As you may know, XiX Music Player is an open-source lightweight music player that has support for most popular architectures, including ARM, therefore works well on both Linux and Raspberry Pi Systems.

Despite the fact that it very lightweight, it has support for the following formats: MP3, OGG, M4A, FLAC, has features that enables the users to play and rip MP3 and FLAC CDs/DVDs, has support for creating playlists, download podcasts, shuffle and repeat, reverse play, copy/delete/rename function, etc.

The latest version available is XiX Music Player 0.97.106, which brings the below changes:

• Small Fixes
• Added COPYTO menu item
• CD Covers / Artist Images can be loaded from LastFM
• Artist Information & Track Overview from LastFM is working again
• Added an option to disable VU-Meter
• Possible to remove libraries
• Updates Lyrics plugins
• Since Rev 79, the played files were not closed. This could lead to a crash after a while.
• Auto Reconnect for disconnected Radio-Stream
• LINUX: More images are using BGRABitmaps. Better support for GTK2.

Installation instructions:

Up to date packages are available via some third party PPA, so installing xix music player on Ubuntu and systems should not cause too many headaches.

All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the package for either GTK+ or Qt systems.

How to install XiX music player on Ubuntu systems using GTK:

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

How to install XiX music player on Ubuntu systems using Qt:

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

Optional, to remove XiX Media Player (either GTK or Qt), do:

$ sudo apt-get remove xix-media-player*

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and derivative systems like Linux Mint 17.x and Elementary OS 0.3 Freya.

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As you may know, Mozilla Firefox is among the most popular internet browsers available, being very appreciated by FOSS users.

The latest version available is Firefox 45.0.2, coming fixes:

• Fix an issue impacting the cookie header when third-party cookies are blocked
• Fix a web compatibility regression impacting the srcset attribute of the image tag
• Fix a regression with the copy and paste with some old versions of some Gecko applications like Thunderbird
• Fix a crash impacting the video playback with Media Source Extension
• Fix a regression impacting some specific uploads

Installation instructions:

Mozilla does not provide a repository for its Firefox browser, but the installation steps are quite easy anyway and should not create difficulties on any Linux distribution.

The latest versions of Firefox are available as pre-compiled libraries via the Mozilla FTP, so we need to download the archive (i386 or i686 for 32 bit systems and amd64 or x86_64 for 64 bit systems), extract  it and run the firefox file. Also, it is advised to remove previous versions of Firefox, move Firefox to /opt and create a symlink, for an easier usage.

The below instructions should work on all the popular Linux systems, including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian, Robolinux, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva, Arch Linux, Manjaro, ROSA Desktop etc.

How to install Firefox on 32 bit Linux systems:

$ wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/45.0.2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-45.0.2.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf firefox-*.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox*
$ sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

To start Firefox, just open a terminal, type firefox and hit enter.

How to install Firefox on 64 bit Linux systems:

$ wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/45.0.2/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-45.0.2.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf firefox-*.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox*
$ sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

To start Firefox, just open a terminal, type firefox and hit enter.

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As you may know, zbackup is a globally-deduplicating tool that uses rsync. When you feed a large .tar archive into it, the software will store duplicate regions on it only once and reuse it, when needed. This way, if the files are not very different, the storage required is very low.

Being format-agnostic, zbackup works with all kinds of archive formats, even proprietary and raw images.

Main features:

• Parallel LZMA or LZO compression of the stored data
• Built-in AES encryption of the stored data
• Possibility to delete old backup data
• Use of a 64-bit rolling hash, keeping the amount of soft collisions to zero
• Repository consists of immutable files. No existing files are ever modified
• Written in C++ only with only modest library dependencies
• Safe to use in production
• Possibility to exchange data between repos without recompression

The latest version available is zbackup 1.5.o Alpha, which brings changes.

Features:

• Customizable configuration
• Support for OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin
• Possibility to change repository password
• Experimental: “cacheless restore”
• Experimental: deep GC mode
• Zero compression support

Bug fixes:

• Memory leakage
• File descriptors leakage
• Index growing on GC
• Maybe some more…

Installation instructions:

Zbackup is available via PPA for Ubuntu and derivatives and via the AUR repository for Arch Linux, Manjaro and other systems of that kind, so installing the software should not cause too many problems on any of this systems.

