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection and navigation
Digital Cinema Package support
Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed; to tune compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually
Audio core rewrite, supporting higher samplerates, better volume management, better device selection, new channel layouts and new output capabilities
Disable and mark obsolete --language selection
Partial support for Windows Store App / WinRT
Add an audio fingerprinter, using AcoustID!
Remove SQL support
Add Hardware Acceleration support on Linux using VDPAU
Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec
Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec module
X Window system raster image dump pseudo-decoder
high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
New AAC encoder using the fdk-aac library (non-free)
New gain audio filter
Menus modifications and improvements
Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
Update of all translations
Numerous fixes

To install VLC 2.0.9 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

Install skins pack for VLC player, it contains 120 skins for VLC player. These all skins offered by VLC team.
Open Terminal and enter these commands to install skins:

Terminal Commands:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/vlc/skins2 && cd ~/.local/share/vlc/skins2
wget -O vlc-skins.zip http://goo.gl/W7b1XK
unzip vlc-skins.zip && rm vlc-skins.zip

Go to preferences and select custom skin (see following image)

Hint: Press Ctrl+H to show hidden file then go to (/home/.local/share/vlc/skins2) directory and select any skin

Change skins easily by just right click menu

Install VLC 2.2.0 (Daily Build) in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 open terminal and enter following commands:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

That's it

Source: videolan

Install Extensions for Nautilus in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives

Nautilus extensions are basically scripts for Document conversion, image manipulations, and some other useful operations. These extensions are very handy and tested on all listed versions. Document conversions includes: DOC, DOCX, HTML, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, SWF, SVG. Pdf operations includes: Multiple PNG/JPG files to PDF, PNG/JPG to PDf, PDF to DJVU, PDF to HTML-i, PDF to HTML+i, PDF to JPG, PDF to TXT.
There are handy scripts: Create an ISO, Encrypt and Decrypt files with password, Make file Executable, Extract mp3 from videos (Tested: flv, avi, mp4, mkv, 3gp), and Set any image as wallpaper. Image Tools allow image manipulation like image to: Black and white, Blur, Border, Contour, Convert, Enhance, Flip, Greyscale, Negative, Resize, Rotate, Shadow, Vintage, and Watermark.
Some scripts requires dependencies in order to work for example: document converter uses unoconv package and so on.

Install 27 Nautilus Extensions for Nautilus in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/10.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 open terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter following commands in Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-scripts

Install Nautilus Document & Image Extensions for Nautilus in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 open terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter following commands in Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-document-converter nautilus-image-tools

That's it

Credits: Document/Image, Document-script, Pdf-script, Mp3-script

Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 16 "KDE" and "Xfce" editions: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 'Petra' KDE. KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.11. ... The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 'Petra' Xfce. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop." For additional information, screenshots and feature lists please visit the following links: KDE edition announcement, KDE edition what's new, Xfce edition announcement, Xfce edition what's new.

Download (SHA256):
Kde 32bit - LinuxMint-16-kde-dvd-32bit.iso (torrent)
Kde 64bit - LinuxMint-16-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (torrent)

Xfce 32bit - LinuxMint-16-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso (torrent)
Xfce 64bit - LinuxMint-16-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (torrent)

Install Enlightenment E18 Desktop in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12 (New Release)

The Enlightenment desktop shell provides an efficient yet breathtaking window manager based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries along with other essential desktop components like a file manager, desktop icons and widgets. It boasts an unprecedented level of theme-ability while still being capable of performing on older hardware or embedded devices.
Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of libraries to help you create beautiful user interfaces with much less work than doing it the old fashioned way and fighting with traditional toolkits, not to mention a traditional window manager. It covers uses from small mobile devices like phones all the way to powerful multi-core desktops (which are the primary development environment).

These provide both a semi-traditional toolkit set in Elementary as well as the object canvas (Evas) and powerful abstracted objects (Edje) that you can combine, mix and match, even layer on top of each other with alpha channels and events in-tact. It has 3D transformations for all objects and more.

