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How to install Tales of Maj’Eyal game on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 7, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Tales of Maj’Eyal is a free and open source roguelike RPG tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building game for Windows, MacOS and linux. In this game you need to choose your race and class then explore the ruins, dungeon and face battle against necromancers, dragons and arcane demons. You also need to develop you character with your own abilities and powers. It is release under a GNU GPLv3 license.Some of its important features are keyboard and mouse-driven interface, non-linear game plot and online support.

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How to install Olivia on ubuntu – Cloud Music Player

Post last modified:January 4, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Olivia is a free and open source cloud music player for Linux. Using this you can play online and offline music tracks, listen radio stations and stream stream audio. You can search , play, save and organise music from other online sources. Some of the important features are Smart Play Mode, Player mini mode, download and save track while streaming, search video in YouTube, plays audio only of YouTube streams and MPRIS support.

It comes with more than 25k online radio stations support. And you can browse new music according to your location, their genres, moods, singles, albums and Top music chart. It comes with lyrics search feature and themes support.

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How to install Olive Video Editor on Ubuntu – Free Non-linear Video Editor

Post last modified:January 3, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Olive is a free and open source non-linear video editor for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is released under GPL v3 license.It is good for professional video editors but still in alpha stage. software. It comes with timeline editing with video and audio strip with pointer, edit, ripple, razor, slip, slide and hand tools. You can also include transition effects, Video effects and Audio effects in your video. Some other important features are graph editor, media viewer, themes support and Keyboard shortcuts support. you can also do some proxy editing of clips, up to 1/16th of the video’s resolution.

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How to Install Peppermint OS on Oracle virtualbox

Post last modified:March 13, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Peppermint OS is a Lubuntu based Linux operating system and lubuntu is based on Ubuntu. Peppermint OS is a fast web-centric operating system that uses the light weight LXDE desktop environment. It mainly targets on Linux newcomers with low hardware requirements. It comes with minimal and normal installation options with long term support code base. It also comes with nemo file manager and ICE cloud & web application management tool. In this tutorial i am using the below softwares to test the installation of Peppermint OS on Oracle virtualbox.

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How to install Motrix Download Manager on Ubuntu

Post last modified:December 9, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Motrix is a free and open source download manager for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is released under MIT License. It supports HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet and Baidu Net Disk download protocals. You can download upto 10 concurrent files, limit the download speed and mock the user agent. It comes with clean UI and dark mode support. You can delete downloaded files when you delete the download list. It is build with Aria2, Electron and Vue + VueX + Element.

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How to install StepMania on Ubuntu – Dance & Rhythm game

Post last modified:December 7, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

StepMania is a free and open source dance rhythm game for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is released under the MIT License. You can play this game with common key-based rhythm game formats, keyboard and dance pad controllers. You can extend and customize its features with add-ons and themes. you can also create your own simfiles/songs using build in integrated editor. Some of the important features are real time lyrics, dancing characters, multiple arrow types and Background animations support. It supports SSC, SM, DWI, JSON, BMS/PMS, KSF and SMA file formats for chart data.

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How to install Pastel Color Tool on Ubuntu

Post last modified:December 6, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Pastel is a free and open source command-line color tool for Linux. Using this you can manipulate colors, generate colors, analyze colors in your terminal and convert colors from one format to another. Some of the main features are many different color formats support and it also supports color spaces like RGB (sRGB), HSL, CIELAB, CIELCh as well as ANSI 8-bit and 24-bit. It is released under Apache License, Version 2.0 license.

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How to install Ranger on Ubuntu – Command line File manager

Post last modified:December 5, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Ranger is a free and open source command-line file manager for Linux. It comes with minimalistic text based user interface and VI key bindings support. The main design goal of this file manager is switch directories and browse files in a quick and easy way. Some of the main features are preview the selected file or directory and automatic determine of file types and run them with correct programs. It supports VIM like hotkeys, UTF-8, multi column display, mouse support, build in Tabs and bookmarks support. it is released under open source GNU General Public License v3.0 license. Some other command line based file managers are nnn and Midnight Commander.

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How to install SuperTux Game on Ubuntu

Post last modified:December 3, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

SuperTux is a a free and open source 2D platformer game for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It is released under open source GPLv3 License. It is jump and run sidescroller type platformer game. In this game you need to control Tux by running, jumping on enemies and throwing objects at enemies to attack them. You can also find and pickup powerups to boost tux and its attack ability. You can play this game by using keyboards and joysticks. you just need jump, duck, right, left, action keys to play this game.

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How to install Widelands RTS Game on Ubuntu

Post last modified:December 2, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Widelands is RTS (real-time strategy) game for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is a free RTS game and released under open source GPL v2+ license. You need OpenGL version 2.1 or higher to run this game. It comes with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. In this game you need to build a settlement, produce resources and train soldiers to attack enemy. you can choose from Barbarians, Empire, Atlanteans, and Frisians tribes. This game was inspired by blue byte software’s Settlers II RTS game. This game is still under heavy development.

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