Install Zbackup on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu derivative systems:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install zbackup

Optional, to remove zbackup, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove zbackup

How to install Zbackup on Arch Linux, Manjaro and other Arch-based systems:

$ sudo pacman -S yaourt
$ sudo yaourt zbackup

Optional, to remove zbackup, do:

$ sudo yaourt -Rsn zbackup

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KeePass2 is a multi-platform open-source password manager, which allows you to secure all your passwords with a password protected master key. Instead of remembering your email password, blog password, et cetera, you only need to know your master key’s password, in order to use other passwords, that were stored in a database.

The latest version available is KeePass2 2.32.0, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

New Features:

• The quick search box (in the toolbar of the main window) now supports searching using a regular expression; in order to indicate that the search text is a regular expression, enclose it in ‘//’; for example, performing a quick search for ‘//Michael|Adam//’ shows all entries containing ‘Michael’ or ‘Adam’.
• Added ‘Advanced’ tab in the ‘Open From URL’ dialog (easily extensible by plugins); added options: timeout, pre-authenticate, HTTP/HTTPS/WebDAV user agent and 100-Continue behavior, FTP passive mode.
• Added per-user Start Menu Internet Application detection.
• When selecting an entry in the main entry list, its parent group is now selected automatically in the group tree view.
• Auto-Type matching: added option ‘Expired entries can match’ (turned off by default, i.e. expired entries are ignored).
• Added option ‘Always show global auto-type entry selection dialog’ (to show the dialog even when no or one entry is found for the currently active target window; turned off by default).
• Added {GROUP_NOTES} placeholder.
• Added support for importing nPassword 1.0.2.41 NPW files.
• In triggers and KPScript, an import/export module can now be specified both using its display name and its format name.
• When running under .NET 4.5 or higher, secure connections (e.g. for WebDAV) now support TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 (in addition to SSL 3 and TLS 1.0).
• Added Mono workaround: when running on the Unity or Pantheon desktop, KeePass now does not try to instantiate a tray icon anymore; if you want a tray icon on Unity/Pantheon, use theapplication indicator plugin.
• Added workaround for Mono not implementing the property SystemInformation.SmallIconSize for Mac OS X systems.
• Added command line parameter ‘-wa-disable:’ for disabling specific Mono workarounds (IDs separated by commas).
• KPScript: if the value of a ‘-ref-*:’ parameter is enclosed in ‘//’, it is now treated as a regular expression, which must occur in the entry field for an entry to match.
• KPScript: .NET 4.0/4.5 is now preferred, if installed.
• KPScript: enhanced high DPI support.

Improvements:

• Auto-Type: improved compatibility with target windows that handle activation slowly and ignore any input until being ready (like Microsoft Edge).
• Auto-Type: improved sending of characters that are typically realized with the AltGr key.
• When editing a custom entry string, the value text box now has the initial focus.
• Improved image/icon shrinking.
• Improved icon recoloring on high DPI resolutions.
• Changed some ICO files such that higher resolution images are used.
• Changed some PNG files to workaround the image DPI scaling behavior on Windows XP.
• Improved new-line filtering in the main entry view.
• When trying to use the Windows user account as part of a composite master key fails, a more detailed error message is displayed now.
• The ‘About’ dialog now indicates whether the current build is a development snapshot.
• Changed code signing certificate.
• Upgraded installer.
• Various code optimizations.
• Minor other improvements.

Installation instructions:

In order to successfully install KeePass2 on your Ubuntu system, you have to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the keepass2 package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install keepass2

Optional, to remove keepass2, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove keepass2

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x and Elementary OS 0.3 Freya systems.

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Kernel 4.6 RC4 has been released, consisting of 40% updated drivers, 30% architecture fixes and 30% VM fixes.

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other derivative systems.

For 32 bit systems, download and install the i386 debs. For 64 bit systems, download and install the amd64 packages:

How to install Kernel 4.6 RC on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-image-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.6* linux-image-4.6*

How to install Kernel 4.6 RC on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-headers-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc4-wily/linux-image-4.6.0-040600rc4-generic_4.6.0-040600rc4.201604172330_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.6* linux-image-4.6*

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As a reminder, Solus OS is a free, open-source Linux system built from scratch by Ikey Doherty. What’s interesting about it is the fact that it uses Budgie, a beautiful, very lightweight desktop environment built in GTK+.

Recently, David Mohammed decided to take the Budgie desktop and used it by default on Ubuntu, creating his own Ubuntu flavor named Budgie-Remix.

Right now, Budgie-Remix 16.04 RC has been released, but the developer is working hard to make Ubuntu Budgie an official flavor and release it along with the other systems from the Ubuntu family, starting with Ubuntu 16.10.

Among others, the RC version brings updates for the Ubiquity graphical installed slideshow and revised options of the installer, the clock applet on the panel has been centered, Plank has been added by default, along with GNOME Calendar, the pop-up notifications have been made visible to the end user, the Plymouth boot splash screen has been made to display Budgie-Remix, the Budgie Desktop logo has been added to the panel and the Vertex theme can be selected from the Raven notifications.

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As you may know, Kernel 4.2.8 was the latest release in the Kernel 4.2 series, but Canonical picked up the development and continues to maintain and update the kernel, under the Kernel 4.2.8 CKT X name.

The latest version available (from the series) is Kernel 4.2.8 CKT 8.

Installation instructions:

Compiling a Linux kernel is a little difficult and takes some time, but the Ubuntu (and derivative) users do not have to worry about that, because Canonical provides deb packages for these systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, Deepin and other Ubuntu derivative systems like Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Voyager etc. Pay attention to download and install the Kernel patch for your system’s architecture (i386 debs for 32 bit systems and amd64 debs for 64 bit systems).

How to install Kernel 4.2.8 CKT X on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208ckt8_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208ckt8-generic_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-image-4.2.8-040208ckt8-generic_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.2* linux-image-4.2*

How to install Kernel 4.2.8 CKT X on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208ckt8_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-headers-4.2.8-040208ckt8-generic_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2.8-ckt8-wily/linux-image-4.2.8-040208ckt8-generic_4.2.8-040208ckt8.201604240923_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.2*.deb linux-image-4.2*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.2* linux-image-4.2*

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As you may know, Kodi (previously named XBMC) is a famous open source media hub and home theater PC, being translated in more than 30 languages. Also, its features can be highly extended via third party plugins and extensions and has support for PVR (personal video recorder).

The final version of Kodi 16.1 “Jarvis” has been released, coming with a list of changes:

• Never cache addons directories
• Fix typo when calculating forced ratio size
• AndroidStorageProvider: Ignore /mnt/runtime and don’t call Exists all the way every some 500 ms as this will affect performance
• Set of fixes for DirectX rendering
• 20% performance gain on opening EPG guide window
• Add missing libgif.so to the Android package
• Fix Kodi freezing if no ADSP add-on is present
• EventServer security fix by only allowing localhost
• Fix possible lockup when entering EPG grid
• Fix possible problems with rendering on Windows
• Fix possible non working key presses after a key long press
• Don’t do a video chapter skip if there’s only one chapter
• Fix possible lock up by increasing timeout to let screensavers properly exit
• Fix render capture (bookmark images) on certain hardware with DXVA
• Fix problem in ZeroConfBrowser that could cause problems on exit
• Fix possible crashes when using VAAPI and DXVA video rendering
• Fix song reported on playback of songs from cuesheet

For more information, study the release announcement for yourself.

Installation instructions:

The latest versions of Kodi available are available via PPA, so installing it on Ubuntu systems is a piece of cake. Just add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the kodi package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kodi

Or, use the below command to install audio codecs and other addons as well:

$ sudo apt-get install --install-suggests kodi

Optional, to remove kodi, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove kodi*

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

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As you may know, MKVToolNix is a Matroska (mkv) multimedia manipulation tool pack. You can edit mkv video files, split files, sync audio with video.

It contains the following command-line tools:

• mkvmerge – a tool for creating Matroska files from other formats
• mkvinfo – a tool that the users to get information about the tracks in a Matroska file
• mkvextract – a tool that extracts tracks from Matroska files to other formats

The latest version available is MKVToolNix 9.1.0 “Little Earthquakes”, which has been recently released, bringing a huge list of changes.

Installation instructions:

The installation instructions are very straight-forward, because the latest MKVToolNix builds are available via repository for Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems.

How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus systems:

$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/xenial/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf systems:

$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/wily/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

How to install MKVToolNix on Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17.3, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint 6, Peppermint 5, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2 and derivative systems:

$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.bunkus.org/ubuntu/trusty/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

How to install MKVToolNix on Debian 8 Jessie and derivative systems:

$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo " deb http://www.bunkus.org/debian/jessie/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

How to install MKVToolNix on Debian 7 Wheezy and derivative systems:

$ wget -q -O - https://www.bunkus.org/gpg-pub-moritzbunkus.txt | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo " deb http://www.bunkus.org/debian/jessie/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

Optional, to remove mkvtoolnix and mkvtoolnix-gui, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui

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As you already know, Wireshark is an open-source protocol analyzer software, very used for monitoring the network traffic.

The latest version available is Wireshark 2.0.3, which has been recently released, bringing multiple small fixes.

Installation instructions:

Up to date packages are available via the Wireshark PPA, so installing the software on Ubuntu should not cause problems to anyone.

All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the wireshark package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wireshark

Optional, to remove wireshark, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wireshark

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

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Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is an open-source compatibility layer software app that enables the Linux and Unix users to run Windows software on their systems, via the Winelib software library.

While the latest version available is Wine 1.8.x, you can also install and test Wine 1.9.9 (Dev), which is the under-development branch of Wine and brings the below changes:

• More work towards the WineD3D command stream.
• Bug fix update of the Mono engine.
• More WebServices reader support.
• Still more Shader Model 5 support.
• Support for gradients in metafiles.
• Improved table formatting in WinHelp.
• Various bug fixes.

Installation instructions:

In order to successfully install Wine 1.9 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and derivative systems like Linux Mint 17.x and Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, you need to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index, and install the wine-staging and winehq-staging packages:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-staging
$ sudo apt-get install winehq-staging

Optional, to remove wine and revert the changes, do:

$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:wine/wine-builds

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Kernel 4.6 7 has been released, coming with updated drivers, enhancements and improvements.

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other derivative systems.

For 32 bit systems, download and install the i386 debs. For 64 bit systems, download and install the amd64 packages:

How to install Kernel 4.6.x on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-headers-4.6.7-040607_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-headers-4.6.7-040607-generic_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-image-4.6.7-040607-generic_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.6* linux-image-4.6*

How to install Kernel 4.6.x on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-headers-4.6.7-040607_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-headers-4.6.7-040607-generic_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6.7/linux-image-4.6.7-040607-generic_4.6.7-040607.201608160432_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.6*.deb linux-image-4.6*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.6* linux-image-4.6*

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Kernel 4.5.7 has been released, bringing updated drivers, filesystem enhancements and better support for the AMDGPU open-source video driver.

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other derivative systems.

For 32 bit systems, download and install the i386 debs. For 64 bit systems, download and install the amd64 packages:

How to install Kernel 4.5.x on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.7-040507_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.7-040507-generic_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-image-4.5.7-040507-generic_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.5*.deb linux-image-4.5*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.5* linux-image-4.5*

How to install Kernel 4.5.x on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.7-040507_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-headers-4.5.7-040507-generic_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.5.7-yakkety/linux-image-4.5.7-040507-generic_4.5.7-040507.201606100436_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.5*.deb linux-image-4.5*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.5* linux-image-4.5*

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Kernel 4.7. has been released, coming with updated drivers, enhancements and improvements.

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other derivative systems.

For 32 bit systems, download and install the i386 debs. For 64 bit systems, download and install the amd64 packages:

How to install Kernel 4.7.x on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-image-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.7*.deb linux-image-4.7*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.7* linux-image-4.7*

How to install Kernel 4.7.x on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-headers-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7/linux-image-4.7.0-040700-generic_4.7.0-040700.201608021801_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.7*.deb linux-image-4.7*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.7* linux-image-4.7*

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Kernel 4.8 RC 2 has been released, coming with various updates and fixes.

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and other derivative systems.

For 32 bit systems, download and install the i386 debs. For 64 bit systems, download and install the amd64 packages:

How to install Kernel 4.8.x on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.8* linux-image-4.8*

How to install Kernel 4.8.x on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-headers-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc2/linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc2-generic_4.8.0-040800rc2.201608142332_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.8*.deb linux-image-4.8*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.8* linux-image-4.8*

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Kernel 4.4.19 has been released, bringing an impressive number of fixes.

Installation instructions:

Compiling a Linux kernel is a little difficult and takes some time, but the Ubuntu (and derivative) users do not have to worry about that, because Canonical provides deb packages for these systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

The below commands are available for all the Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, Deepin and other Ubuntu derivative systems like Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Voyager etc. Pay attention to download and install the Kernel patch for your system’s architecture (i386 debs for 32 bit systems and amd64 debs for 64 bit systems).

How to install Kernel 4.4 on 32 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-headers-4.4.19-040419_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-headers-4.4.19-040419-generic_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_i386.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-image-4.4.19-040419-generic_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_i386.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.4* linux-image-4.4*

How to install Kernel 4.4 on 64 bit Ubuntu and derivative systems:

Download the needed packages:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-headers-4.4.19-040419_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_all.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-headers-4.4.19-040419-generic_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_amd64.deb \
kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.19/linux-image-4.4.19-040419-generic_4.4.19-040419.201608201335_amd64.deb

Install the Kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4*.deb linux-image-4.4*.deb

Optional, remove the kernel:

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-4.4* linux-image-4.4*

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As you may know, Stellarium is an open-source planetarium application, providing a realistic and accurate sky image in 3D, as if the users were looking through a telescope.

The latest version available is Stellarium 0.15.0, which brings the below changes:

• Added StelProperty system
• Added new plugin for exhibitions and planetariums – Remote Control
• Added new skycultures: Macedonian, Ojibwe, Dakota/Lakota/Nakota,
  Kamilaroi/Euahlayi
• Updated code of plugins
• Added Bookmarks tool and updated AstroCalc tool
• Added new functions for Scripting Engine and new scripts
• Added Miller Cylindrical Projection
• Added updates and improvements in DSO and star catalogues (include initial
  support of The Washington Double Star Catalog)
• azimuth lines (also targetting geographic locations) in ArchaeoLines plugin
• Many fixes and improvements…

Installation instructions:

Up to date packages are available via some third party packages, so installing the software on Ubuntu is easy. Just add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the stellarium package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install stellarium

Optinal, to remove stellarium, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove stellarium

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Linux Mint 18, Elementary OS 0.4 Loki and Elementary OS 0.3 Freya.

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As you may know, Sayonara Player is a lightweight music player written on C++. It has both many features and low CPU usage and low memory consumption.

Main features:

• Organize even big music collections.
• ID3-tag editor
• MP3 converter
• Equalizer
• Webstreams
• Stream recorder
• Podcasts
• Speed adjustment
• Dynamic playlists
• Radio broadcasting
• Audio track bookmarks with optional loop function

The latest version available is Sayonara 0.9.1, which has been recently released.

Installation instructions:

In order to successfully install Sayonara on your Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Linux Mint 18 and Elementary OS 0.4 Loki, you have to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the sayonara package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lucioc/sayonara
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install sayonara

Optional, to remove sayonara, do:

$ sudo apt remove sayonara

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As you already know, Wireshark is an open-source protocol analyzer software, very used for monitoring the network traffic.

The latest version available is Wireshark 2.2.0 which has been recently released, bringing multiple small fixes.

Installation instructions:

Up to date packages are available via the Wireshark PPA, so installing the software on Ubuntu should not cause problems to anyone.

All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the wireshark package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wireshark

Optional, to remove wireshark, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wireshark

The installation instructions should work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Linux Mint 18, Elementary OS 0.4 Loki, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

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As you may know, GIMP is an open-source photo manipulation software, being a good alternative to Adobe Photoshop.

The latest version available is GIMP 2.8.18, which has been recently released.

Screenshots:

Installation instructions:

Up to date packages are available via Otto’s PPA, so installing the software on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Linux Mint 18, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Elementary OS 0.4 Loki systems should not cause too many problems.

All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the gimp package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gimp

Optional, to remove gimp, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove gimp

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