Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager `PiCon` Lets You Configure Your Pi Using A GUI

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>PiCon is a <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/">Raspberry Pi</a> configuration manager which lets you make changes to the <i>config.txt</i> file using a GUI</b>. The <i>config.txt</i> file is used to store various system parameters that you would normally set from the BIOS, but Raspberry Pi doesn't have a conventional BIOS and thus, it uses this file for such settings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picon raspberry pi configuration manager" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99oYofE5a4vY_q4sZ6cwplAC4at3LDB4sbvzRQyHEklJUCCibxSUI-ZILoHWPl1_SsXILlzgffGnUObHzppXk-ftH-hlOZGYkmwiYVNwzglKaBLU6RCkpQiF6gbTLdzU6FI483HgdMV0/s320/picon.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The application is designed to run on a host system </b>(works on Windows, Linux and Mac since it's written in Java) <b>and not directly on the Raspberry Pi</b>. It is possible to run the app on Raspberry Pi, but the performance is pretty bad.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager (PiCon) can be used to change settings such as:</b><br /><ul><li><b>video output controls</b>: switch between NTSC and PAL, change the aspect ratio, rotate the screen, overscan configuration, enable fixed framebuffer, change the HDMI display modes, force or disable sound, force HDMI 3D support, HDMI boost, use HDMI safe mode and more;</li><li><b>overclock</b> the CPU, GPU and SDRam;</li><li><b>advanced overclocking</b>: overvoltage the GPU or SDRAM, force turbo, initial (temporary) turbo, change the GPU processor frequency, the hardware video block frequency, 3D block frequency, image sensors pipeline block frequency as well as setting a temperature limit (sets clock and voltages to to default when the temperature reaches a certain value);</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use PiCon in Linux</b>, firstly <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=52441">download</a> and extract the archive in your home directory. Then, put the SD card into your computer, access the boot partition (normally, when you insert an SD card on your computer on which you've installed a Raspberry Pi Linux distribution, two partitions should be mounted: the smaller one - 73 MB for my RaspBMC -, is the boot partition) and copy the <i>config.txt</i> file from this partition into the PiCon folder:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon-configtxt.png"><img alt="raspberry pi boot partition" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/picon-configtxt_thumb.png" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To launch PiCon, use the following command (obviously, make sure you've installed Java before this):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>java -jar ~/PiCon*/PiCon.jar</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Make the changes you want and click "Save Settings" - this will write the changes to the <i>config.txt</i> file which you must copy back to the SD card boot partition.</div><br /><b><a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=52441">Download PiCon</a>, the Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager</b>

Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager `PiCon` Lets You Configure Your Pi Using A GUI

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Map Keyboard/Mouse Input To Your Gamepad With AntiMicro

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.ryochan7.com/projects/antimicro/">AntiMicro</a> is an application that can be used to map keyboard and mouse keys to gamepad buttons, useful for playing games with no gamepad support.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application, written in C++ using Qt for the graphical framework, has been created as a replacement for <a href="http://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/">QJoyPad</a> which unfortunately is no longer being maintained.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiiPZ5hrEW7oIviuqa5i4I1Lhq8iCINu4UM4NGGCwFCLF_kwMVMx_YldywBdRP6UOCghom_C7ZZ2PiifVTUyc_3LZbdfGdOGNwxDv2U5ioG1JYasWnfAWztMs-tkioYuCu3AbM5xTq7U/s320/antimicro.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">AntiMicro features controller stick support, 8-way controls, virtual Dpad support, profiles that can be loaded via command line and more.</div>Compared to QJoyPad, the application comes with some extra features like assigning multiple keys to one controller button (for example Shift+Tab to bring up the Steam overlay interface in a game), macros for button presses which lets you add conditional actions, change button configurations on the fly and there's also a tray icon that works under Unity. Furthermore, AntiMicro has better mouse movement support.</div><br /><br /><h2>Basic usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To assign a keyboard or mouse key to gamepad buttons, press a button on your gamepad and the corresponding button in the AntiMicro user interface should be highlighted:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-highlight.png"><img alt="AntiMicro" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-highlight_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Then, click the highlighted button from the AntiMicro user interface and assign it to a keyboard or mouse key:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-keyboard.png"><img alt="AntiMicro" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-keyboard_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-mouse.png"><img alt="AntiMicro" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/antimicro-mouse_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also click the "Quick set" button at the bottom of the AntiMicro window, then press a button or move an axis on the joystick and a window will show up allowing you to assign it a key.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When assigning a key, you can select to use turbo or toggle modes:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>turbo: when the button is pressed on the joystick, the corresponding key acts as if the button was pressed multiple times. The delay/rate can be set under Advanced;</li><li>toggle: a simple press of the Joystick button leaves it virtually pressed. Pressing it again stops it.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch an AntiMicro demo with Left 4 Dead 2, recorded by its developer:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0s59cL_Vvoo" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s59cL_Vvoo">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Download AntiMicro</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ryochan7.com/projects/antimicro/">Download AntiMicro</a> - there are packages available for Ubuntu/Debian, Arch Linux and Gentoo as well as the source code.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://github.com/Ryochan7/antimicro">GitHub</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/">Reddit</a></i></div>

Map Keyboard/Mouse Input To Your Gamepad With AntiMicro

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Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative `AppGrid` Now Available For Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AppGrid</b>, the lightweight (but proprietary) Ubuntu Software Center alternative which we covered <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/app-grid-new-lightweight-ubuntu.html" title="App Grid: New Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative">recently</a>, was updated yesterday and it <b>should now work on Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10</b>. <b>Initially, the application was only available for Ubuntu 13.04</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="AppGrid" border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTaDON0gBgeqobmmIR1XBNzgtGX_UfncStLcWkL3OYQr_LbKUvfc3hknpvYxxTyhFBjRSoaPFRDA5dvK2e7ebWjA7caWPMaRvDwT-EbiDyXqr7voOIOJbRXumnon9XLbnt0WGzrpY5Gw/s320/appgrid-0.1.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest AppGrid also introduces some UI changes, such as:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">increased spacing in the home screen;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the icon overlays have been removed from the thumbnails. Now the ratings turn green if an application is installed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">removed orange line from tile to make rating clearer;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added hints to details view.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a el="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58-app.png"><img alt="AppGrid" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58-app_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes include very basic RTL support, updated icons, the search box should now grab focus on startup and of course, many bug fixes.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install AppGrid in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install AppGrid in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install appgrid</code></pre><br />Currently, the application doesn't work on elementary OS or Linux Mint.<br /><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/appgrid">Launchpad</a>.

Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative `AppGrid` Now Available For Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10

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Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Freeciv</a> is a free and open source turn-based strategy game inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer game modes and is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X<sup style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: top;">*</sup>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv">Android</a> and there's even a <a href="http://play.freeciv.org/">HTML5 version</a> you can play using only a web browser.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/freeciv-2.4.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Freeciv 2.4.0" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZRpsbDnrriOAe9ZHMrMk9wvu0iA-cgFa5IL29gEprVcoKgkvMbfcyeoI4ddohlbMuKMRTVSUnD7x01wjZnuTW12Dbq6YvgHBkJG4EmXu0hyhEF2DMZq8IaWXOs_wmgx9cwghGl2tjfA/s320/freeciv-2.4.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The game supports up to 126 players, AI players, Internet and LAN mltiplayer and features 50 playable units, over 300 nations, modpack support as well as a nice in-game help system. Also, Freeciv is highly configurable and can be played in multiple modes: Freeciv, Civilization, Civilization II or a custom mode.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than 2 years of development, Freeciv 2.4.0 has been released recently, introducing a huge list of improvements and bug fixes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>the maximum theoretical map size has increased from 128,000 to 2,048,000 tiles; the maximum linear map dimension has increased from 512 to 32,768;</li><li>the number of playable nations has increased from 387 to 541;</li><li>the server now supports a "delegation" feature similar to that in Longturn, where one user can nominate another to temporarily take over control of the game;</li><li>there is a new "map image" feature to save an overview map as an image</li><li>new server settings: "revealmap" allows the map to be shown to all players at game start or dead players and "first_timeout" allows the first turn to have a different timeout from subsequent turns;</li><li>revamped player authentication;</li><li>player colors are now assigned centrally, and can be changed with the "/playercolor" server command;</li><li>the 'autosaves' setting gives finer control over when savegames are generated;</li><li>the freeciv-modpack utility supports more modpack types, more options (see --help), and uses the Curl library for network access;</li><li>the AI code has been heavily refactored, with a view to making it easier for people to start their own projects to write better Freeciv AI;</li><li>the unit selection dialog has been revamped to allow browsing and selecting units by combinations of location and activity, anywhere in the world;</li><li>the orientation of units is now tracked, so tilesets can provide different graphics for different unit orientations;</li><li>Many gameplay, AI and other changes.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This release also introduces a GTK3 client which, even though is fully playable, is currently considered experimental. The GTK3 client should become default in the next major release. Also, work has started for a new Qt client but for now it's not usable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For a complete list of changes, see <a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.0">THIS</a> page.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: 2.4 clients cannot interoperate with servers older than version 2.4 and vice versa.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Freeciv 2.4 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04</b> users can install the latest Freeciv 2.4 by using the <a href="http://www.playdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/13.04#how_to_install">PlayDeb repository</a>. Because PlayDeb seems down at the time I'm writing this article, I suggest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/getdeb-playdeb-repositories-down-what.html" title="GetDeb, PlayDeb Repositories Down - What To Do? Use This Mirror!">using a mirror</a> which you can add by using the commands below:</div><br /><b>- Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint 15, etc.:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><b>- Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13, elementary OS Luna:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, add the repository key, update the software sources and<b> install the Freeciv 2.4 GTK client</b> using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 46D7E7CF<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install freeciv-client-gtk</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PlayDeb repository provides the stable GTK2 client and not the new experimental GTK3 client.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Download">Download Freeciv</a></b> (Windows binaries, source code)</div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">^* Mac OS X packages are no longer being created for new releases. The latest Mac version available is 2.3.0.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.le-libriste.fr/2013/09/ubuntu-12-04-13-04-freeciv-2-4-0-toujours-plus-grand/">Le-Libriste.fr</a></i></div>

Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

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Football Manager 2014 Release Date Announced

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sports Interactive has <a href="http://www.sigames.com/news/14272/Release+date+announced++Whats+new+in+FM14++Tech+video+blog">announced</a> that Football Manager 2014 will be released on October 31. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/steam-football-manager-2014-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Football Manager 2014 Steam Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wtFt2F6Fy9DrTCxpGc7WL4zFG-HxCYZhvaT46DX97c_3DgESXnALfUq-TGh7E-TQUBIDfE2KFcLkLS6pmh4jvRDWCrMO-JGoJqEuCIEsAR0vRkkhkI0Mbqu1trZcZFBV2-3RXQTG0DI/s320/steam-football-manager-2014-linux.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As you probably know, the popular football (soccer) management simulation game will finally be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/football-manager-game-coming-to-linux.html">available for Linux</a> with this release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The announcement also states that if you pre-oder FM14, you'll get access to a fully-playable beta version two weeks prior the official release date.</div><br />On Linux, the game will have the following system requirements:<br /><ul><li>CPU: 1,8Ghz+</li><li>Memory: 1GB RAM</li><li>Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7300 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2400 Pro, Intel HD 3000/4000: 128MB VRAM</li><li>3GB of HDD available space</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch a video that presents the match day changes in Football Manager 2014:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gSQlmlClC8U" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQlmlClC8U">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can pre-order Football Manager 2014 via <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/231670/">Steam</a> or its <a href="http://www.footballmanager.com/lang/en_GB#buynow">website</a> (49,99€ / $49,99 / £34.99).</div>

