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Install ATI AMD Catalyst drivers in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 14/13/Any Ubuntu based distributions

Many users write us about ATI AMD cards, for their drivers. So today NoobsLab decided to write something for AMD ATI card owners, Probably this stuff will help them with their graphics.
AMD is usually rather shy about the changes they implement in their Linux drivers, but this time they've decided that it’s time to actually tell us what the changes were, especially because the latest release is a very important one.
AMD Catalyst 13.1 driver for Linux systems brought some improvements and bug fixes. This driver is based on the fglrx release and it improves support for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04. This tutorial is about to easily install ATI AMD Catalyst drivers for your cards in Ubuntu/Mint and Ubuntu derivatives.
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To install ATI AMD Catalyst driver installer in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
>> For 32bit

>> For 64bit

After installation open Dash and open "AMD Catalyst" installer.
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Now installer will search for ATI AMD Catalyst plugged card.
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If your plugged card supported by latest drivers then you will see this window
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If your card is only supported with Legacy drivers then you will see this window
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If your hardware is too old then you will see this window and installer will close.
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If hardware support latest driver then installer will ask you to install related drivers, Choose relevant driver and press Next.
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If your hardware only support Legacy drivers then you will see this only option.
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After selection of drivers, installer will download right drivers for your hardware.
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When download complete, Press Next
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Installer will build deb pacakge
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Remove old drivers Press "Yes", if you have any.
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Press "Yes" to install latest drivers
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To Enable Hardware Acceleration Press "Yes"
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Now reboot.

Alternative fglrx Drivers via PPA:
If you don't want to install drivers from above method or you've some other reason/issue, here are alternative drivers for you via PPA.
Remove any previous drivers, if you have any:

To install AMD Catalyst drivers in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/11.10/Linux Mint 14/13/12 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

If you want to uninstall Drivers enter these commands:
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The day has come, soon we are going to see Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS around, every LTS is exciting but 16.04 Xenial and it's flavors made some special place in users heart. Soon Ubuntu team will announce the availability of final version of Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial and all other flavors. Ubuntu 16.04 will be supported for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin along with all other flavors, the final release of Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Xenial Xerus final version includes most recent versions of core set of packages, notable changes: Linux kernel 4.4.x version; Ubuntu software center is replaced with Gnome software Center 3.20.x, Boot service: systemd, Unity 7.4.0 has introduced new features, many bugs fixed and online search (spyware) is disabled by default, Compiz brought various improvements, Firefox 45.x, LibreOffice 5.1.x, Gnome platform 3.18, GNOME Calendar 3.19.x, Thunderbird 38.x, Chromium 49, Rhythmbox 3.3.x, Deja Dup 34.1, Shotwell 0.22.x, Nautilus 3.14.3, GTK+ 3.18.9, most of the Gnome 3.18, Gnome System Monitor 3.18.x, Terminal 3.18.3, Gedit 3.18.3, Docker 1.10, Mesa 11.1.2, Xorg Server 1.18.x, Python 3.5, Golang 1.6, a new program QML-based USB Startup Creator, Pulseaudio is updated and latest versions for other applications.

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Blender is a cross-platform community-driven project under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and runs equally well on Linux, Windows and Macintosh computers. Its interface uses OpenGL to provide a consistent experience. It provides a broad spectrum of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and video post-processing functionality in one package. Through its open architecture, Blender provides cross-platform interoperability, extensibility, an incredibly small footprint, and a tightly integrated workflow. Blender is one of the most popular Open Source 3D graphics applications in the world. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation.
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Kodi media center, formerly known as XBMC Media Center, is an award-winning free and open source cross-platform media player feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. Currently Kodi can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: Kodi can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations.
Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox. More than 50 software developers have contributed to Kodi, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages. It uses a 10-foot user interface designed to be a media player for the living-room, using a remote control as the primary input device. Its graphical user interface (GUI) allows the user to easily browse and view videos, photos, podcasts, and music from a harddrive, optical disc, local network, and the internet using only a few buttons. Kodi is fully Open-Source and released under the GPLv2.0+ license. It includes many third-party libraries which use compatible licenses. Due to the inclusion of some GPLv3.0 libraries the entire application becomes GPLv3.0 as binary.
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It may take a while to see how Valve's controversial move to Linux is affecting Windows. One thing is for sure, however: with companies like Valve and even Intel looking to Linux as a viable gaming platform, Windows had better watch out!

