Deepin is a Linux distribution committed to providing an elegant, user-friendly and stable operating system for users all over the world. It not only integrates and configures the best open source products, but also develops a series of applications for daily use based on HTML5, such as Deepin Desktop Environment, Deepin Control Center, Deepin Music, Deepin Movie and Deepin Store. Deepin focuses on user-friendly experience and beautiful design, so it's easy to install and use for most users and can well replace Windows system for work and entertainment. The deepin team announced the revised version 2014.3 of their operating system: "Deepin 2014.3 is the revised version. This version is the achievement after we comprehensively fixed bugs in the system and applications in the last version and optimized the performance of the last version. Meanwhile, the system features and UI interfaces have been adjusted slightly. In terms of the languages the system supports, deepin 2014.3 has increasingly supported 23 languages. In addition, deepin has relatively complete community documents and nearly 70 mirror sites worldwide, allowing users all around the world to be able to experience the infinite charm of the deepin system. This time, we focused on fixing and optimizing Dock and Control Center to make the experience and stability of deepin 2014.3 greatly improved." You can read complete release announcement here.

StreamStudio is streaming application based on node-webkit and developed using web technologies like HTML5/JavaScipt/and CSS. It stream videos from YouTube, dailymotion and plugins for other services can be installed to stream. You can access most of the part of famous sites like YouTube and DailyMotion right from your desktop. It is cross-platform application available for Linux, MS Windows and OS X.
With this application you will be able to search (with filters like HD or 3D) and view videos or video playlists, extract audio from video, save videos to local harddrive (available in different qualities), or browse suggested videos. Its player offers all the functionality like HD play, fullscreen support, browsing support for best rated or most popular videos, category search and browse fuctionality, as well as play saved videos from your local HDD drive with database support.
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Ubuntu 15.04 just released on 23rd, April and many themes designer are updating their themes to make them compatible with new version of Ubuntu which uses GTK 3.14 and Gnome Shell 3.14 by default, you can update Gnome Shell to latest version using PPA.
Ceti-2 is a theme designed for GTK-3, GTK-2, and Gnome Shell. It is dark theme with the white and blue combination based on Vertex theme which makes desktop more elegant. This theme is compatible with Unity, Gnome Shell, Gnome Classic, Gnome Fallback, Cinnamon, Mate, Budgie, Pantheon, and so on.
Vertex is a theme for GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell and Cinnamon. It supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Unity, Gnome Shell, Gnome Classic, Gnome Fallback, Cinnamon, Mate, XFCE, Budgie, Pantheon, etc. Vertex theme comes with three variants to choose from. The default variant with dark header-bars, a light variant, and a dark variant.
Both themes uses same engine to render theme properly gnome-themes-standard package for GTK-3, Murrine and pixbuf engines for the GTK-2 theme. Since both themes are in active development, if you encounter any bug within these theme then report it to creator via linked page. Rave-X icons used in following screenshots. You can use Unity Tweak ToolGnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons.

>> Available for Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 17.1/17/and other Ubuntu derivatives
To install Ceti(2) theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


>> Available for Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid/14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 17.1/17/and other Ubuntu derivatives
To install Vertex theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

That's it
Debian 8 Jessie just released few days back. We apologize for being late with this news, actually we are quite busy with a lot of stuff, but here is good news: we are also providing you ready-to-use virtual machine images for Debian 8 Jessie against VirtualBox and VMware. There is no doubt that Debian is BIG project, many popular distributions like 'Ubuntu' and others are based on Debian and it's being used in commercial areas, governments, and non-commercial areas. Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible. Debian 8 is another important step in that direction.
What Debian 8 has brought with itself for us: "After almost 24 months of constant development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 8 (code name 'Jessie'), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team. 'Jessie' ships with a new default init system, systemd. The systemd suite provides many exciting features such as faster boot times, cgroups for services, and the possibility of isolating part of the services. The sysvinit init system is still available in 'Jessie'.
The UEFI ('Unified Extensible Firmware Interface') support introduced in 'Wheezy' has also been greatly improved in Jessie. This includes workarounds for many known firmware bugs, support for UEFI on 32-bit systems, and support for 64-bit kernels with 32-bit UEFI firmware (with the latter being included only on our amd64/i386 "multi-arch" installation media). " Read complete release announcement of Jessie here.


This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as:
  • Apache 2.4.10
  • Asterisk 11.13.1
  • GIMP 2.8.14
  • an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 3.14
  • GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2
  • Icedove 31.6.0 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
  • Iceweasel 31.6.0esr (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
  • KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.11.13
  • LibreOffice 4.3.3
  • Linux 3.16.7-ckt9
  • MariaDB 10.0.16 and MySQL 5.5.42
  • Nagios 3.5.1
  • OpenJDK 7u75
  • Perl 5.20.2
  • PHP 5.6.7
  • PostgreSQL 9.4.1
  • Python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2
  • Samba 4.1.17
  • Tomcat 7.0.56 and 8.0.14
  • Xen Hypervisor 4.4.1
  • the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment
  • more than 43,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 20,100 source packages.

Download Debian 8 Jessie:

Install ISO Images
PC 32bit - Debian-8.0.0-i386-DVD.iso (3.7GB, torrent)
PC 64bit - Debian-8.0.0-amd64-DVD.iso (3.7GB, torrent)
Download - VMware and VirtualBox Images

Live ISO Images
32bit Cinnamon - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-cinnamon-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit Cinnamon - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-cinnamon-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit Gnome - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-gnome-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit Gnome - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit KDE - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-kde-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit KDE - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-kde-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit Mate - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-mate-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit Mate - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-mate-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit Xfce - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-xfce-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit Xfce - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-xfce-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit Lxde - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-lxde-desktop.iso (torrent)
64bit Lxde - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso (torrent)
32bit Standard - Debian-live-8.0.0-i386-standard.iso (torrent)
64bit Standard - Debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-standard.iso (torrent)


Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid is another exciting release for Ubuntu users, new stuff added and some things changed like systemd replaced upstart. Ubuntu team is heading towards great way and has done really great work, unlike previous releases this release got some new features and improvements. Unity 8 is not replaced yet but still Unity 7.3 is much faster, responsive and many other things for release info checkout this post. Every time when new Ubuntu version arrives I dive into and see what tweaks can be done to make users experience much more better, I am not trying to say Ubuntu isn't perfect 'for sure it is' but there are some other things to be done after fresh install and make it much better than any other OS available out there. All tweaks are tested by NoobsLab, so hopefully you won't get any problem with them and if you encounter any problem feel free to ask. Lets start .....

Ubuntu team announced the availability of final version of Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet and all other flavors, Ubuntu Mate is now officially added to Ubuntu family. Ubuntu 15.04 will be supported for 9 months for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin along with all other flavors. The final release of Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. This release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Mate and Xubuntu flavors. Vivid Vervet final version includes most recent versions of core set of packages, notable changes: Linux kernel 3.19.x, Boot service: systemd, Unity 7.3, Compiz 0.9.12, Firefox 36, LibreOffice 4.4, Chromium 41, Mesa 10.5.x, Xorg Server 1.17.x, Pulseaudio is updated to version 6 paving the way for a move to Bluez5 next release, and latest versions for other applications; For Ubuntu Server: OpenStack 2015.1, LXC 1.1, and so on.
Official release announcement: "systemd has replaced Upstart as the standard boot and service manager on all Ubuntu flavors except Touch. At the time of the 15.04 release there are no known major problems which prevent booting. The only service which does not currently start is Juju, which will be fixed in a post-release update soon; all other packaged Ubuntu services are expected to work. Upstart continues to control user sessions... You can boot with Upstart once by selecting `Advanced options for Ubuntu' in the GRUB boot menu and starting the `Ubuntu, with Linux ... (upstart)' entry. To switch back permanently, install the upstart-sysv package (this will remove systemd-sysv and ubuntu-standard)."
Checkout release notes of Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet. If you want to upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid then follow this guide.
How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 Utopic Unicorn from Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/any Ubuntu version
The day has arrived for Ubuntu 15.04 release, the final version of Ubuntu 15.04 codenamed Vivid Vervet will be available today. Every release of Ubuntu brings excitement to its users, everybody who is concerned wants to see what's new in new release. Well, we will bring you guys brief overview of new features of the 15.04 Vivid in final release post. This post will guide you how you can upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid from any Ubuntu version, for those who are still using deprecated version of Ubuntu must upgrade to supported version in order to get security updates because its important. This following procedure is effective for all Ubuntu flavors (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and so).Lets start....
Ursa and Ursa-Basic is optimized version of Ardis icon set, which provides better user experience on smaller screens but it also works great on large displays.
Both icon themes are perfect choice for everyone who loves simplicity. You can support creator by purchasing his icon themes Ardis & Ursa, also visit creator site. You can use Unity Tweak ToolGnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons.
Now a days every desktop for Linux has its own launcher/Main Menu, sometimes you want a replacement. There is no doubt that native desktop launcher can be perfect, optimized, smooth, speedy, and well functioning; Here comes another great launcher which can launch anything you want on your fingertips, it is fast, stable, smooth, and well optimized for Linux desktop. I am not trying to say that it is a best launcher of your desktop or neither it is a replacement for your desktop launcher, it is simply great launcher which can be used to get things done quickly.
There are plenty of dark themes available for Gtk, most popular packs like Ambiance-Blackout and so on. Ambiance Dark Blue theme is another great dark version with combination of blue/teal color. As we tested this theme also delivers best user experience, if you are one of those who don't like bright themes because bright light hurt eyes then you should give a try to this theme. It is compatible with Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty (we didn't tested for GTK 3.16 but hopefully it will work just fine) and it works under Unity, Cinnamon, Mate, Gnome Fallback, and Xfce expect title bar in Xfce. If you enounter any bug within this theme then report it. Ardis icons used in following screenshots. You can use Unity Tweak ToolGnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes/icons.

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While most people loathe the command line, it is undoubtedly the most efficient way to get things done. If you are one of those who will freak out when you are on the terminal, we have compiled a list of useful Linux commands that you can use to make your workflow more productive.
Intel Graphics Installer let you get driver updates directly from Intel for best performance, Intel is known for developing quality drivers for Linux operating system. It is an open source application that provides Linux users with a straightforward way to install the latest video drivers for their Intel graphics cards in any Linux-based operating system, source code with gpg of installer is available to configure-compile-install in any Linux distribution.
Intel leads the silicon industry in providing quality code optimized for the latest in Intel Architecture. The program has been created because of the lack of graphical installers for the official Intel graphics and video drivers on the Linux platform. With it, you can rest assure that you’ll have all the latest optimizations, fixes and enhancements for your Intel graphics hardware.
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You guys may already know about Ravefinity and their contribution to themes/icons. In past there was theme and icon suite called Bisigi, it was awesome project but not maintained anymore I was quite disappointed because the Bisigi project was not maintained anymore and nobody was willing to continue this project, but Bisigi is still compatible with one desktop called "MATE" because Mate is based on Gnome 2 and this project is designed for Gnome 2. I am trying to say Linux is great operating system, if somebody leaves others come and fill up the empty space, like many other great artists Ravefinity is doing great work by contributing his work on themes and icons, we wish them best of luck for future work.
Nitrux icon set is very minimal, clean and simple, and very famous among Linux user, it is designed to make Linux GUI prettier. The initial release of this icon set was in 2012, at that time it had different flavors but with time creator of Nitrux realize that one theme with better work would be great. So now Nitrux only offer one flavor which can be used in any Linux desktop such as Unity, Gnome Shell, Gnome Classic, KDE, Lxde, Xfce, Mate, Cinnamon and others. It can work with light and dark themes but in unity you can't use it with dark theme because panel icons are dark and you won't be able to see any icon on the panel with this icon theme. This icon set contains 8400+ icons and has different version for KDE desktop.
Are you a Laptop user who installed Linux and want to give it a try? There is no doubt that Linux is great operating system but still there are some small issues floating around and should be fixed. We hope these small issues will be fixed in future releases of Linux. Now a days many users who use other OS(s) migrate to Linux and most of the time very first distribution they install is Ubuntu because it is easy to setup, essential applications are included and it works out of the box for all kind of users.