Football Manager 2014 Release Date Announced

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Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Flowblade</a>, a multitrack video editor for Linux, has reached version 0.10, getting a new audio mixer, a range log panel, new UI icons and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-video-editor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flowblade video editor" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutbgXP0cXEAheTWviALkzFfvd3UZvBhnthKaWO3Co5ESxUP6XPqeDco8Iwa6xqZTSpN_4T8WKb32LklXOeR9XNICd3TV7imiy5UstycHdDSXhuzVNHetlSVNite6cveQEI4BD4DqaAB8/s320/flowblade-video-editor.png" title="Flowblade video editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Flowblade provides powerful tools to mix and filter audio and video: cut or join videos, create movies from video clips, audio and graphics files and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The application <i>"employs film style editing paradigm in which clips are usually automatically placed tightly after the previous clip - or between two existing clips - when they are inserted on the timeline. Edits are fine-tuned by trimming in and out points of clips, or by cutting and deleting parts of clips. Film style editing is faster for creating programs with mostly straight cuts and audio splits, but may be slower when programs contain complex composites unless correct work flow is followed</i>", mentions the Debian package description.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though it has been under development since 2009, Flowblade has only recently made it into the Ubuntu (Saucy) and Debian (testing/unstable) repositories. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Flowblade 0.10 has been released yesterday and comes with some interesting changes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new Audio Mixer window with VU meter + gain and pan controls for all tracks and master out (Requires MLT 0.8.8);</li><li>a Range Log panel has been added - this enables the user to save and name Mark In/Out ranges on media files. This is very useful when working with long files that have many areas of interest;</li><li>marks can now be placed to identify positions on the timeline;</li><li>Affine Blend compositor provides single point of control to create keyframed composites with both opacity and affine transform and all the standard blend modes (Requires Frei0r 1.4);</li><li>image sequences of numbered frames can now be imported as media;</li><li>rendering presets for commonly used file types are now available;</li><li>single track rendered transitions for quick dissolves and wipes;</li><li>The GUI was updated with over 20 new icons and custom buttons</li><li>the tabs position is now customizable;</li><li>configurable Timecode display position;</li><li>a keyboard shortcuts window has been added (<i>Help > Keyboard Shortcuts</i>);</li><li>much more. For a complete list of new features / changes, see the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/ReleaseNotes">release notes</a>.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-audio-mixer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Flowblade audio mixer" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-audio-mixer_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Flowblade audio mixer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For more information about Flowblade, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/flowblade-cool-non-linear-video-editor.html" title="Flowblade: A Cool, Non-Linear Video Editor For Linux">previous article</a> and the application <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">homepage</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Flowblade video editor</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: Flowblade requires a resolution of at least 1152x768.</b><br /><br /><b>Ubuntu / Debian and derivatives:</b> Like I was telling you above, Flowblade is available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flowblade">Ubuntu</a> (Saucy) and <a href="http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=flowblade">Debian</a> (testing/unstable) repositories, but it hasn't been updated to the latest version (0.10). You can<b> download the latest version from the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">downloads page</a> (deb included)</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: some features require MLT 0.8.8 and Frei0r 1.4 which are not available in the repositories - you can install these in Ubuntu by using a PPA such as <a href="https://launchpad.net/~sunab/+archive/kdenlive-release">this one</a> (it has both MLT 0.8.8 and the latest Frei0r from Git for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal and Precise).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Flowblade via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flowblade/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, download the Flowblade source from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">Google Code</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To help you get started with Flowblade, its developer has created a reference guide - check it out <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/FlowbladeReference">HERE</a>. </b>There are also 3 video tutorials linked at the bottom of its <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Google Code page</a>.</div>

Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

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Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/">Nuvola Player</a> is a cloud music player that integrates music services such as Grooveshark, Google Play Music, Amazon Cloud Player, Pandora, Rdio, Hype Machine or 8tracks, with your desktop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nuvola Player 2.2.0" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bBa486pvSa6mZaS8XtJs6RIwM__1eolIeKSECnp6zlr1jfkTbiG29OMK43xp2tq_zY0wd4IhT1thmsap313ufrXbVZEFcjWxreRXAbDb4qCiyumNVI2NnE6H5loWmdX14QJGhOWtrEg/s320/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Nuvola Player, you get notifications, Unity quicklists, multimedia keys support, Mpris v2 support (Ubuntu Sound Menu / GNOME Shell Media Player extension integration), lyrics fetching, last.fm scrobbling, proxy support and more.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nuvola Player 2.2.0</b> has been <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/BjXGLNRKoTr">released</a> recently, bringing new features such as support for <a href="http://bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> (an online music store and platform for artist promotion that caters mainly to independent artists) as well as bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Changes in Nuvola Player 2.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>new service supported: Bancamp;</li><li>Nuvola Player now supports scrobbling to libre.fm, a last.fm alternative;</li><li>Last.fm love and ban actions are now available from the main menu, tray ion and Unity quicklist;</li><li>some services allow downloading songs - Nuvola player now features a simple download manager to allow downloading songs from these services;</li><li>bug fixes, including Google Play playback status detection, enable links to song downloading for Google Play, fixed metadata and playback status parsing for Deezer;</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nuvola Player plugins" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuvola Player plugins<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, the same day Nuvola Player 2.2.0 was released, a <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/bc5fp7TgJgL">message</a> was posted on its Google Plus page, mentioning that <b>Nuvola Player needs a new maintainer</b> because the main developer, <a href="https://plus.google.com/111485183888722402983">Jiří Janoušek</a>, doesn't have enough time to continue the development. If you can adopt the project, contact Jiří at the Nuvola Player Development <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-devel">mailing list</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Nuvola Player by using its official PPA. Add the PPA and install Nuvola Player using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer</code></pre><br />There are also PPAs for <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/beta">beta</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/unstable">unstable</a> builds.<br /><br /><b>Debian: </b>Nuvola Player is avialable in a <a href="http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/README.html">repository</a>.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Nuvola Player via AUR: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58166">stable</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nuvola-bzr/">unstable</a> (bzr).<br /><br />For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, see the Nuvola Player <a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/download.html">downloads</a> page.

Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

Nuvola Player is a cloud music player that integrates music services such as Grooveshark, Google Play Music, Amazon Cloud Player, Pandora, ...

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