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Wine developers officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.21 with minor new features and several bug fixes of previous releases. This is another development version under 1.7 stable series and primarily includes several bug fixes. Yoou might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new in software world ?

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.21 comes with support for critical sections in the C runtime along with support for interlaced PNG encoding. This release also includes initial stub for Packager library where as the Unicode data is updated to Unicode 7.0 version.

Apart from these few new changes, Wine 1.7.21 also includes several bug fixes. The Unity Web Player 2.1.0 which doesn't show graphics in browser is fixed in this release. We have also enlisted some of the major bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.21 to build or compile on your Linux distros.

List of Fixed Bugs in Wine 1.7.21

- Runes of Magic menus like EULA or login doesn't appear on some graphic cards.
- Word Pro : dashed "-" in parameters not resolved in command line.
- program "Antik Virtual set-top-box" crashes at startup.
- Steam client major lag.
- NewPGen : Doesn't restore from tray.
- Smilebox cannot be installed (web update fails).
- page fault when running SoftwarePhoenix.BIOS.Editor.Pro.2.2.0.2.45094.exe.
- python's test_startfile test fails.
- Improper audio selection.
- Dragon Age Awakening/Mass Effect 2 installers crash with ntdll error.
- Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0 lacks shadows and smoke in Wine in d3d.
- wine iexplore browserchoice.eu is not displayed.
- AT4RE FastScanner v3.0 exe scanning bug.
- AT4RE FastScanner v3.0 UI button rectangle bug.
- Runes of Magic 3.0.x: "ClientUpdater.exe" crashes sometimes during updates on MD5 checksum processing (squirrel virtual machine).
- Free download manager "Unknow network error" without native wininet.

These are some of the major bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release. If you want to check out complete list of all bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release, then you must visit their official changelog page.

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flareGet Download Manager developers officially announces the release of flareGet 4.0-75 with minor new features and other improvements. Well you know that there are plenty of download managers already available for Linux and flareGet is one of them which is available for all platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux Distros.

According to official announcement, flareGet 4.0-75 Download Manager comes with improved browser integration for Opera web browser along with improvements in queue manager. This release also includes new in-place dynamic file segmentation algorithm and also adds YouTube video grabbing support for Opera web browser.

This release completely dropped npapi dependency in Windows and Linux and also allows no merging required even after downloading any file. The feature of disk space checks is added before the actual download starts in this release. Apart from these new features, it also includes other minor bug fixes and improvements.

As you already knew that flareGet Download Manager offers several key features including dynamic file segmentation, enhanced browser integration, intelligent file management, resume support, multi-protocol support, mirror support, speed limits, add or remove segments, limit downloads, YouTube grabber, batch downloads and multi language support. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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Evolution development team officially announces the release of Evolution 3.13.4 with huge number of bug fixes. As you know that Evolution is personal information assistant which provides integrated mail service, address book and calendering service. This update released with several bug fixes and is available only for testing purposes.

According to official announcement, Evolution 3.13.4 comes with several bug fixes. It allows multiple folder selection when creating send account overrides. It inserts quote symbols before HTML element when it has no previous siblings. It preserves spaces and create anchors for the links in the text after the last BR element. Also, review how to install Evolution on Ubuntu & Linux Mint ?
 

This release correctly replace tabulators with spaces and also generate new lines into plain text version even when paragraph has no children. It introduce functions to register/remove the HTML "input" event on body. It removes our attributes from blockquotes when generating the HTML version of the message. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bug Fixes Made in Evolution 3.13.4

- Automatically mark message as read sometimes doesn't work (take 2).
- alloca.h in e-util/e-color-combo.c is not needed.
- data/evolution.appdata.xml is not git-ignored.
- Small calendar print doesn't follow week-start-day option.
- Crash under process_elements() at e-html-editor-view.c:5004.
- Make Evolution build under Win32.
- Composer paste issues.
- Backspace removes too much when editing quotation.
- Splitting quoted part changes clipboard content.
- Scale-down contact images in message preview.
- Paste can select following text.
- Cannot split quotation after an empty line.

These are some of the major bug fixes which are made in Evolution 3.13.4 release. If you wish to check out complete list of bug fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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The Document Foundation officially announces the release of LibreOffice 4.3.2 just before the forth anniversary of LibreOffice software. Well this is the second minor release under LibreOffice 4.3.x "fresh" family and comes with fixes of issues which were reported since previous release.

According to official announcement, LibreOffice 4.3.2 comes with over 80 fixes which primarily focused on interoperability issues when reading or writing Microsoft Office DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files. Today, LibreOffice celebrates its forth anniversary with the release of LibreOffice 4.3.2 version. Also, review how to install LibreOffice on Ubuntu and Linux Mint ?

The Document Foundation has been growing for the past 48 months by attracting at least three new developers per month plus a larger number of volunteers active in localization, QA and other areas such as marketing and development of local communities. This release is now available for all platforms including Windows, Linux and Mac OS. You might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new for various platforms.

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Vuze Bittorrent client developers officially announces the release of Vuze 5.4.0.1 Beta 4 client with new features and minor fixes. All the geeks love to download torrents from internet and they all know which application is suitable for download torrents from internet. Like other Bittorrent client, Vuze is a famous Bittorrent client which is used to transfer files via Bittorrent protocol.

