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Install latest Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17.x/17/13/Other Ubuntu based distributions

Skype allows people to communicate with each other by messaging, voice calling and video calling over internet. Skype also provides services for phone calls on the telephone networks. Everybody can call on Skype network free of charge there is no limit of call, on the other side Skype charge users for calling to land-line and mobile phones. Skype becomes popular among users for its additional features, like file sharing, screen sharing, video conferencing.
skype

>> Also Install Skype Wrapper

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


To install Skype 4.3 (32bit/64bit) in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

For Indicator (32bit) use this command:

For (64bit) fix skin issue with this command:
That's it
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Ubuntu 14.10, which is codenamed the Utopic Unicorn, is currently penciled in to ship on 16 October. The release date for Ubuntu 14.10 has now been firmed up as are the other development milestones leading up to the mid-October.
Ubuntu 14.10 will be exciting cycle for new developments given, a big focus on convergence and Unity 8 with Mir, early systemd integration, and many other changes planned for development over the next six months. Others most likely Ubuntu 14.10 will replace Nautilus with a new File Manager.

The schedule of the release of Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn with given dates are as follows:

Download Daily build of Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn
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Install Android Studio in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/14/13/other Ubuntu derivatives

Android software development is the process by which new applications are created for the Android operating system. Applications are usually developed in the Java programming language using the Android Software Development Kit, but other development tools are available.
Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Similar to Eclipse with the ADT Plugin, Android Studio provides integrated Android developer tools for development and debugging.
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Plank is the underlying technology for Docky and aims to provide all the core features while Docky extends it to add fancier things like Docklets, painters, settings dialogs, etc.


plank dock

plank dock

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Install Telegram Unity WebApp in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy

Telegram is like SMS and email combined - fast, versatile and powerful. It is cross-platform app available for Android, Linux, Windows, Mac, and Windows Phone. You can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc) to people who are in your phone contacts and have Telegram. You can also create groups for up to 200 people. With Telegram you can do all of this on any number of your devices, both mobile and desktop.
For those interested in maximum privacy, It offers Secret Chats, featuring end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient. When it comes to Secret Chats, nothing is logged on our servers and you can automatically program the messages to self-destruct from both devices so there is never any record of it.

Telegram Unity WebApp integrates telegram in to Unity desktop, it offers: Unity Launcher Integration; Counts for total unread conversation; Messaging Menu integration.




To install Telegram Unity WebApp in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
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Install patched NotifyOSD in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/10.04 Lucid

NotifyOSD is a GUI tool to configure how Ubuntu's NotifyOSD notification system looks and operates. NotifyOSD displays confirmation messages and notification messages. All messages use a similar look and style though different information may be displayed. Some messages will display text, icons, or a status bar. NotifyOSD by Ubuntu team has nothing to do with the possibility of moving or closing notifications. User can't get rid of notification until it goes away by itself, for instance if you are having multiple incoming messages, from any messenger in your Ubuntu, and you aren't able to close those notifications and you have to wait for them to go away by them-self.
With the help of patched NotifyOSD package which adds some extra features to Ubuntu's notification bubbles: change the notifications position, size, colors, adds an option to close the notifications on click and more. The time they stay can also be adjusted, and you can decide how long you want to display notification on your screen. NotifyOSD GUI application can customize the colors, fonts, and size of various elements of the Ubuntu's notification bubbles.
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Install Unity Drawers in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

A utility for organizing related items for easy launching from the Unity launcher by "mini-dashes" or quicklists. You can also create persistent Desktop Widgets that display a directory or links to related items and applications. Drawers creates a launcher for the Unity panel that can contain any combination of files, web links or directories. Just drop a file on the launcher and it will be added. Left-clicking the launcher "opens a drawer" with an icon view of each item for launching. Right-clicking allows fast launching through quicklists.
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These themes and icons are provided by bluedxca93 from gnome-look (He also accept donations). If you just moved from Windows or want to move from Windows to Linux and you like Windows interface, so here are themes + icons for your Linux desktop to make it like Windows. This pack has Windows 7 and 8 theme and icons, there can be missing icons in this set hopefully creator will add new icons in next update. I have tested these theme in Unity, Mate, and Cinnamon environments, so I can say this pack gives feel of Windows (For best results use Mate desktop or Cinnamon). You can report bug and missing icons to creator via source link. Also check themes collection.
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change icons. (Mate and Cinnamon have their control center to change themes/icons). If you are on Cinnamon you can use these two applets window-list and windows7-style-menu.
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Install Ambiance & Radiance Colors theme in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17/13/other related Ubuntu derivatives (GTK + Xfce + Lxde)