To install E17 Desktop in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vase/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install enlightenment

That's it

Source: Enlightenment

Install Linux Mint theme and icons in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/its other derivatives (GTK + Xfce + Cinnamon)

Linux Mint is a Linux distribution for desktop computers, based on Ubuntu. Linux Mint is aimed at being a "modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use." Mint's motto is "from freedom came elegance". Linux Mint theme is very elegant and fine, some people really like it. So I made themes and icons package for Ubuntu and other Ubuntu derivatives. It includes theme for GTK, Xfce, Cinnamon and I tested theme on Unity, Gnome Classic, Mate, Cinnamon, and Xfce.

Install Mint theme in Ubuntu open terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter following commands in Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lmint-theme

Install Mint icons in Ubuntu open terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter following commands in Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lmint-icons

That's it

Credits: linuxmint

Install XiX Music Player 0.31i version in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/other related Ubuntu derivatives

XiX Player is a free easy to use multi-platform music player that currently runs in Linux, Linux ARM (Raspberry Pi), Windows & MacOS. This media player can handle more than 40,000 audio files, so large audio libraries aren't problem anymore with this player. Track is shown in different tabs like Artist, Albums, Playlists or File Manager. It is easy to create and maintain own playlists. There is an integrated lyric viewer that searches for the lyric of the song currently playing. If the CD Cover is found it is also shown. Developer also mentioned "If you think that something is wrong or you have a great idea to implement, please mail me."

Features:

Supports the following file formats: MP3, OGG, M4A & FLAC
Play & Rip your CD to MP3 or FLAC. CD-Text and CDDB support
Rip DVD tracks to MP3 or FLAC. Needs mplayer (lsdvd is optional and will be removed).
See albums the choosen artist is on and vice versa
Create and use Playlists
Online Radiostations + Presets
Record Online Radiostations
Schedule Radiostation recordings
Listen & Download Podcasts
Play License free audio from the Internet Archive
Show the lyrics of the song being played
Shuffle and Repeat
Reverse Play
Crossfading
Search
Rate your songs
EQ + FXs (Flanger, Echo & Reverb)
Copy, Delete or Rename the file
Change ID3 tag (only for MP3)
Theme support

Changes in 0.31i version:

LINUX- Support (Read/Write) for APE id3-tags
LINUX- Added Composer, Original Artist and Copyright to OGG & FLAC id3-tags
LINUX- Edit and Save OGG & FLAC id3-tags
ALL- Added Composer, Original Artist and Copyright to MP3 id3-tags
ALL- Show bitrate for OGG files
ALL- Very Basic OPUS and APE support
LINUX- Libraries are now found when copied to /usr/lib (For codec support)
Basslibs separated from pacakge in PPA
LINUX: sound distortion on some LINUX Distros is solved
Better ID3-TAG APIC support
More than 40000 songs can be loaded

To install XiX Music Player in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xix-media-player

That's it

Source: xix-music-player

Install LightDM GTK+ Greeter in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal and If you have installed LightDM in Linux Mint 16/15/14

LightDM Gtk+ Greeter used in Lubuntu, it is light-wright interface, the LightDM GTK+ Greeter provides Linux users a quick, reliable, and accessible login screen. With refreshed attention to detail and consideration for accessibility, this is the best release yet!

Features:

Window positioning (relative or absolute) of the login window and power dialogs is now configurable.
The default user-image displayed for user's without a profile image is now configurable.
The onboard on-screen keyboard application is now run in xembed mode.
The accessibility menu items can now be activated with the F1, F2, and F3 hotkeys.
The selected user can now be changed from the username and password entries with the up and down keys.
The power dialogs can now be cancelled with the Escape key.
Available in GTK+2 or GTK+3
Support for Ubuntu indicators
Supports loading user wallpaper and profile image
Optional and configurable clock
Named widgets allow for easy customization
Lock Screen Improvements: When the LightDM GTK+ Greeter is used as a locked, it now blanks the screen when activated.