Manufacturers such as Dell and Web host companies have catered to the Linux operating system for a while now. Valve's "defection", as well as issues surrounding the reception of Windows 8, may drive more users to the open-source operating system. Read on to find out more.
Windows 8 controversy
Earlier this year, Gabe Newell, chief executive and co-founder of Valve, the award-winning game publisher and creator of the Steam digital distribution service for games, said that Windows 8 would be a catastrophe for the PC market. He sensed that the update would will drive people away from Windows. There may also be concerns that Microsoft's licensing agreements may not be kind to software vendors. Many Windows hardware partners are already grumbling about Windows 8-Surface licensing (or rather, lack-of-licensing) issues.
Hard-hitting giants NVIDIA, AMD, and even the PC processor Intel have been working with Valve to develop games for the Linux platform. And sites like Computergeeks.com and Thetop10bestwebhosting.com are carrying that momentum onto the web.
Despite the fact that Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, described NVIDIA as "the single worst company we've ever dealt with," these three heavy-hitters' involvement is worth noticing.

Will All Games run Better on Linux-Powered PCs?
Different companies are using the Linux platform to expand their services. Web hosts like thetop10bestwebhosting.com and other forms of web and gaming firms that are catering to Linux are seeing the opportunities broaden.
While Windows offered an official "No Comment" on Newell's harsh words, they can't be liking the Left 4 Dead 2 "test drive" that Valve performed on a Linux-run computer. That test run showed that the game's graphics ran at 315 frames per second! That's something that even tweaked and overclocked hardware can't do with Windows.

While Valve has been making its games run on the Windows platform for over 8 years, it's only been developing for Linux since 2011. It's very possible that Valve's game graphics for Linux will surpass those for Windows on every game it makes in the near future. This is not a good sign for Windows.

Valve Meets Controversy Against the Move--From a Big Linux Advocate!
GNU was designed to be a 100% free-of-cost and open-source operating system, and is often used hand-in-hand with Linux. While many in the Linux community are cheering, Free Software Foundation founder and GNU creator Richard Stallman says this is unethical.
Stallman objects to non-free software on the basis that the coding for games like Half Life and Left 4 Dead is closed-source, meaning that users aren't technically allowed to modify the game's code at their pleasure. He also objects to the paid software on the basis that it is not free.
These two facts, says Stallman, mean that anyone who runs Valve's games on their computer, do not have freedom of computing. Stallman does admit that when game makers like Valve develop for the Linux platform, it can be a good thing for "spreading the word" about the system. But he remains adamant that the adoption of closed-license software will bode no good for the future of GNU/Linux.

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Kodi media center has reached to version 18.0 codename "Leia". It is an award-winning free and open-source cross-platform media player, it's an ideal solution for home theater and so on.
Kodi supports wide variety of popular audio and video formats. It allows you to do network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. You can play CDs and DVDs from the disc or image file, also supports almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives.
It can scan all media and automatically create a personalized library complete with covers, descriptions, and art. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations.
More than 50 software developers have contributed to Kodi, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages. It uses a 10-foot user interface designed to be a media player for the living-room, using a remote control as the primary input device. Its graphical user interface (GUI) allows the user to easily browse and view videos, photos, podcasts, and music from a harddrive, optical disc, local network, and the internet using only a few buttons.
It includes many third-party libraries which use compatible licenses. Due to the inclusion of some GPLv3.0 libraries the entire application becomes GPLv3.0 as binary.