Enhanced With Many Improvements. Built to work On Nearly any GTK Desktop. A theme For Ubuntu, Mint, Debian Or any nearly any Distro. This Theme Supports Most GTK 2/3 Desktops Including:
Unity, Cinnamon, Gnome Classic, Gnome 2 (Mate), XFCE ,LXDE & Openbox desktops. And The 15.04 Build Now Supports Gnome Shell For The Most Part. There are a few little visual quirks but 15.04.3 trys to fix most. And we will continue to work on this.

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Install (MDM) Mint display manager and MDM themes in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise


A display manager, or login manager, is typically a graphical user interface that is displayed at the end of the boot process in place of the default shell. There are various implementations of display managers, just as there are various types of window managers and desktop environments. There is usually a certain amount of customization and themeability available with each one.
MDM is a new Display Manager, which code is based on GDM 2.20. It provides graphical configuration tools, themeability, remote, automatic and timed login, event scripting, language selection and it comes with more features than any other Display Manager currently available.
Screenshots
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Linux Mint mdm Mint mdm


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Mac OS X Transformation pack is ready for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 17/16/15/14/13
(Note: This tutorial is tested on Unity (Only Unity is recommended for best results), for previous Ubuntu versions link to posts are given)

Mac OS X transformation pack is ready for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr. Credit also goes to bluedxca93 from gnome-look.org who helped us with fixing several bugs in the themes (checkout his work, and he also accept donations). Following instructions you can completely change look of your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to look like Mac. I used following stuff in this pack four GTK themes, three icon themes, boot screen, cursors and LightDM webkit theme (by wattos). Also Mac cinnamon theme is added to pack. Mac themes for Linux are almost stopped but we kept this project on our list from 12.04, and now we have reached to 14.04 with Mac transformation. Many people look over the internet for pre-configured Mac look like Macbuntu 14.04/Mac4lin, Mac Ubuntu theme and so on, but it is good idea to transform it by yourself because if you want to go back to older look or want to change look you can do that easily.
This time NoobsLab is offering four Mac GTK themes, three Mac icon themes, Mac boot screen, and Mac like LightDM theme.
Note: If you encounter any bug in theme/icons/any stuff, Report us with screenshot or problem with details.

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>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus
>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus
>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf
>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 15.04 Vivit Vervet New
>> MacBuntu Pack for Ubuntu 14.10/14.04/Linux Mint 17.1/17 New
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander/Linux Mint 16
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/Linux Mint 15
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal/Linux Mint 14
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Linux Mint 13

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Install Ubuntu-Tweak 0.8.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 (New Release) and old versions on previous Ubuntu versions.

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provided many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn't provided. At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu Desktop, and often follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
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Install Ambiance-Dark Gtk theme on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13 (GTK)

Ambiance-Dark is modified theme version of original ambiance which is default theme in Ubuntu, this theme is preferred than other dark theme and it is for those who like dark themes. There are better chances for this theme to work perfect and smooth without any problem because it is created by Ubuntu team, so give it a try. If you encounter any problem/bug with this theme, report to modifier of this theme via source link.
FS-icons used in screenshots or check icons collection. Also download black wallpapers. You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons.
ambiance dark

ambiance dark

ambiance dark

To install Ambiance-Dark theme on Ubuntu/Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Ambiance Dark theme for Software Center, enter these commands in terminal:

To revert back software center theme simply enter these commands:
That's it
Source: Ambiance Dark
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Install Ambiance-Lime theme on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal Quetzal/12.04 Precise/11.10/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12/and other Ubuntu derivatives (GTK 3)

This theme is modified version of Ubuntu default Ambiance theme. Basically modifier gave a touch of lime to this theme which looks more elegant and it has dark borders for GTK 3.8/older (Trusty doesn't have Window borders) and thick content pane separators. This theme works with all Ubuntu version but latest update brought compatibility with 14.04. If you found any bug report it to developer via source link.
ambiance lime

ambiance lime

1st: zonColor Wallpapers used in screenshots, Also checkout Black Wallpapers
2nd: zonColor-Icons used in screenshots, Also checkout icons collection
3rd: You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.