Changelog:

Display selected username in tooltip for the user combobox
Use GtkInfoBar for authentication messages
Greeter doesn't select user's last session when using "Other"
Can't change the login window’s position
Disabling language selector leaves strange artifact on the screen
Move to password input if pressed after username input
Support enter key to validate login entry
Improve "login greeter -> desktop" transition in Xubuntu
User background gets painted over background specified in config file
Fixed typo in language selection code
Fixed keyboard focus when used with the on-screen keyboard

For customization checkout these links page, page2.

To install LightDM GTK+ Greeter in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lightdm-gtk-greeter-team/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter

To install LightDM GTK+ Greeter (Daily Builds - Unstable) in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lightdm-gtk-greeter-team/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter

That's it

Source: Lightdm Gtk Greeter

Install SunFlower Twin-Panel File Manager in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/11.10 Oneiric/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12/9/and other Ubuntu Derivatives

Sunflower is Open Source, twin panel, small and highly customizable File Manager for Linux with plugins support. Sunflower main purpose is to create powerful and easy use of file manager. Sunflower is developed in python language. Currently it is in development stages but available for test and use.

Dual Pane File Manager
Unlike other file managers, Sunflower offers twin panel for easy access and use. Navigation is much easier than other file managers.

Fast Files Preview
Sunflower also offers Fast file previews to check them quickly without open the file, Like JPG, JPEG, and other media files.

Create Documents Easily
Creating files with this file manager is easy and with new options like "open file in editor". There is Advance options available to set permissions to file.

Copy/Move Dialog box with details
It shows complete details of file and folder copy/move/merge operation.

Terminal in File Manager
Another great feature of this File Manager is native Terminal, for easy access open Terminal in other panel either first or second. Sunflower Terminal offers almost same features like default Ubuntu Terminal.

To install Sunflower in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/sunflower
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sunflower

That's it.

Source: Sunflower

Install Linux Mint 'Driver Manager' in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/and other related Ubuntu derivatives

Linux Mint 15 had Driver Manager for the first time which is developed by Linux Mint team. Mint-Drivers relies on the same Ubuntu driver manager back-end and works the same way as software-properties-gtk. It just looks a bit better than Ubuntu Additional drivers.
The "Driver Manager" is an independent application, separate from "Software Sources" and which you can launch straight from the menu.
Drivers are listed by package name, and their version are clearly stated (in the case of the NVIDA drivers you can therefore choose according to a particular version instead of wondering what "current" or "updates" really mean).
Devices from popular brands (NVIDIA, ATI, Broadcom, Samsung and so on...) are illustrated with an icon.

To install Mint Driver Manager in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/mint
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mintdrivers

That's it

Credit: Linux Mint

Minty themes (pack) and Pistachio theme for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/Linux Mint 16/15/and other related Ubuntu derivatives (GTK + Xfce + Cinnamon)

Minty, Minty-V2 and Pistachio themes are based on Linux Mint themes and these are modified by Brahimsalem, MintyGreen theme is based on Minty-V2 theme and it is modified by AustinTexas. Minty-V2 and MintyGreen uses Windows 8 like metacity borders and Minty + Pistachio has same metacity border theme. This pack offers themes for GTK, Xfce and Cinnamon. To make theme look better use Linux Mint icons or zonColor icons with these themes. You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons.

To install Minty themes pack in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install minty-pack

To install Pistachio theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pistachio-theme

That's it

Source: Minty, Minty-V2, MintyGreen, Pistachio

Install Whisker Menu with search function for Xfce in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/other Ubuntu derivatives

Whisker Menu is alternative launcher designed for Xfce desktop environment. It is very light and perform fast search all installed applications. It also allows user to browse all installed applications by going to categories on the side. Top level categories make browsing fast, and simple to switch between. Whisker Menu also keeps a list of recent ten applications launched by user from Whisker Menu.
Favorites is another great feature of Whisker Menu, it can add and reorder any application by right-click and selecting "Add to Favorites", Drag and drop between favorites list to arrange them to suit your requirements, remove item anytime from favorites by right-click option.
Some other features are: menu window can be re-size, allows to change menu icon, and hide/show application description. These settings can be accessed by right-click and properties of menu.
Search feature allows user to locate application easily and fast without knowing the location of application in category. The search field is always focused when open the Whisker menu, just typing to filter application. It also allows user to search applications by general words like "browser" to find all web browsers installed on computer.