According to official announcement, Vuze Bittorrent 5.4.0.1 Beta 4 client comes with support for new features to Speed Limit Scheduler along with added Network selection to go along with IP ranges and country code -use 'Public', 'I2P' or 'Tor' as required. It also includes tag restriction support to Peer Sets which earlier supported by categories only.

Vuze 5.4.0.1 Beta 4 also updates rates limiting support for Peer Sets which is included "Disabled" for upload and download rates. The "IP Sets" are renamed to "Peer Sets" because for a while they have been denoted more than just peers selected by IP. It also includes Peer Set description as a tooltip on Peer Set name in the Tags Overview view. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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The Google Chrome development team officially announces the release of Google Chrome 38 Dev Channel with minor bug fixes. As you can see that this is a development channel which includes new proposed features and fixes for previous stable and beta releases. This release primarily includes bug fixes along with improvements in previous release.

According to official announcement, Google Chrome 38 Dev browser comes with Preloading the plugin that starts NaCl translator which saves time when any user tries to connect. This release uses a qualified path for grit which is included in chrome/browser/ui/views. It keeps a copy of page id in RenderViewHost which ensure that it stays in sync with renderer's copy.

This release also generates correct key string to IME extensions for media keys and explicitly set fontFamily for AppMenu. It also includes fix passing of init_data_type size to CDM_4 and CDM_5. It update settings string from "Chrome device" to "Chromebook" or "Chromebox" as appropriate and also adds accessibility features to the new avatar menu. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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LiVES developers officially announces the release of LiVES 2.2.6 Video Editor with minor changes and bug fixes. As you know that LiVES is a simple and powerful video editor and VJ tool which allows its users to combine realtime and rendered effects, streams and multiple video/audio files and then encode them to over 50 different formats.

According to official announcement, LiVES 2.2.6 Video Editor comes with support for freenect camera along with minor code cleanups. This release includes fix startup regression bug which creates config file incorrect. It also fixes Libav compatibility and updates for gtk+>=3.10.0. It shows warning when configuration with gtk+ 3.10.x done. You might also like to check out latest Software News on our website.

LiVES is also considered as VJ tool because it is fully extendable through open standard RFX plugin scripts. It allows you to start editing and making video right away without worrying about formats, frame sizes or framerates. This program is especially designed for digital video artists who wants to create their own content and professional looking video. Also, check how to install LiVES Video Editor on Ubuntu and Linux Mint ?

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Wine developers officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.25 with minor improvements and bug fixes. This release is a maintenance release which primarily includes bug fixes which were reported since last release. It mainly contains fixes for apps and games which Windows support but creates problems while using them on Linux or Mac machines.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.25 comes with few more DirectWrite functions along with improvements in HTML table support. It also includes implementation of packet capture library and more VBScript math functions. The developers continously working to Windows games to be compatible with Linux distros. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.25 for your Linux Distros.

This release includes bug fixes for several Windows games like Medieval Total War, Space Empires V, Irfanview, ZENcast Organizer, Skype 3.5, Thief Deadly Shadows and JFlothows. We have enlisted below some of the major bug fixes which may notice in this release. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bug Fixes Made in Wine 1.7.25

- Registering after installing Roblox doesn't work.
- KeePass 1.09 crashes opening password database due to unimplemented bcrypt.dll.BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider.
- Crash in Tales of Monkey Island.
- Python 2.6/2.7 crashes during run of 'PyInstaller' packaging application.
- CDBurnerXP 4.0.x exits with Wine-Mono when trying to enter data disc mode (needs COM/ActiveX host support).
- Bonzai3D crashes and freezes when project window is moved.
- OriginPro 8.0 crashes on startup.
- Some objects in Source games are black.
- Explorer++ doesn't open command prompt windows properly.
- World of Warcraft: crashes several seconds after logging in to a character.
- Mario Forever 5.0.1: fails to start.
- riched20/editor tests show a ton of valgrind warnings.
- riched20/tests/editor.ok: TRACE() of uninitialized value triggered by test_word_movement()?
- WebGallery 1.x: search throws access violation (XML document labelled UTF-16 but has UTF-8 content).
- Microshop 2.0 (.NET 2.0 app using System.Transactions) wants ole32 CoGetDefaultContext.
- Open General: corrupted tiles on the map.
- File path passed to linux application by winebrowser is mangled if it contains international characters.
- Magic MP3 Tagger crashes after adding a file.
- Project I.G.I: crashes when starting game.
- mshtml:htmldoc fails on most Windows systems.
- UltraVNC 1.1.9.6 installer fails.

These are some of the major bug fixes which you may notice while using Wine 1.7.25 on your machine. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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HandBrake is a simple tool which is used for converting video from one format into other format and supports wide variety of music codecs. It process most of the common multimedia files along with support for Video Encoders like H.264, H.265 and Audio Encoders such as AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC, MP3 and Flac.