To install Ambiance-Lime theme on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
Source: Ambiance Lime
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Install Curlew Multi Converter 1.22 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/11.10 Oneiric/10.04 Lucid/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12/9/and other Ubuntu based Distributions

Curlew is multi-converter tool, it is based on ffmpeg. Curlew is easy to use, free and open-source multimedia converter for Linux. Curlew converter can convert to over 117 different formats. Curlew written in python and GTK3 and it depends on (ffmpeg/avconv, mencoder).

Main Features:
  • Easy to use with simple user interface.
  • Hide the advanced options with the ability to show them.
  • Convert to more than 100 different formats.
  • Show file informations (duration, remaining time, estimated size, progress value).
  • Allow to skip or remove file during conversion process.
  • Preview file before conversion.
  • Convert a specified portion of file.
  • Combine subtitle with video file.
  • Show error details if exist.
  • And more ...
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Ubuntu team has announced that the availability of the final version of Ubuntu 14.04, code name "Trusty Tahr": "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. This release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu flavours. In addition to the above flavours, it's expected that, despite missing the final, Mythbuntu will be participating in the final release. This is a very exciting LTS (Long Term Support) release for Ubuntu's family of community flavors, as this is the first time that all of our flavors have applied and been approved for LTS status, some for the same five years as Ubuntu itself, and some for a shorter period of three years. This will be highlighted on a per-flavor basis in the final release announcement." Read the full release announcement and the release notes for more information and useful links.
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How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr from Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/any Ubuntu version


Warning: Backup your data.

Graphical Upgrade:

This is the most easiest way to upgrade Ubuntu from any version to any latest Ubuntu Version. You can upgrade with just few clicks and rest of the process Ubuntu will do.

Step 1: Open "Dash" and Search for "Update Manager" then open it. In update manager Click on "Settings" Button.
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Install E17 Gtk theme in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/Linux Mint 16/other related Ubuntu derivatives (GTK)

E17Gtk theme is specifically designed for E17 desktop environment, it is dark theme with sharp corners and it looks very fine. It is compatible with GTK 3.12 and 3.10, it can work in any environment which uses GTK such as Gnome, Unity, Xfce, Cinnamon, etc. If you want Qt4 apps to have a GTK style, run qtconfig-qt4, choose GTK+ for 'Selected GUI Style' in the Appearance tab and save it. You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons. FS-icons used in screenshots.
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Chen Xiang Bang has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of Deepin 2014, the upcoming new version of the project's desktop Linux distribution featuring the updated Deepin 2.0 desktop: "Deepin 2014 is an alpha release and it is only for community users who are familiar with Linux. This release contains some known issues and functions that are not implemented. It is not supposed to be used in a production environment. As it uses Compiz, a compositing window manager to provide 3D animation and Gaussian Blur effects, the performance is poor in virtual machines. It is highly recommended not to install and test Deepin 2014 in virtual machines. The preferred way of installing and testing is to set it up on a physical machine via a multiboot mechanism."
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Install Zukitwo and Zukiwi theme in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

Zukitwo is well designed great light theme, Basically aim of this theme is to make GTK and Gnome-Shell looks better like Gtk theme(Adwaita Cupertino). This theme perfectly works with all resolutions bigger screens or you can use this with smaller screen. This theme support latest GTK and Gnome Shell 3.12/3.10/3.8/3.6/3.4. Zukiwi is almost same like zukitwo theme but with few changes. This theme support latest GTK 3.10/3.8/3.6.
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Install Nomacs Image Lounge in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/14/13/other related Ubuntu derivatives

Nomacs is a free under license GPLv3 image viewer with lot of features, it is cross-platform available for Linux, Windows and Mac. Nomacs is lightweight, convenient, fast and has ability to handle most of the common formats which also includes RAW images. Specially it offers synchronization with multiple viewers on the same computer or different computers via LAN, which makes it unique application.
It also includes other main editing features such as: crop, color correction, brightness and contrast, resize, saturation, hue, gamma, exposure, and create mosaic images from multiple pictures, etc. Additionally it allows user to compare images and spot the differences between both. Drag 'n' Drop operation is supported or you may can add images from directory or add single image and multiple images can be browsed easily.
You can also view your photos displayed in a thumbnail list or slideshow, check the metadata (e.g. model, exposure time, rating, date), show or hide the built-in histogram, perform search operations, and change your wallpaper.
Other features are synchronizing multiple instances, synchronized zooming, synchronized panning, synchronized next/previous file, overlay of two or more instance (with changing opacity), synchronize multiple instances in the LAN, images can be sent over LAN connection, etc. Further you can check documentation.
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Add "Open as Root/Administrator" option in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/other Ubuntu derivatives