Right-click on panel > Panel > Add New Item > Search 'Whisker' and click 'Add' (Right click on Panel item to see options)

Changelog of version 1.3.0:

Fix menu artifacts when switching categories
Fix undefined behavior in slots
Add command to launch menu editor
Add command to switch users
Add hiding commands
Add browsing for commands
Add hiding category and launcher icons
Add loading default settings from a file
Add search actions
Add running arbitrary programs in PATH
Add dragging launchers to panel or desktop
Add support for custom menu files
Defer loading applications until window is shown
Merge configuration dialog tabs
Rearrange source files to match standard layout of Xfce plugins
Reduce unnecessary reloading of applications
Rewrite search model code
Use a single row in Xfce 4.10 panel
Use empty file for saving settings
Translation updates: Asturian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

To install Whisker Menu Plugin in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

That's it

Source: Whisker-Menu

Install KDE 4.12 SC(Software Compilation) in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/13 and KDE 4.11.3 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Linux Mint 15/14/ and other Ubuntu derivatives

KDE is an international team co-operating on development and distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable computing. Our community has developed a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment. We have a strong focus on finding innovative solutions to old and new problems, creating a vibrant, open atmosphere for experimentation.
The KDE Community is proud to announce the latest major updates to KDE Applications delivering new features and fixes. With the Plasma Workspaces and the KDE Platform frozen and receiving only long term support, those teams are focused on the technical transition to Frameworks 5. The upgrade in the version number for the Platform is merely for the convenience of packaging. All bug fixes and minor features developed since the release of Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.11 have been included.
KDE basic functionality improved with a smoother taskbar, better sound mixer and smart battery widget. PIM stack received important changes and kate improved productivity of Javascript and Python developers with new plugins. Dolphin became faster and the educational applications bring various new features.
KDE Applications 4.12 Bring Huge Step Forward in Personal Information Management and Improvements All Over and KDE Platform 4.12 Becomes More Stable.

To install KDE in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kde-standard kubuntu-desktop

If you already have KDE then enter following commands to upgrade:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

That's it

Install Nuvola Player 2.3.0 in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

Nuvola Player runs a web interface of cloud music services in its own window and provides integration with a Linux desktop (multimedia keys, system tray, media player applets, dock menu, notifications and more).Nuvola Player is an open-source project licensed under GNU GPL 3 and written mainly in Vala (the core) and JavaScript (service integrations).

New in this release:

Added donation bar.
Player will show a warning when a missing plugin is detected.
Added information about format support.
New service Deezer.
New service Bandcamp.
Extensions: Almost all extensions are enabled by default.
Notifications extension: Added support for actions and resident notifications.
Last.fm extension: Added switches to disable scrobbling for particular services.
Added a few keyboard shortcuts: Go back <shift><alt>Left and go forward <shift><alt>Right.
Service selector is opened in a separate window and uses native GTK+ widgets instead of web view. GTK+ zoom level is respected and non-free screenshots are not loaded.
User interface: Added option to prefer dark GTK+ theme.
Context menu of a web view is populated with custom actions.
Removed UI modes "toolbar only" and "both toolbar and menubar". Main menu reorganized.
MPRIS extension: Renamed to Remote Player Interface.

Fixes in this release:

Google Play 4.4: fix sandbox pattern to enable Flash object for playback.
Google Play 4.5: Fix next/previous action broken by a recent web app update.
Updated VAPI files and added libnotify.vapi from Vala 0.22.1 tarball to fix build error.
Semiautomatic updates of service integrations providing hot fixes hot fixes for breakages caused by sudden changes in a web interface of streaming services.
Improved detection of Flash and GStreamer issues with links to the new help site. JavaScript API was given methods to check format support and version was increased to 2.2.
Updated translations.

To install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer nuvolaplayer-flashplugin

Download source from here for other Distributions.

