Author Archives: M. Zinoune

Tip for Ubuntu 12.04- Add a new player to the sound menu

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

In Ubuntu12.04 Precise Pangolin, Rhythmbox is the  default player in the sound menu, the sound menu support also some other audio players like Climentine for exp. In this Tip i will show you how to add some unsupported players to … Continue reading

Blender 2.63 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, Software

Blender 2.63 has been released, The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years. According to the announcement,

Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04) is here!

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

Canonical, the sponsors of Ubuntu have just released the latest version of Ubuntu, giving Linux users yet another chance at using an open source, sophisticated software that offers versatile solutions and is being increasingly adopted for Mainframes and home-users.

Cairo-Dock 3.0 has been released!

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, opensource, Software

Cairo-Dock 3.0 has been released, the new version comes with many new features and improvements, so the taskbar has been greatly enhanced, the Log out applet has been rewritten, now allowing you to switch users, the control of the dock … Continue reading

Howto- Install Skype in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions, Ubuntu

Question: How to Install Skype in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 Quantal Quetzal?

Suspend VS hibernate in Linux, what is the difference?

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Suspend VS hibernate in Linux, what is the difference?

Wine 1.5.2 has been released! PPA Ubuntu

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Software

Wine 1.5.2 has been released, this is a bi-weekly Wine development build that comes with some improvements and bug fixes.

Nvidia 295.40 is available! Install in Ubuntu11.10/12.04, LinuxMint via PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Fedora, Linux Mint, Software, Ubuntu

Few days ago was released the new Nvidia driver 295.40, the new release added support for the following GPUs: GeForce GT 635M and  GeForce 610M ,closed a security vulnerability which made it possible for attackers to reconfigure GPUs to gain … Continue reading

Install Gimp 2.8 RC1 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin via PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

Few days ago was released Gimp 2.8, the changes in GIMP 2.8rc1 since 2.7.5 are mostly not user-visible. The code was updated to work with newer versions of GEGL and babl, fixed GFig rendering issue and more.

How to install Ghnomix Icon Theme in Ubuntu and LinuxMint via PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in eyecandy, Linux Mint, Ubuntu

Ghnomix is a nice icon theme for Linux, it is compatible with all Desktop Manager.