Most users like to open files/folders as root directly from nautilus to do something with file-system. Nautilus offers ways to do that via extension or script. So today we made it available for 14.10/14.04/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04 and other relevant Ubuntu based distributions, It is now available for Nautilus 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10/3.12 versions. Now you can easily add this option in your nautilus/file-manager with just few commands. It will add entry to the context menu where you can easily access it with just one click.
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Install My-Weather indicator version 0.6.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and previous versions in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/10.04/Linux Mint 16/14/13/9/and other related Ubuntu derivatives

A perfect weather informer for Ubuntu developed by atareao. It displays weather of current or other location on the panel or as desktop widget, you can add up-to two locations in the indicator or show up-to two widgets. It shows complete weather details in the indicator as list, also it has widgets for desktop with various designs and version 0.6.6 got new widget for desktop. These widgets acts and display information just like conky, so in this case you don't need to worry about script modification.
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Install Pipelight in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/other Ubuntu derivatives

Pipelight is a Silverlight alternative plugin for Linux distributions, it allows one to use windows only plugins inside Linux browsers. Pipelight project team is focuing on Flash, Silverlight, Shockwave and the Unity Webplayer. In order to run Silverlight DLL in the Linux this project needs a patched version of WineHQ, which is downloaded automatically during pipelight installation.
Using Pipelight plugins in Linux you can use services such as: Netflix and so on. Pipelight works almost with every browser in Linux like Chrome, Epiphany, Midori, Firefox, Opera, etc.
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Camicri Cube is an great portable application developed by Jake Capangpangan for Linux, it is written in C# language which uses Microsoft .Net framework and it is cross-platform application (runs on Linux distributions and Windows). This application is under license GPL-v2 and freely available. Basically this application allow you to download packages from repositories and save them for later, so in this case you can install them when you are offline(no Internet connection required).
It is developed for those users who have slow Internet or offline Linux community, to make their life easier with offline package installation. So they don't need to install packages again from Internet after fresh install, simply they can run this program and use backup packages.
Camicri-Cube uses third party download accelerators (Aria2 and Axel) that has a multi-segment/multi-connection feature to speed up downloading of packages and repositories. Download Resuming for both is also supported.
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Install AudaCity Sound Editor in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives

Audacity free open-source, easy-to-use, sound recorder, multi-track audio editor and cross-platform available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. This program is translated into many languages and it's main functionality includes: live audio recording through microphone or mixer, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, support sound editing (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis), Change the speed or pitch of a recording, and Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
It also has ability to capture streaming audio. Device Toolbar manages multiple input and output devices. Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during and after recording. Clipping can be displayed in the waveform or in a label track. Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in many different file formats, including multiple files at once.
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Install Numix icon packs for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17.1/17/16/15/14/13/other Ubuntu derivatives

Numix Project is known as they create high quality GTK themes and icons for Linux desktop. This Numix pack contain two icon theme variants: Numix Main, Numix circle, Numix Shine and Numix uTouch. Each variant contains approximately 700+ icons, all of them are under development and creators release update on weekly basis with new icons, which means you can suggest icons to creators. All icons variants contains Folders icons, System Settings icons, Indicator icons, Symbolic icons, and a lot more. You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change icons.
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Install Orchis3 theme in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/and other related Ubuntu derivatives

Orchis3 theme is a variation of moka project orchis theme. It is designed for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, it is high quality theme and moka team known as great theme designer. In this version metacity (title bar) is dark with round shape buttons and includes some other changes. It is now available via PPA for 14.04 trusty. I tested this theme under Unity and Gnome Shell, FS-icons used in screenshots. You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change theme.
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Install SMPlayer 14.3.0 with YouTube and Mplayer support in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/Ubuntu 12.10/Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 16/14/13 and other Ubuntu derivatives

Smplayer is a complete media player for Windows and Linux. It uses the award-winning MPlayer as playback engine which is capable of playing most video and audio formats (avi, mkv, wmv, mp4, mpeg... see list). It uses its own codecs, so you don't need to install any codec packs.
One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...
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