Source: Nuvola player

Install Simple Screen Recorder in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/Other Ubuntu derivatives

SimpleScreenRecorder is desktop recorder tool to record games or programs on Linux desktop, it is developed by Maarten Baert and his aim was to develop a program that could fulfill all desktop recorder needs. The program isn't really simple as its name shows off, it has rich features but with straightforward QT-based user interface. This program supports X11 and OpenGL, also support many codecs and file formats.
It allows user to record entire screen (Multi Monitor Support) or part of the screen, or record specific OpenGL application. Recording can be paused/resumed at anytime. It has ability to keep video and audio synchronized, on slower PC it can be done by reducing frames and it has support for multi-threading. For performance improvement and other features see this link.

Features:

Graphical user interface (Qt-based).
Faster than VLC and ffmpeg/avconv.
Records the entire screen or part of it, or records OpenGL applications directly (similar to Fraps on Windows).
Synchronizes audio and video properly (a common issue with VLC and ffmpeg/avconv).
Reduces the video frame rate if your computer is too slow (rather than using up all your RAM like VLC does).
Fully multithreaded: small delays in any of the components will never block the other components, resulting is smoother video and better performance on computers with multiple processors.
Pause and resume recording at any time (either by clicking a button or by pressing a hotkey).
Shows statistics during recording (file size, bit rate, total recording time, actual frame rate, ...).
Can show a preview during recording, so you don't waste time recording something only to figure out afterwards that some setting was wrong.
Uses libav/ffmpeg libraries for encoding, so it supports many different codecs and file formats (adding more is trivial).
Can also do live streaming (experimental).
Sensible default settings: no need to change anything if you don't want to.
Tooltips for almost everything: no need to read the documentation to find out what something does.

To install Simple-Screen-Recorder in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder

If you are on 64bit OS and want to record 32bit OpenGL applications then enter this command in terminal:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386

That's it

Source: Simple-Screen-Recorder

Install Audio Recorder program in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/11.10/11.04/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12/11/9/other Ubuntu derivatives

Audio Recorder is an amazing audio recording program, this small tool allows user to record audio from microphones, webcams, system sound card, media player or web browser & etc. It can save recording in various formats listed: Ogg, Mp3, Flac, Wav (22khz), Wav (44khz) and Spx.
It allows to use sound source system card, microphone, audio/video player, any application (like: Skype calls with any user interaction) and user defined program for recording. It also can be configured to stop recording if output file limit is reached to user requirement. Audio threshold is supported by this program, which can record audio on sound/voice and stop/pause when silence (user can set up threshold and delay as per requirements). Additionally you can setup an timer manually within the audio recorder program to schedule recordings and the program will start/stop/pause recording at given time. Panel indicator support for Ubuntu, from where user can easily access some options like: show/hide window, start/stop recording and open recording location.

To install Audio-Recorder in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:osmoma/audio-recorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audio-recorder

Install additional codecs with this command:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad

That's it

Source: Audio-Recorder

Install Playonlinux in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/11.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12/11/and other Ubuntu derivatives

PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous apps and games designed to run with Microsoft Windows. Few apps and games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.

Many other popular apps are available

Manually install Apps/Games

What are PlayOnLinux's features?

You don't have to own a Windows license to use PlayOnLinux.
PlayOnLinux is based on Wine, and so profits from all its features yet it keeps the user from having to deal with its complexity.
PlayOnLinux is free software.
PlayOnLinux uses Bash and Python.

Nevertheless, PlayOnLinux has some bugs:

Occasional performance decrease (image may be less fluid and graphics less detailed).
Not all apps/games are supported. Nevertheless, you can use our manual installation module.

Fixes in this version:

Changelog move from plaintext to Markdown syntax.
read script lists in utf8 when looking up script to install.
(experimental) new algorithm to find installed Python version, implements fallback which is probably overkill.
New version of PlayOnLinux Vault 4.0.4:

Adding lzop compression if available (fast compression with medium compression rate).
Add a "Save" shortcut in PlayOnLinux side panel.