Changelog of 18.0:

  • Added player process info dialog to Kodi's default skin
  • Added support for addons to use banner and ClearLogo
  • Added support for skins/gui to allow implicit container referencing for non-media windows
  • Added support for addons to add "Enable/Disable" to context menu
  • Added support for remember last used keyboard layout in GUI
  • Added support for a generic DRM/KMS implementation using GBM to create surfaces and V4L2 for video acceleration
  • Added support for Mir windowing system (Mir 1.0) for Kodi[153] and added support for VAAPI on Mir using DRM
  • Added support for the middle mouse button on embedded platforms
  • Added support more yuv420p bitwidths for direct rendering on Linux
  • Added support for using VAAPI hardware video decoding with OpenGL ES
  • Added support for build Kodi with imx support using CMake
  • Moved the CMake build system to the top of the code tree (moved to root)
  • Improved support for UltraHD decoding / 4K resolution output when hardware supports it
  • Improved ARM processor architecture (using Raspberry Pi as reference device)
  • Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support (using Raspberry Pi as reference device)
  • Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires VDPAU compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved XvBA (AMD/ATI) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires XvBA compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved dedicated AMLCodec hardware accelerated video decoding support for Linux on Amlogic devices
  • Removed the unused and unmaintained OpenMAX video decoder from Kodi's VideoPlayer
  • Removed support for autotools based build system for Kodi and binary addons (in favour of CMake)
  • Added support for "InputStream" (input stream) addons to pass CryptoSession flags field
  • Added support for BD-J / Blu-ray Disc Java menu support (requires system Java runtime enviroment)
  • Added support for Blu-ray Disc detection and use provided meta data for Blu-ray Disc names
  • And many more fixes & changes.

How to Install Kodi 18 Leia in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/derivatives:

Kodi 18.0 Available for Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic/18.04 Bionic/16.04 Xenial/Linux Mint 19/18/other related Ubuntu derivatives, Kodi 17 is available for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 17
To install Kodi 18.0 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Addons (such as PVR) available for Kodi, use package name with sudo apt-get install command to install addon.
PVR Package Name Description
kodi-pvr-dev Kodi Media Center (PVR Add-on Dev package)
kodi-pvr-argustv Kodi PVR Addon Argustv
kodi-pvr-demo Kodi PVR Demo Addon
kodi-pvr-dvbviewer Kodi PVR Addon Dvbviewer
kodi-pvr-iptvsimple Kodi PVR Iptv Addon
kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Kodi PVR Addon Mediaportal Tvserver
kodi-pvr-mythtv Kodi PVR Addon MythTv - Cmyth
kodi-pvr-nextpvr Kodi PVR Addon NextPvr
kodi-pvr-njoy Kodi PVR Addon Njoy
kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts Kodi PVR Addon TvHeadend Hts
kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi Kodi PVR Addon VDR Vnsi
kodi-pvr-vuplus Kodi PVR Addon Vuplus
kodi-pvr-dvblink DVBLink PVR
kodi-pvr-filmon FilmOn PVR
kodi-pvr-hts TVHeadEnd PVR
kodi-pvr-pctv PCTV PVR
kodi-pvr-stalker Stalker PVR
kodi-pvr-vbox VBox Home TV Gateway PVR client
kodi-pvr-wmc WMC PVR
shairplay Free portable AirPlay server implementation

Kodi is also available for Android.
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As you may know, most of the Linux distributions are easy to install and you can do by just few clicks. But there are some Linux distributions that first needs to compile then install and Gentoo is one of them. Installing Gentoo on your system or in VirtualBox/VMware isn't easy if you are new to Linux, it is time consuming because it has to compile and there whole lots of things that needs to take care of.
In this article, we will show you step by step how you can easily install Gentoo on your System HDD or in VirtualBox/VMware. The instructions will be easy to follow and you also don't need deep knowledge of everything, if you are new then with time things will get much clear to you. If you haven't tried Gentoo before then first experiment it in VirtualBox or VMware.
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Mozilla released the 57th version of open source browser Firefox "Quantum" for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. The newest update made some platform-specific changes, major visual changes, two times faster than previous versions, added additional language support, enhanced content for developers and made accessibility changes to better accommodate visually and physically impaired users. While these changes will please many users, are they enough to make Firefox a compelling choice for Linux users?

