elementary OS Luna Beta 2 Available For Download

Five months after the first beta, elementary OS Luna beta 2 has been released yesterday. Based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Luna beta 2 comes with improved multi-monitor support, updated default applications and artwork and more.


elementary OS Luna beta 2 video

Even though there aren’t any major visual changes, except for the improved artwork, I’ve decided to make a video anyway so you can see the beautiful effects and the overall desktop feel of this beautiful Linux distribution. And obviously, you can also check out some of the changes in the latest Luna beta 2.


(direct video link)

Changes in elementary OS Luna beta 2

Changes / new features in elementary OS Luna beta 2 since beta 1:

  • Switchboard (system settings) now includes two new Keyboard and Power sections as well as an option to switch dock (Plank) themes;
  • improved multi-monitor support for Plank and Wingpanel;
  • improved elementary theme (both GTK and icon theme), including brand new folder icons, file manager icon and emoticons set;
  • Shotwell, Midori, Noise (now called Music), Geary and Pantheon Terminal have received various enhancements and bug fixes:
  • Geary email client now includes multiple account support, “collapsed” messages in conversations, “important” folder support, option to mark emails as spam and many bug fixes;
  • Midori, the default elementary OS web browser has received a customizable new tab page behavior, a new Cookie Security Manager extension, improved extension loading, a reworked downloads backend, etc.
  • Noise is now called “Music” and the latest version comes with duplicate-detection, some design updates, improved external device support and more.
  • better translations support;
  • many bug fixes;
  • more.
  • Below you can see some elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots:

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    System Settings (Switchboard)

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    New Power settings

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    New Keyboard settings

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    New Keyboard settings
    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Pantheon Dock (Plank) settings
    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Plank – switching between themes

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Plank – switching between themes
    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Geary email client

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    elementary OS desktop / Calendar indicator
    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Pantheon Files (Marlin fork) and the new elementary OS icon theme folder icons

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Midori web browser

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Music (Noise)

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Expose (Super + W)

    elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots
    Workspace switcher (Super + S)

    For more about elementary OS Luna, see our beta 1 article.

    Download elementary OS Luna Beta 2

    If you’ve installed elementary OS Luna beta 1 or a daily build and have all the packages up to date (e.g.: updated using Update Manager, “apt-get upgrade”, etc.), you already have the latest beta 2 so there’s no need to reinstall.
    To read the official release notes, see how you can contribute or download elementary OS Luna beta 2, see announcement @ elementaryos.org


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    Download Lightworks Linux Public Beta [Professional Video Editor]

    Lightworks, a professional video editing and mastering software, is finally available for Linux, as a public beta.
    Lightworks has been used in renowned Oscar and Emmy Award award-winning films, including The King’s Speech, The Departed, Mission Impossible, Pulp Fiction or Braveheart.

    lightworks linux

    Lightworks Beta for Linux has only been tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10, Mint 13 and 14 and Lubuntu 13.04. There are some unofficial Fedora rpm files but this is not an officially supported distribution. Also, there’s a pretty big list of known issues and limitations for now, including:
    • support for only Nvidia and ATI graphics;
    • 64bit builds only;
    • no AVI and H.264 MOV export option;
    • AVI files may play back incorrectly with black flashing frames and there might be no audio for some uncompressed AVI files;
    • PNG Image Sequences are slow to export;
    • the record tool, playout tool will not be available in the current Linux Beta build of Lightworks. They will be added in a future Linux Beta build;
    • no SDI or Firewire support;
    • more.

    You can take a look at all these known issues on the Lightworks Beta for Linux downloads page.
    Lightworks is free to use, but if you want extra codecs and support, you need to purchase a $ 60/year PRO license.
    To be able to download Lightworks Beta for Linux, you need to register and agree to the Terms and Conditions:

    Submit feedback or bug reports for the Linux beta, HERE.


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    Xubuntu 13.04 Available For Download – Quick Overview [Screenshots, Video]

    Xubuntu 13.04 has been released yesterday, along with the other Ubuntu flavors. Xubuntu uses Xfce as the default desktop environment and is a great alternative for those who prefer a traditional desktop layout with a panel on top, panel applets and so on.

    According to the Xubuntu developers, Xubuntu 13.04 is mostly a maintenance release so there aren’t many new features but there are some new default applications and some other interesting changes.