Fix double utf-8 decoding of shortcuts.
Add POL_Shortcut_Configurator.
Modified POL_System_wget to keep error messages from wget.
Updated PNG icons with broken profiles, thanks to calvertyl (http://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-10442-New_Warning_Message_on_startup.html).
wine-mono download support.
Fix POL_SetupWindow_message typo (not enough video memory message).
POL_LoadVar_Device: refacto POL_DetectVideoCards; Let user choose when there's more than one known videocard present.
Add link to download page in side panel when version is not up-to-date Not sure it's visible enough, could be improved.
Added logging to archivers wrappers (POL_System_unzip etc.).
Update mono download URLs.
Updated IRC server address, freenode.com domain is gone.
Harden applications list parsing.
force LANG=C when spawning wineconsole.
fix typo in bash/manual_install.
Developer feature: allow to override function scripts When global configuration ALLOW_FUNCTION_OVERRIDES is set to TRUE, function scripts in $POL_USER_ROOT/configurations/function_overrides/ override function scripts by the same name. This feature disables bug reporting.
Fix website login when username contains spaces.
"Run an .exe in this virtual disk" sets current directory to program's directory.
fix "wineserver not found" in interactive use of POL_Wine_Direct3D / POL_Wine_X11Drv / POL_Wine_DirectSound / POL_Wine_DirectInput.
Remove use of os.system() from mainwindow.py and configure.py (less overhead, less quoting nightmare).
Add missing POL_Wine_AutoSetVersionEnv before wineserver calls.

Note: PlayonLinux requires winehq in order to work. You can install winehq 1.7, winehq 1.5, or wine 1.4.

To install PlayOnLinux in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux

Note for following install method: All dependencies will be install via third command, It will be mess to write dependencies command for each Ubuntu version. So this is easy method for every user and for written Ubuntu versions to install PlayOnLinux.

To install PlayOnLinux in Ubuntu 11.10/11.04/10.04/Linux Mint 12/11/9 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

Terminal Commands:
wget -O playonlinux.deb http://goo.gl/rQolNa
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
sudo dpkg -i playonlinux.deb
sudo apt-get -f install && sudo rm playonlinux.deb

That's it

For other distributions see download page

Install Device Driver Manager in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 and other related Ubuntu derivatives

Device Driver Manager is developed by Schoelje, and this tool to help users installing third-party hardware drivers. Currently Nvidia, Intel, ATI, VIA and Broadcom drivers can be installed and allows to install the PAE kernel for multi-core 32-bit systems. DDM uses the repositories to download and install the appropriate packages.

To install Device Driver Manager in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ddm

To install Mint Driver Manager in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/mint
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mintdrivers

That's it

Credits: Linux Mint, ddm

Premium IT eBooks/Videos are on Sale just for '5$' each (Packt eBook Bonanza)

Zukitwo and Zukiwi themes are updated, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives (GTK + Gnome Shell + Xfce)

Zukitwo Cupertino Gnome Shell theme updated, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives (Gnome Shell)

Install VLC 2.0.9/2.2.0 media player + skins in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives

Useful Extensions for Nautilus, Available for Ubuntu/and its derivatives via PPA

Linux Mint 16 "Petra" Xfce and KDE Released

Enlightenment E18 released, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives

Install Linux Mint themes and icons in Ubuntu/its other derivatives (GTK + Xfce + Cinnamon)

XiX Music Player available for Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives (Updated to 0.31i version)

A new look for LightDM, Install LightDM GTK+ Greeter in Ubuntu via PPA

SunFlower Dual Pane File Manager Alternative to Nautilus, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Linux Mint Driver Manager updated to latest version, Install in Ubuntu via PPA

Minty themes (pack) and Pistachio theme for Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Other Ubuntu derivatives [5 New Themes Added]

Whisker Menu with search function for Xfce, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives

Install KDE 4.12 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives

Nuvola Player reached to version 2.3.0, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Other Ubuntu derivatives

Simple Screen Recorder for Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Other Ubuntu derivatives

Record Audio from System/Microphone/Applications with 'Audio Recorder', Available for Ubuntu/Linux Mint

PlayonLinux 4.2.2 available for Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives via PPA

Linux Mint Driver Manager and Device Driver Manager available via PPA, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint