Leftovers: Software
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GParted 0.25.0 Released With Progress Bar When Checking/Resizing ext2/3/4 Partitions
GParted is an open source and free partition manager. GParted can create and edit partitions. It's a GUI (Graphical User Interface) so it's easy to to create or edit partitions on our hard disk using GParted. GParted recently released its 0.25.0 version that now shows a progress bar when checking or resizing ext2/3/4 partitions. Here is how you can install or update to GParted 0.25.0 in Ubuntu or other derivatives distros.
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Rygel 0.29.1 Open Source Media Server Adds Support for Lightweight Media Scanner
Rygel developer Jens Georg announced on the GNOME mailing list the immediate availability for download and testing of the first milestone in the upcoming Rygel 0.30 stable series of the open-source media server software.
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git-annex v6
Version 6 of git-annex, released last week, adds a major new feature; support for unlocked large files that can be edited as usual and committed using regular git commands.
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Oracle Releases VirtualBox 5.0.14 with Support for Linux Kernel 4.5, Mac OS X Fixes
Oracle today announced the release of the VirtualBox 5.0.14 open-source and cross-platform virtualization software for all supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
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Latest Vivaldi Web Browser Snapshot Adds over 50 Bugfixes and Improvements
The Vivaldi developers are back at work bringing us more Snapshot builds towards the final and first-ever stable release of the cross-platform and proprietary web browser for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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Opera 34 for Linux Needs a Little Wizardry to Make Netflix Finally Work
A fresh Opera stable update has been released, but it’s a really small one. The developers have made some changes to get Netflix running, although they still haven’t made things easy.
Opera is based on Chromium, and since Google Chrome has no problem with Netflix, the same doesn’t happen for Opera. This is an annoying problem for Opera users who really want to also watch Netflix, and the developers are aware of this. The latest update was released to fix this particular issue, but that hasn’t happened all the way through.
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Wine 1.8 Released
There are alternatives to using Wine, but they all involve trade-offs. Perhaps the simplest solution is to install Windows on your computer as a second operating system. But for many Linux users, that isn't an option. We want to break free of Windows, not tie ourselves down to it.
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