    Xubuntu 13.04 video

    Below you can watch a quick Xubuntu 13.04 overview:


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    Xubuntu LiveCD no longer available, ISO now larger than 700MB

    Starting with 13.04, the Xubuntu images are larger than 700MB so they no longer fit on traditional CDs. The decision has been voted 8-0 by the Xubuntu team members and thanks to the extra space, some applications that were removed from the default installation in Xubuntu 12.10 are now back by default (see below).
    One of the reasons for this change is the “amount of developer time currently spent keeping the ISO small enough to fit on a CD”.

    Default applications

    Thanks to the larger ISO used by Xubuntu 13.04, GIMP and Gnumeric, which were removed from the ISO for Xubuntu 12.10, are back by default:

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot GIMP

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Gnumeric

    Also, some of the default applications have received important changes:

    Catfish (search tool) has been rewritten with emphasis on speed, the interface has been revamped with styled sidebar and symbolic icons, the application now supports performing operations on multiple files at once and more. Here’s the latest Catfish available in Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail:

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Catfish
    Parole Media Player has received quite a few improvements too, since Xubuntu 12.10. The video player now features CD and DVD playlist support, DVD navigation support, a new “Recent Items” menu item has been added along with album artwork and details to notifications, a missing codec feature like in Totem should make codecs installation a lot easier, an embedded mode allows you to use Parole as a browser plugin, custom subtitle management and many bug fixes, including for fullscreen controls, screensaver inhibition, freezing subtitles and more:

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots parole
    Another application that has received some very interesting changes is Xfce4 Terminal, which now has an option to use it as a drop-down console, like the popular Guake or Yakuake:

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots Xfce4 terminal

    Other Xfce4 Terminal changes include:
    • added search dialog;
    • terminal tab color changes when activity occurs in a tab since last viewed;
    • support for color presets and some presets were added by default, including “Solarized Dark” (which by the way, is my favourite terminal / text editor color scheme).

    For how to use Xfce4 Terminal as a drop-down console, Quake-style, see: How To Use Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x As A Drop-Down Console (Guake-style)

    And finally, Thunar, the default Xfce / Xubuntu file manager has been updated with some much requested features like tabs support:

    Xubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail screenshots thunar

    Other changes included in the latest Thunar available in Xubuntu 13.04:

    • file properties for multiple file selections;
    • support for remote mounts and bookmarks;
    • new shortcuts sidepane;
    • improved transfer dialog;
    • more.

    Default applications included in Xubuntu 13.04: Firefox 20, Thunderbird 17.0.5, Pidgin 2.10.7, Transmission 2.77, XChat 2.8.8, GIMP 2.8.4, Thunar 1.6.2, Catfish 0.6.3, Gnumeric 1.12.1, Abiword 2.9.2+svn20120603, Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.1, Parole 0.5.0, Gmusicbrowser 1.1.9, gThumb 3.0.2, Simple Scan 3.6.1, Ristretto 0.6.3, Xfburn 0.4.3, Gigolo 0.4.1, Mousepad 0.3.0 and Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0, all on top of Xfce 4.10.

    For other changes which are shared with all the Ubuntu flavors, see: Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]

    Here are some more Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots:

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots installer

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot installer

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots login screen

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Gmusicbrowser

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots software center

    Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots settings

    Download Xubuntu 13.04

    If you’ve installed Xubuntu 13.04 beta and used the Update Manager to upgrade all the packages, you already have the final version so there’s no need to reinstall.

    Download Xubuntu 13.04:

    Tip: for improved multi-monitor support, use the Xfce 4.12 PPA.


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    Edubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Is Now Available for Download

    The Edubuntu team has announced today, April 25, that the final release of the highly anticipated Edubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system is now available for download.
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    Download Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4, Now Compatible With Ubuntu 13.04

    Ubuntu Tweak, the popular tool that besides tweaking lets you easily install various applications that aren’t available in the Ubuntu repositories, clean the apps / system cache and more, has been updated today, bringing support for the latest Ubuntu 13.04 along with some bug fixes.

    Besides support for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4 fixes the following issues:

    • When trying to install apps using the previous Ubuntu Tweak version, if there was a network error or failed download, the application would hang after trying to click the “Close” button – this has been fixed now;
    • Creating of a hard link to a directory crashes Ubuntu Tweak;
    • Janitor only shows “System”;
    • Ubuntu Tweak crashes on updating software list.

    In my quick test under Ubuntu 13.04, I’ve noticed that changing the window theme doesn’t work (changing the GTK theme does work though) – bug reported here. You might encounter bugs too and if you do, report them @ Launchpad.

