Mozilla Firefox Aurora is a new Firefox release channel designed to show the first look of the latest firefox features. It is a pre-Beta build of Firefox.
Firefox channels:
Aurora: Newest innovations in an unstable environment
Beta: Aurora features but with more stability
Release: Tried and tested final release
To install Firefox Aurora on ubuntu
Note:It will overwrite your existing Firefox installation.
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Cinnamon is a free desktop environment from Linux Mint.It looks like a traditional GNOME 2 desktop but it is based on the modern GNOME Shell.
To install Cinnamon desktop environment on Linux mint
1.Open linux mint software manager. To open software manager in linux mint, click Menu button and select software manager or type software manager in the search field and click software manager.
2.Type Cinnamon in the software manager search field and select Cinnamon.
3.click the install button.
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FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool.
To know more about FreeFileSync click here
To install FreeFileSync on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs
3.Type your linux mint password if needed.
4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.
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Nanoshot is a free screenshot taking tool for Ubuntu.
Main features:
Take fullsize screenshots
Take screenshot of windows, including the active window screenshot
Take desktop screenshots
Take screenshots of web pages
Capture frames from video using Gstreamer and Mplayer
Upload screenshots to the popular image hostings
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0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare for Windows, Linux and OS X. It is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. It is released under GPL licence. The Linux version system requirements are at least 1 GHz Intel processor, 512 MB RAM, any 128 MB OpenGL 1.3 with 3D hardware accelerated drivers. This game is still in Alpha stage but usable.
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0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
To install 0 A.D. on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
Sugar is a free gnome shell theme for linux mint.
Requirements for this theme:
Gnome Shell 3.2
gnome-shell-extension-user-theme
gnome-tweak-tool
Move-Clock-Extension
To install sugar gnome shell theme on Linux Mint 12
1.Download your Sugar gnome shell theme. Download link
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OS: Linux Mint 12
Difficulty: Beginner
Estimated Completion Time: 1 Minute
Download your favorite gnome shell theme.
example theme:Gnome Shell – Ice Crean Sandwich Download link
1.Open Advanced settings. To open advanced settings, click Menu button and select Advanced settings or type Advanced settings in the search field and select Advanced settings.
2.Then select theme option and click Shell theme None button.
3.Browse and select your theme and click open.
4.After the successful installation of your themes, select it from Shell Theme Menu. If the changes doesn’t appear instantly then hit Alt+F2 and type r (and press Enter to reload the shell theme).
cheese is a free webcam software to use your webcam for take pictures or record videos and it applies fancy special effects. It uses GStreamer to apply fancy effects to photos and videos.
To install cheese on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program to take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website
To install Shutter on linux mint 12
1.Open linux mint software manager.To open software manager in linux mint, click Menu button and select software manager or type software manager in the search field and click software manager.
2.Type shutter in the software manager search field and select shutter.
3.click the install button.
4.Type your linux mint password if needed.
5.After the successful installation close software manager and click start menu.
6.Type shutter in the search field and select shutter.