Firefox comes installed on many Linux machines, but past performance issues have led many Linux users to switch default browsers. While Google Chrome is a closed-source browser, it remains competitive with Firefox. Chrome is not as customizable as Firefox, but it's fast and integrates updates better than Firefox. The open-source Firefox is much more customizable and has a huge extensions library that appeals to Linux users. irefox Quantum is roughly 2X faster than Firefox 49 on the Speedometer 2.0 benchmark, thanks to its new CSS engine, its “just right” multi-process architecture, the way it prioritizes your active tab, and much more. Firefox Quantum also includes a visual refresh – Photon – that looks and feels right at home with modern operating systems.

What's new in Firefox 57 Quantum

  • Firefox is getting a major Visual Redesign (Photon project) activated on the Nightly channel and which will ship with Firefox 57 on the release channel.
  • AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support for improved video playback with lower power consumption
  • Accessibility indicator will now appear in the title bar of the window when Accessibility services are enabled
  • The browser's autoscroll feature, as well as scrolling by keyboard input and touch-dragging of scrollbars, now use asynchronous scrolling. These scrolling methods are now similar to other input methods like mousewheel, and provide a smoother scrolling experience
  • Added support for Date/Time input
  • Allow users to manage the site data

Available for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic/17.10 Artful/17.04 Zesty/16.04 Xenial/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 18/17/other Ubuntu derivatives
To install FireFox Quantum in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

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VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. Virtual-box is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is Virtual-box an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
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How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf from Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/any Ubuntu version
The day has arrived for Ubuntu 15.10 release, the final version of Ubuntu 15.10 codenamed Wily Werewolf will be available on 22nd October. For most of the users LTS version is much more excited than 9 month life version, but still there are much people who love to follow every release of Ubuntu since it brings new features with it. We shall bring you guys brief overview of new features of the 15.10 Wily in final release post. By following this guide you can upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 Wily from any previous Ubuntu version, for those who are still using deprecated (unsupported/end-of-life) version of Ubuntu must upgrade to supported version in order to get security updates because it's important. This following procedure is effective for all Ubuntu flavors (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and so).Lets start....
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Install XBMC 12.0 Frodo in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/Linux Mint 14/13/12 and Previous XBMC version in Previous Ubuntu versions

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
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Features for XBMC 12 include:
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Changelog of XBMC 12.0 'Frodo':
  • Extended JSON-RPC and embedded Web Server API with PVR support to enable Web EPG in a web interface.
  • Added support for screensavers written in Python.
  • Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support
  • Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media
  • Added Bluray HDMV menu support (but not BD-J / BD-Live menus)
  • Upgraded FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat audio/video codec and demuxer libraries
  • Added option to set a default preference for subtitles and audio tracks based on language.
  • Added support for exporting video art as JPG or PNG rather than TBN file extension
  • Added unified "AudioEngine" audio abstraction framework with an API and platform sinks
  • Improved AirPlay / AirTunes target support
  • Added rich metadata support to XBMC's UPnP Media Server for UPnP/DLNA clients
  • Improved performance of the default Web Interface (complete rewrite of JavaScript loading)
  • Added basic support for PVR / EPG extensions and notifications over the JSON-RPC API
  • Added dedicated AMLPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding on AMLogic devices
  • Added dedicated OMXPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding via OpenMAX IL API
  • Added ALSA and PulseAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
  • Added alternative name support to LIRC mapping for linux-input-layer devices
  • Added lircmap for Conexant's CX23885 IR (infrared) recievers
  • Improved ARM processor architecture
  • Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support
  • Improved playback with Broadcom Crystal HD PCIe/Mini-PCIe hardware accelerated video decoder
  • Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration and its upscaling/deinterlacing capabilities
  • Improved AMD/Intel x86-64 64-bit (AMD64 / IA-64t CPU architectures) support under Linux
  • Remove all dependencies of HAL manager libraries from XBMC's code

To install XBMC 12.0 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
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Install XBMC 13.0 Gotham in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
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Install XBMC 13.0 Gotham Beta (Unstable) in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
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Kodi project recently announced the latest version Kodi 18.2 'Leila'. If you don't know what Kodi is then let us tell you some words about this media center. It is an open-source, free and cross-platform multimedia center, it is considered an ideal solution for home theater and can be used in various situations.
Kodi has wide support for audio and video formats. Another interesting feature is it allows you to do network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. You can play CDs and DVDs from the disc or image file, also supports almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives.
Kodi can scan all media and automatically create a personalized library complete with covers, descriptions, and art. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations.


Changelog of 18.2:

  • Added support for a generic DRM/KMS implementation using GBM to create surfaces and V4L2 for video acceleration
  • Added support for Mir windowing system (Mir 1.0) for Kodi[153] and added support for VAAPI on Mir using DRM
  • Added support for the middle mouse button on embedded platforms
  • Added support more yuv420p bitwidths for direct rendering on Linux
  • Added support for using VAAPI hardware video decoding with OpenGL ES
  • Added support for build Kodi with imx support using CMake
  • Moved the CMake build system to the top of the code tree (moved to root)
  • Improved support for UltraHD decoding / 4K resolution output when hardware supports it
  • Improved ARM processor architecture
  • Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support
  • Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires VDPAU compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved XvBA (AMD/ATI) Hardware Video Acceleration (requires XvBA compatible hardware and drivers)
  • Improved dedicated AMLCodec hardware accelerated video decoding support for Linux on Amlogic devices
  • Removed the unused and unmaintained OpenMAX video decoder from Kodi's VideoPlayer
  • Removed support for autotools based build system for Kodi and binary addons (in favour of CMake)
  • Added player process info dialog to Kodi's default skin

How to Install Kodi 18.2 Leia in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/derivatives:

Kodi 18.0 Available for Ubuntu 19.2 Disco/18.10 Cosmic/18.04 Bionic/16.04 Xenial/Linux Mint 19/18/other related Ubuntu derivatives, Kodi 17 is available for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 17
To install Kodi 18.2 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Addons (such as PVR) available for Kodi, use package name with sudo apt-get install command to install addon.
PVR Package Name Description
kodi-pvr-dev Kodi Media Center (PVR Add-on Dev package)
kodi-pvr-argustv Kodi PVR Addon Argustv
kodi-pvr-demo Kodi PVR Demo Addon
kodi-pvr-dvbviewer Kodi PVR Addon Dvbviewer
kodi-pvr-iptvsimple Kodi PVR Iptv Addon
kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver Kodi PVR Addon Mediaportal Tvserver
kodi-pvr-mythtv Kodi PVR Addon MythTv - Cmyth
kodi-pvr-nextpvr Kodi PVR Addon NextPvr
kodi-pvr-njoy Kodi PVR Addon Njoy
kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts Kodi PVR Addon TvHeadend Hts
kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi Kodi PVR Addon VDR Vnsi
kodi-pvr-vuplus Kodi PVR Addon Vuplus
kodi-pvr-dvblink DVBLink PVR
kodi-pvr-filmon FilmOn PVR
kodi-pvr-hts TVHeadEnd PVR
kodi-pvr-pctv PCTV PVR
kodi-pvr-stalker Stalker PVR
kodi-pvr-vbox VBox Home TV Gateway PVR client
kodi-pvr-wmc WMC PVR
shairplay Free portable AirPlay server implementation

Kodi is also available for Android.
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Ubuntu team announced the availability of the final release of Ubuntu 14.10 and all other derivatives, Ubuntu Mate is not official derivative yet: The final release of Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. This release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu flavours. Utopic final includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 3.16.x Linux kernel, AppArmor improvements, oxide, and many more.
New fixes and features for Unity desktop, Firefox is updated to version 33 and Chromium is updated to version 38. Gtk updated to version 3.12. Qt updated to version 5.3. Other apps LibreOffice 4.3.2.2; Thunderbird 33; Nautilus 3.10; Evince 3.14; Rhythmbox 3.0.3; Unity 7.3.1. Support for IPP Everywhere printers is added, and printers shared from Ubuntu can emulate IPP Everywhere printers. IPP printers require no configuration under Ubuntu. LibreOffice 4.3 brings a lot of improvements including improved PDF support, new features in Writer, Calc and Impress (word processor, spreadsheet and presentations). With Xorg 1.16, we have better support for non-pci devices. Xephyr now supports DRI3. The mesa 10.3 update has support for AMD Hawaii GPU's, improved support for dri3 offloading, the freedreno open source driver, and preliminary support for using nouveau on maxwell devices.
Codenamed "Utopic Unicorn", 14.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 3.16-based kernel, a new AppArmor with fine-grained socket control, and more.
Ubuntu Desktop has seen incremental improvements, with newer versions of GTK and Qt, updates to major packages like Firefox and LibreOffice, and improvements to Unity, including improved High-DPI display support. Release announcement.
Checkout release notes of Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn.
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Ubuntu team announced the availability of final version of Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf and all other flavors. Ubuntu 15.10 will be supported for 9 months for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin along with all other flavors, the final release of Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Wily Werewolf final version includes most recent versions of core set of packages, notable changes: Linux kernel 4.2.x which added support for recent AMD Radeon GPUs; Intel Broxton support; F2FS file-system encryption support; NV-DIMM support, Boot service: systemd, Unity 7.3.3 has had many bugs fixed and new features added, Compiz brought various improvements, Firefox 41, LibreOffice 5.0.1, Chromium 45, Gnome platform 3.16, Mate is updated to 1.10, Support for the new Steam Controller, Thunderbird 38.2.0, Rhythmbox 3.2.1, GTK+ 3.16.7, Gnome System Monitor 3.16, Terminal 3.16.2, Nautilus 3.14.2, Gedit 3.10.4, Mesa 11.0.x, Xorg Server 1.17.x, Pulseaudio is updated paving the way for a move to Bluez5 next release, and latest versions for other applications; For Ubuntu Server: OpenStack 2015.2.0 and so on.
Official release announcement: "Codenamed 'Wily Werewolf', 15.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 4.2-based kernel, a switch to gcc-5, and much more. Ubuntu Desktop has seen incremental improvements, with newer versions of GTK and Qt, updates to major packages like Firefox and LibreOffice, and stability improvements to Unity.
Ubuntu Server 15.10 includes the Liberty release of OpenStack, alongside deployment and management tools that save devops teams time when deploying distributed applications - whether on private clouds, public clouds, x86, ARM, or POWER servers, or on developer laptops. Several key server technologies, from MAAS to juju, have been updated to new upstream versions with a variety of new features."
Checkout release notes of Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf. If you want to upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 Wily then follow this guide.
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Enable Laptop Mode and other tweaks to improve battery for Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/12.04/Linux Mint 17.x/17/13/and other related Ubuntu derivatives

Managing battery power in Linux since kernel 3.x is bit difficult, many users face quick battery drain in Linux than other operating systems. There are tools available to manage power of laptop to improve battery life, previously I wrote improve battery with TLP power management. Now I burought other tools for you to improve battery life, if TLP doesn't fit to your needs. This script does all tweaks automatically within your system.

First of all the most popular utility Laptop Mode Tools which saves power by spinning down hard drives, and in addition, it can be configured to tweak all sorts of other power-related things. The core feature of Laptop Mode Tools is that it controls the "laptop mode" feature of the Linux kernel. In addition this tools can tweak things like readahead settings, hard drive power management settings, CPU frequency scaling settings, CPU throttling settings, DPMS settings, terminal blanking settings, and LCD brightness settings. It also supports various other power management features, such as starting and stopping daemons depending on power mode, automatically hibernating if battery levels are too low, and adjusting terminal blanking and X11 screen blanking.
Second tweak is to stop access to HDD for log files. If you are in single user system, probably you don't need log file like when this directory/file was accessed last time.
Third tweak is about to create virtual ram (swappiness), so whenever ram is out of space system is going to use virtual ram. This allows system to use all memory when memory is full use virtual ram, so in this case system won't bother your HDD.
Forth tweak is about to create ram drive for temp filesystem. This tweak moves temporary files from HDD to RAM then system won't hit HDD for temp file. The system touches HDD the more we save battery.
Fifth tweak is a utility called indicator-cpufrequency, It allows user to set specific amout of CPU to system or CPU on demand. In such a way it can help user to save battery by using 'power on demand'.
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Download and run script for battery tweaks in Ubuntu 15.04/14.10/14.04/12.04/Linux Mint 17.x/16/13/and other related Ubuntu derivatives open terminal and enter following commands:

Use this one command to undo/uninstall tweaks open terminal and enter following command:

Dual GPU Tweak:
This tweak is only for those who has dual GPU in their Laptop. If you are not using other GPU for example Nvidia, AMD Catalyst, you can disable them in order to save battery.
So there is an open source program written in java. It disables discrete GPU which is not in use to save battery time.
This is a java program that allows the user to simply install acpi_call kernel module via graphic Interface, and also provides an useful script that automatically recompiles the kernel after each update.

Program features:
  • Install the acpi_call kernel module (kernel would be recompiled automatically after each update).
  • Deactivate discrete GPU.
  • Automatically deactivate discrete GPU on every boot.

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Also see this video tutorial.

To install Acpi-Call-GPU Utility in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
This program requires java installed on the system.

To uninstall this program:
That's it
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Ubuntu 15.10 Wily could be exciting release for many users, since it has new application packages and features. Ubuntu team is heading towards great way by doing great work and impresses its user base, unlike previous releases this release got some new features and improvements. Unity 8 is not replaced yet and hopefully won't be in 16.04 either but still Unity 7.3.2 is much faster, responsive and many other things for release info checkout this post. It's been a tradition that whenever a new Ubuntu version come out people look forward to tweak it somehow to make their experience much better with Ubuntu, I am not trying to say Ubuntu isn't perfect 'for sure it is' but there are some other things to be done after fresh install and make it much better than any other OS available out there. Following all tweaks are tested by us, so hopefully you won't get any problem with them and if you encounter any problem feel free to ask. Lets start .....
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Tweaks/Things to do after Install of Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander

Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy is just released today, Ubuntu team has done really great work there aren't much new features in this release but many current features and issues improved in 13.10 saucy. So we can say canonical focused on stability of Ubuntu desktop. Unity is much much faster, responsive and a lot of things added like smart scopes, anonymous dash searches and many more. After a lot of digging to this release I was wondering what tweaks should we do with this release and than it will be completely ready to use for us. So tweaks work has been done by me and brought for you, after applying these tweaks your desktop will be complete. All tweaks has been tested by NoobsLab, So if you encounter any problem feel free to ask us. Lets start tweaking to 13.10 ...

1: Tweak Tools:

Gnome Tweak Tool is well-known powerful tweak tool, With this tool you can manage your Ubuntu environment like: Change theme, icons, fonts, cursor and so on options.
Unity Tweak Tool is a configuration tool for the Unity Desktop, providing users access to features and configuration options not (obviously) accessible, and brings them all together in a polished & easy-to-use interface.
Install Tweak Tools with following command:
Also Checkout Ubuntu Tweak


2: Synaptic and Compiz (CCSM) with extra plugins:

Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.
CCSM, short for CompizConfig Settings Manager, is a configuration tool for Compiz Fusion. It is used to configure the many plugins included in Compiz and Compiz Fusion, as well as the use of various profiles and intergrating better with existing desktop settings.

To install Synaptic Manager and CCSM enter following commands in Terminal:
Go to Dash and Search "CCSM" or "synaptic"


3: LightDM Tweaks

Remove White dots: If you want to remove white dots from login screen of Ubuntu 13.10.
Disable Remote Login and Guest account is enable by default in Ubuntu, It means anybody can login with guest account in your Ubuntu and remote to any computer.

To remove white dots, enter following commands in Terminal:

To remove guest account open Terminal and enter following command:

To remove Remote login open Terminal and enter following command:
Save and close file, Now Restart to see effect.


4: Improve Unity Performance, Remove Online Search Lenses:

If you don't like online searches in Unity, You can disable it from Settings -> Privacy then Turn off online search.
Alternatively you can remove online search lenses from Unity, Following commands will remove Music, Photos, and Video lenses and make Unity much responsive:


5: Disable overlay Scrollbars:

You can disable overlay scrollbars, if you don't like that.
Enter following command in terminal to disable overlay scrollbar:

If you want to get back overlay bar, enter following command:


6: Show username on panel:

UserName is disabled by default in Ubuntu, So here is tweak you can enable it very easily.
Enter following command in terminal:

To remove name from panel, Enter following command:


7: Disable System Crash Reports:

If you are experiencing something crashes in your Ubuntu, and you don't like to be notify with reports. You can disable them easily.
Enter following commands to disable crash reports:
Now text file will open, In the last line you will see "enabled=1" change it to "enabled=0". Save and close file.
Now enter following command in terminal to stop apport service:


8: Firewall for Ubuntu:

Linux don't need Anti-virus but Firewall is important for any kind of Operating System. UFW is installed by default in Ubuntu but it is command line and disabled by default. You can install best firewall GUFW enable and manage it graphically.
Enter following command in terminal to install firewall:
After installation open Dash and Search "GUFW" to configure it.


9: Move Minimize, Maximize, Close Buttons to Right:

If you are used to use these buttons on right side then this tweak is useful for you. You can move Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons to the right side.
Enter following command to move buttons to right:


10: Install tested drivers for your Hardware:

Ubuntu works perfect with latest hardware, It is better to use drivers offered by Ubuntu. You can choose best drivers for your hardware from additional driver and can enable/disable from there easily.
Open Dash and Search for "Software & Updates" Here you can find "Additional Drivers" in the last Tab.


11: Install Adobe Flash Plugin:

Flash player isn't available by default , So you can install flash player easily from Ubuntu repositories.
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Open Terminal and enter following commands:


12: qBittorrent Torrent client:

The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent. An advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice Qt4 user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible.
Enter following command to install qBittorrent:


13: Integrate online accounts in Ubuntu

Ubuntu has Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Hotmail and other accounts support. It offers you different features of your online account within Ubuntu desktop. Go to Settings > Online Accounts and configure accounts.


14: Plugins for Rhythmbox (Like Equalizer):

Rhythmbox is default Audio player in Ubuntu 13.10, You can install plugins for rhytmbox. Plugins are: Audio-read, Album-art-search, Countdown-playlist, plugin-cover-art-browser, Equalizer, Jump-to-Playing, Jump-to-Window, lyrics, micro-blogger, open-containing-foler, radio-browser, Random-album-player, Remember-the-rhythm, repeat-one-song, rhythm-web, send-first, small-window, stop-after, suspend, tab-guitar, tray-icon, web-menu, stream-ripper
Enter following commands to install plugins.
After installation open Rhythmbox and Go to "Edit" -> "Plugins" and enable plugins.


15: Install Restricted Extras:

There are some Restricted extras in Ubuntu which can't be install while installation of Ubuntu by default but you can install these Restricted extras by yourself. Restricted mp3 playback and decoding, support for various formats, fonts, java, flash plugin, lame, dvd playback.


16: Codecs and Enable DVD Playback:

If you are multimedia user and use Ubuntu for multimedia then these codecs are very useful for you. You can install them by single command.
Following command for Enable DVD Playback:


17: Compression/Decompression tools:

You can compress and decompress 7z, zip, gzip, rar, xz, tar, bz2, xar, tar.gz, tar.bz, and many others.
Enter following command in terminal to install:


18: Tools/Tweaks For Laptop Power Management

If you are using laptop then TLP and laptop mode tools are really important for your laptop battery and power consumption. These tools has ability to save battery life and some other features.
Enable laptop mode and other tweaks for laptops
Improve laptop power management with TLP


19: To Reset Unity:

>> to reset the Unity:


20: Must have Misc/Softwares for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy:

Enable Transparent Desktop Cube and Wobbly Windows
Google Chrome
Skype
WineHQ (Windows Program Loader)
Cairo Dock
Gimp Image Editor
Curlew Multi-Converter
Deepin Software Center
VirtualBox
Grub Customizer
Install and Configure Samba Sharing between Windows and Ubuntu
Latest Nvidia Drivers (Only for those who own Nvidia Card)
Ati Amd catalyst Drivers (Only for those who own ATI Card)
Media Players: VLC, Xnoise
File Managers SunFlower Twin-Panel
Checkout Conky Collection
Checkout Themes Collection
Checkout Icons Collection

That's it.
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