    Here are a few Ubuntu Tweak screenshots:

    Ubuntu Tweak

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    Ubuntu Tweak

    Ubuntu Tweak

    Ubuntu Tweak

    Ubuntu Tweak

    Download Ubuntu Tweak

    Download Ubuntu Tweak:

    Download for Ubuntu

    Or, if you prefer to add the PPA so you can stay up to date with future releases, use the following commands:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak


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    Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]

    Ubuntu 13.04 has been released today with many enhancements and fixes to Unity as well as some important performance improvements. Read on to find out more!


    Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) video

    Check out the video below to see what’s new in Ubuntu 13.04:


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    Unity changes in Ubuntu 13.04

    Unity has been improved a lot in Ubuntu 13.04 and it’s now a LOT faster than in Ubuntu 12.10. A lot of the work on Unity has happened under the hood but there are some user interesting interface changes and new features, such as:
    • new window switching feature that allows you to switch between open windows of the same application by using the Unity Launcher quicklists;
    • switch between an application’s open windows by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher;
    • new Unity-style shutdown dialogs;
    • the Launcher minimum icon size limit has been decreased to 8px from 32px;
    • Dash is a lot faster (both to open and search), comes with improved preview animations, overlay scrollbars and the search has been improved with the addition of a new library which provides error tolerant matching so for instance, typing “gdit” will find Gedit, which wouldn’t happen in Ubuntu 12.10;
    • Unity Online Accounts has received per application toggles so you can choose which application / feature is allowed to use your online accounts;
    • the Unity systray whitelist has been removed, so you can no longer whitelist applications to use the notification area, however, Java and Wine apps will continue to work since they have been whitelisted by default (hard-coded);
    • Sync Menu indicator is now available by default – this is an appindicator that allows you to control Ubuntu One;
    • a new, proper Bluetooth indicator has replaced the old Bluetooth indicator which was basically a patch over the Bluetooth notification area icon available in GNOME Fallback;
    • the old Gwibber lens has been replaced with a new “Friends” lens which basically does the same thing: allows you to view, preview (it supports Unity Dash Previews – from which you can perform various actions like: retweet, like a post on Facebook, etc.) and search your social networks streams (Twitter, Facebook, etc.);
    • the Workspace Switcher and removable media Launcher icons can now be moved anywhere on the Unity Launcher or they can be completely removed. The workspace switcher is actually not available by default (to turn the Workspace Swicher on: System Settings > Appearence > Behavior);
    • new icons for Nautilus, Ubuntu Software Center, Software Updater, Workspace Switcher (which now displays the active workspace) and BFB (the button used to open Dash);
    • new window snap animation that shows a window preview
    • many other subtle changes, improvements and fixes.

    Here are some screenshots with the above mentioned changes as well as some other changes:

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Quicklist window switching feature

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Minimum Launcher icon size limit decreased to 8px

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Dash Previews (music)

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Overlay scrollbars for Dash

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Unity Online Accounts – per application toggles

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Sync Menu

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Bluetooth Indicator

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Friends Lens has replaced the old Gwibber Lens

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Friends Lens: Dash Previews

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Friends Lens

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Enable / disable workspaces (and the Workspace Switcher)

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    New icons for BFB (Dash), Nautilus, Software Center, Software Updater and Workspace Switcher

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Larger screenshot with the new Software Center, Software Updater and Nautilus icons

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    New window snap animation

    Other changes changes / performance

    The work to “make Ubuntu fit on mobile” had advantages for the desktop too and with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the memory usage has been be greatly reduced. For instance, some processes were changed to exit-on-idle and be restarted-on-demand rather than running all the time, there have been many optimizations and fixed memory leaks and so on.
    For me, Ubuntu 13.04 has been very stable and I’ve been using it since ~ January: both its development and the final release. Also, I didn’t run any benchmarks or anything like that but compared to previous Ubuntu releases that have used Unity by default, Unity in Ubuntu 13.04 feels the most stable and most responsive / fastest of all releases. And I’m not the only one who thinks this – for instance, Chris from the Linux Action Show has mentioned that for him, Ubuntu 13.04 is the best Ubuntu release so far.

    However, I’m using Ubuntu 13.04 with an Intel graphics card (well, Optimus actually but the desktop runs on the Intel graphics card) so I can’t comment on how things work with Nvidia / AMD and their proprietary / open source drivers.

