Kdenlive 0.9.4 Video Editor for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10/10.04/Linux Mint (New Released)

Kdenlive is a free open-source video editor for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, which supports DV, AVCHD and HDV editing. Kdenlive relies on several other open source projects, such as FFmpeg, the MLT video framework and Frei0r effects.

Fixes include:

• [User Interface] DVD wizard menu broken
• [Transitions] Adding a key frame to composite transition changes the position
• [User Interface] crash with automatic scene split
• [User Interface] DVD wizard does not produce iso if no menu
• [Rendering] DVD wizard loop option for menu is broken
• [User Interface] Slider in preview window not draggable
• [User Interface] Automatic audio alignment
• [Rendering] Unsupported audio codec: pcm_s16le
• [Rendering] Kdenlive exits without comments after clicking on rendern (fileformat independent)
• [User Interface] crash when zooming out timeline
• [File Loading] Crash opening file
• See complete list of Fixes

New features introduced in this release 0.9.4:

• Automatic audio alignment
• Exchange of Render > Generate script > File Dialog to a standard full featured one?
• remove useless parameters from the transcode stabilize gui
• Render to raw YUV
• Remember window size/position and zoom in titler
• Realtime update when changing effect values
• Move playhead to mouse position on key press [p-key]

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

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install kdenlive

That's it

Fotoxx 13.02 Allows Now To Convert An Image Into Cartoon-like Drawing (More Features) - Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Fotoxx has been updated to version 13.02 bringing more new features and improvements. Fotoxx is an image editor that allows users to perform various adjustments and effects on their images.

 Fotoxx 13.02 has added the following features:

• Color space conversion is supported using LCMS (e.g. Adobe RGB <--> sRGB)

• A photo of a page in a thick book can be squared and flattened; the print is stretched out where the page curves down at the binding.

• A photo can be converted into a cartoon-like drawing.

• The thumbnail gallery view has three sort options: file name, file mod date, and photo date (EXIF).

• Metadata is kept when a RAW file is converted to TIFF/JPEG/PNG

• Brightness distribution graph allows selection of colors, and reflects only the visible part of a zoomed image.

• Some bugs were fixed

Fotoxx 13.02 Installation

For PPA installation (not updated so far), you can install Fotoxx 13.02 with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway 

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install fotoxx

For manual installation of Fotoxx in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, here are the commands:

1. i386

sudo apt-get install dcraw ufraw libc6 libtiff4 xdg-utils libimage-exiftool-perl 

cd /tmp 

wget -c http://goo.gl/m8YQq -O fotoxx-13.02-i686.deb 

sudo dpkg -i fotoxx-13.02-i686.deb

2. amd64

sudo apt-get install dcraw ufraw libc6 libtiff4 xdg-utils libimage-exiftool-perl 

cd /tmp 

wget -c http://goo.gl/Bz5YD -O fotoxx-13.02-x86_64.deb 

sudo dpkg -i fotoxx-13.02-x86_64.deb

Linux Lite 1.0.4

Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 1.0.4, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised Xfce desktop: "Linux Lite 1.0.4 final for 32-bit processors with PAE support has been released. If you already have the CVF version installed, there is no immediate need to install this final version, just keep updating via Install Updates on the Menu. The only change of note is the updating of the Help & Support manual. Changelog: all system software updated; Firefox 18.0, added new default theme and icon set; added Steam for Linux (requires NVIDIA driver 304.22 or higher or ATI experimental drivers); added keyboard shortcuts information to the Help & Support manual; added open USB storage device in file manager on insert; added two new right-click menu options, Task Manager and Screenshot; replaced PCManFM with Thunar...." Here is the full release announcement with several screenshots. Download (MD5): linux-lite-1.0.4-32bit.iso (720MB).

OmgSuite theme for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 14/13 (GTK + Gnome Shell)

Omg-Suite based on myColors and Silent Night gtk2 theme. This theme is clean, elegant designed for those who like dark themes and three versions of GTK3 available (black, dark grey, and light grey), two versions of GTK2 available, author also made theme for Gnome Shell.

Themes tested on Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 with GTK 3.6/3.4 and Gnome Shell 3.6/3.4

1st: OmgSuite theme for Chrome/Chromium (Click Here)
2nd: zonColor Wallpapers used in screenshots, Also checkout Black Wallpapers
3rd: zonColor-Icons used in screenshots, Also checkout icons collection
4th: You can use Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change icons and themes.

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

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install omg-suite

That's it

SparkyLinux 2.1 "Ultra"

Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 2.1 "Ultra" edition, a Debian-based lightweight distribution with Openbox as the default desktop user interface: "SparkyLinux 2.1 'Ultra' edition has been released. The system is built on Debian 'Wheezy' and all packages have been synchronized with Debian's testing repositories as of 2013-01-23. It features a customized, ultra-light and fast Openbox desktop. What else? Fluxbox is out - I wasn't happy with it so I focus all my attention on Openbox; standard Openbox exit options changed to 'Shutdown', 'Reboot' and 'Log out'; added update-manager; the Polish repository mirror server replaced with the main Debian one; added a few new wallpapers; added to menu - run application, graphical two-panel file manager Tux Commander to have quick access to system files, added AppFinder...." Read the full release announcement for system requirements and a screenshot. Download: sparkylinux-2.1-eris-x86_64-ultra.iso (1,369MB, MD5).

Blizzard will release a game for Linux this year

Linux gaming world is growing continuously since Valve has released Steam for Linux. Now Blizzard is intending to give Linux community some love. So Phoronix.com has an information from a trustworthy source that Blizzard is going to publish a game title for Linux later this year, but it's unclear what exactly it will be.
While all the games of the company run great with CrossOver on Linux, a native Linux version of one of the games would be absolutely sensational. It is supposed that Blizzard already have a working in-house version of World Of Warcraft for Linux. However, World of Warcraft is not the only candidate for a Linux release. StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is going to be released on the 12th March and is surely an ideal candidate for the company's first Linux title. Another highlight for the Linux community could be Diablo 3 which was released last year.

 

What do you think? Which title will come from Blizzard for Linux first?