    There are some minor issues which will probably be fixed in an update, like the top panel shadow showing up on top of full-screen videos in Totem (doesn’t occur with GNOME Mplayer for instance).

    Other changes include:
    • MTP support by default so you shouldn’t have any issues accessing Android 4.0 devices that don’t support USB Mass Storage via Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (thanks to Gvfs which now comes with a MTP backend);
    • Intel SNA (2D acceleration for the Intel Linux graphics driver that improves the X.Org performance) has been turned on by default in Ubuntu 13.04. This should provide improved X.Org driver performance and thus, a faster, more responsive desktop;
    • LibreOffice has Ubuntu AppMenu and HUD support by default, without using any extensions (this feature is a bit buggy though and if HUD doesn’t work properly for you, firstly open the menu, then try to use the HUD and it should work). LibreOffice 4.0 comes with many other enhancements, see THIS article for more info;
    • with Ubuntu 13.04, the process of switching from Python 2 to Python 3 continues, although not everything has been converted to Python 3 for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release;
    • simplified Software Updater;
    • a “tech preview” of Upstart User Sessions has been included by default in Ubuntu 13.04, which allows Upstart to supervise a user’s desktop session. This feature is disabled by default for Ubuntu 13.04, but can be manually enabled for testing;
    • many others which you’ll discover for yourself.

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Android 4.0+ device is accessible through Nautilus

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    LibreOffice 4.0 AppMenu

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    LibreOffice 4.0 HUD support

    With Ubuntu 13.04, Wubi, the Ubuntu downloader / installer for Windows, has been discontinued. The reason behind this decision is the fact that Wubi hasn’t been updated to work with Windows 8 because the Ubuntu developers now focus on the mobile client so Wubi wasn’t in a releasable state for 13.04.
    Also, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the maintenance period has been reduced from 18 months to 9 months – this change won’t affect just Ubuntu 13.04 but all future non-LTS releases.

    Default applications

    Gwibber, the social / microblogging client that used to be available by default in Ubuntu has been removed by default and from the repositories (but, like I was saying above, the Gwibber Lens functionality is still available by default thanks to the new Friends lens). The application has been rewritten in QML and it can be installed via Ubuntu Software Center (and it’s now called “Friends”).
    Ubuntu 13.04 continues to use GNOME 3.6 for the most part (even though GNOME 3.8 has been released recently – more on why they choose to stay with 3.6, HERE), like Ubuntu 12.10, however, some GNOME applications that weren’t upgraded to version 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 are now available by default: Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6.

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Nautilus 3.6

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Totem 3.6

    Both Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6 have been patched to work properly with Unity, for instance, there used to be an issue with Totem 3.6 which caused the menu not to be accessible but that’s been fixed for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release, or Nautilus 3.6, which for instance, allows easily creating new documents via right click, functionality that was removed upstream.

    The same goes for GNOME Control Center (System Settings) which has finally been updated to version 3.6.x after version 3.4.x has been used in Ubuntu 12.10:

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    GNOME Control Center 3.6

    Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots
    Ubuntu Software Center

    Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) comes with the following packages by default: Firefox 20.0, Thunderbird 17.0.5, Nautilus 3.6.3, LibreOfice 4.0.2, Empathy 3.6.4, Totem (Videos) 3.6.3, Gedit 3.6.2, Deja Dup Backup Tool 26.0, Rhythmbox 2.98, GNOME Contacts 3.6.2, Brasero 3.6.1, Transmission 2.77, Remmina 1.0.0, Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0 and GNOME Control Center 3.6.3, on top of Compiz 0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1, Unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18 and GTK 3.6.4.

    For the Kernel, Ubuntu 13.04 includes the 3.8.0-19-29 Ubuntu Linux kernel, based on the upstream 3.8.8 Linux kernel.

    Download / upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04

    If you’ve installed Ubuntu 13.04 beta or a daily image and used the Software Updater to upgrade the packages, you already have the final Ubuntu 13.04 version so there’s no need to do anything else.
    Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

    To upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to the latest Ubuntu 13.04, open Software Sources and on the “Updates” tab, set “Notify me of a new Ubuntu version” to “For any new version”, then press ALT + F2 and type: “update-manager -d” (without the quotes). The Software Updater should then show up, notifying you that you a new release – “13.04″ – is available. Now all you have to do is click the “Upgrade” button and follow the instructions.
    Users who run older Ubuntu versions will firstly have to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 and then upgrade to 13.04 (same instructions above).


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    flareGet Download Manager Updated With Important Changes And Bug Fixes

    flareGet, a download manager for Linux that supports dynamic file segmentation, HTTP-pipelining for accelerated downloads and more, has been updated recently, receiving quite a few improvements and bug fixes.

    flareGet Linux download manager screenshot

    The application is free to use but not open-source.

    Changes in the latest flareGet 1.4:

    • improved batch downloads;
    • redesigned scheduler;
    • added support for multiple row selections/operations;
    • added support for refreshing url and cookies;
    • added download info dialog;
    • added support for checksum (hash) – MD5, SHA1;
    • added advanced options in start download dialog;
    • more display options – show/hide columns, toolbar etc.;
    • added auto-update feature;
    • improved resume support which should fix the bug some of you were experiencing with broken downloads;
    • fixed bug with downloads stopping near the end;
    • fixed issue with one click restore in Unity;
    • other bug fixes for the Grabber, batch downloading and more.
    Also, like I was telling you a while back, flareGet supports downloading Flash video from various websites such as YouTube, but it wasn’t obvious how you could download videos at a certain quality. With the latest release, the flareGet “Grabber” allows you to choose the video quality as well as the file name: start the grabber, play a video in your browser and the initial quality at which the video is played will show up in flareGet – if you change the quality for the playing video, a new video format for that quality will be available for download in flareGet as you can see in the sreenshots below:

    flareGet grabber

    flareGet grabber

    Download flareGet

    flareGet is available for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian based Linux distributions as well as Fedora, OpenSuse and other RPM based Linux distributions. There are also generic tar.gz files (though this isn’t the source as flareGet is not open source) that should work in other Linux distributions.


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    Download free eBook about the principles of open government

    Open government

    Download our free eBook: Open VoicesApplying open source principles to government

    This is the soft launch in PDF form of this eBook that collects our best articles about open government initiatives from around the world. In them, our authors discuss the intersection of open source and government, with a special focus on the way municipalities adopt and release new technologies and cultivate open source communities.

    read more

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    Apple’s first iOS 6.1.1 beta now available for download

    iOS 6.1.1 Beta
    Apple (AAPL) isn’t sitting still with after releasing iOS 6.1 just days ago. The company on Wednesday seeded its first beta of iOS 6.1.1 to developers and promised some significant improvements for iOS Maps in Japan. Per 9to5Mac, the new beta will includes turn-by-turn navigation improvements such as improved pronunciation of roads, a preference for highways over smaller roads, and notifications whenever you’re about to go onto a toll road. Other improvements include “added labels for junctions, interchanges, on-ramps, off-ramps, and intersections” and “added indicators for transit station buildings, subway lines, and traffic lights.” So if you’re a Japanese iPhone 5 user who’s been frustrated by your experience with iOS Maps so far, this beta has seemingly been built with you in mind.
    BGR

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    Download AirDroid 2 APK, Now With Remote Camera, Find My Phone Features [Android]

    AirDroid 2 – browser (web) interface
    AirDroid is a free Android application that you can use to control your Android device from your desktop, by using a web browser (so it on Linux and any other OS). It can be used to transfer files (upload to the phone or download to your desktop), browse images, quickly sens or read an SMS and many others.
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    Download Mozilla Firefox 18.0 for Linux

    Mozilla uploaded a few hours ago, January 7, the final packages of the Mozilla Firefox 18.0 web browser for all supported platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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    Rom Manager updated, now you can download flashable zip backups to your computer

    Rom Manager

    If you use Rom Manager to manage your flashing habit and curate all your CWM backups, you're going to want to take a look at the latest update. Beside the theme fixes for older devices, there is a new feature that plenty of folks are going to find useful — a backup server built right into the app.

    It's not just any backup server though. There are plenty of options out there to browse the files on your phone or tablet via Wifi. What Rom Manager is doing provides an extra handy service — it transforms the backup files into a flashable zip file that you can flash back to your device (or any device) from ClockWorkMod Recovery.

    Granted, it's always been possible to pull and share CWM backups, but the new Rom Manager update takes the confusion away and makes it easy for everyone to pull a backup file that's ready to flash, without worrying about the right folder structure or location. As Koush says, this is the first version so there may be a few quirks in it. Be sure to report any of these you may run into back to him. I just tried it, and what I'm seeing works exceptionally well. Give it a go yourself with today's update. 

    Via: +ClockWorkMod


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