Other key features offered by HandBrake tool includes title/chapter selection, queue up multiple encodes, chapter markers, subtitles, constant quality or average bitrate video encoding, support for VFR, CFR and VFR and live Video previews. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install HandBrake 0.10 using PPA on Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04, Kubuntu 14.10, 14.04, Xubuntu 14.10, 14.04, Linux Mint 17 and other latest PPA based Linux Distros.

Step Wise Installation of HandBrake 0.10 (Video Transcoder) using PPA on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint and other PPA based distros

Step 1 : Before beginning the installation, Open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to add PPA for HandBrake 0.10 on your PPA based Linux Distros.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added PPA for HandBrake 0.10 in the software repository on your PPA based Linux Distros.

Step 3 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest stable HandBrake 0.10 on your PPA based Linux Distros.

After installation, search for "HandBrake" application either in Unity Dash or in Application menu. Now with the help of HandBrake convert your audio and video files from one format to another format on your system.

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cURL developers officially announces the release of cURL 7.37.1 with minor new changes and several bug fixes. cURL is basically a command line tool which us used for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting numerous transfer protocols including proxies, cookies and user and password authentication.

According to official announcement, cURL 7.37.1 comes with support for --cacert in darwinssl and support for ALPN in polarssl. This updated cURL release also introduces connection close tracking in bits.close and includes new option man pages in documentation. Few days, ago cURL 7.37.0 was released with minor fixes.

Apart from these new features, cURL 7.37.1 also includes several bug fixes. Some of the major bug fixes includes clarify that -u can't specify a user with colon, fix uninitialized variable use in NPN callback, reset the URL, fix portability issue with tftpd server, fixed corrupt hostname in DIGEST-MD5 SPN and better return code error checking. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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ClamAV developers officially announces the release of ClamAV 0.98.5 with new features for collecting and analyzing file properties. As you know that lot of Software developers and Software analysts collect file property meta data using ClamAV API for subsequent analysis by ClamAV bytecode programs. The ClamAV is an open source antivirus engine which is used for detecting trojans, viruses, malware and any other threats whihc might cause danger to your system.

According to official announcement, ClamAV 0.98.5 comes with support for XDP file format and extracting, decoding and scanning PDF files within XDP files. This release includes enhancements to clambc command line utility to assist ClamAV bytecode signature authors by providing introspection into compiled bytecode programs along with improved detection of malicious PE files.

The ClamAV 0.98.5 also includes security fix for ClamAV crash when using 'clamscan -a' along with security fix for ClamAV crash when scanning maliciously crafted yoda's crypter files. This release now works with OpenSSL in FIPS compliant mode. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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Yorba developers officially announces the release of Geary 0.7.0 (Email Client) with new features along with minor bug fixes. Like Thunderbird mail, Geary mail client is quite popular among Linux users as it is lightweighted and has user friendly interface.

According to official announcement, Geary 0.7.0 client comes with improved main window interface which uses GtkHeaderBar. This release also includes updated translations as well as improved connection retry. The saving drafts on server can be disabled from this release. Also, check how to install Geary client on Ubuntu derivatives ?
 

The major overhaul of email composer now inline in main window and redesigned. The mail composer will automatically add signature to emails. Apart from these new features, Geary 0.7.0 client also includes several bug fixes. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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The Yorba developers officially announces the release of Geary 0.8.0 Email Client with new addition along with minor bug fixes. As you all know that Geary is one of the popular mail client like Thunderbird and used by most of Ubuntu users. Well this release contains several improvements along with new features.

According to official announcement, Geary 0.8.0 email client comes with major redesign of email composer, now presented inline in main window, composer will automatically add signature to emails, saving drafts to server can be disabled, improved interface which uses GtkHeaderBar and modern widgets, database speed optimizations to reduce lags and improve read time, improved connection handling and reestablishment.

Robert Schroll, developer of Geary, redesigned the mail composer which looks sharper and more modern than earlier one. It also operates inline in main window which is you have to type your reply right below the email you are responding to. So it makes the conversation more natural rather then opening a separate window or switching to new window. You can also download the source tarball of Geary 0.8.0 for your Linux distro.

This release also comes with signature support in Geary, by which geary automatically insert a signature of your design into your email while replying. This release also comes with improved database speed and IMAP connection stability. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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Linus Torvalds officially announces the release of Linux Kernel 3.17 RC6 with minor new changes and bug fixes. Well according to him, this release is the last release candidate under 3.17 series and the final or stable Kernel 3.17 will be released by next Sunday. But everything depends on situation whether the developers comes across new and complicated issue then final release will be postponed for sometime.

According to official announcement made by Linus, It's been quiet - enough so that coupled with my upcoming travel, this might just be the last -rc, and final 3.17 might be next weekend. Of course, that still depends on what happens - if we have something scary coming up next week, I may have to delay things. But as it looks right now, we're all good to go". Also, review recent Kernel News to know what has happened in Kernel 3.17 series till yet.

The changelog of Linux Kernel 3.17 RC6 explores that this release comes with half of the driver fixes including fixes for gpu, sound, iio, media & usb. It also includes one third of architecture updates for arm, mips and x86 and rest of the changes are included in filesystems such as gfs2, cifs, btrfs and nfs. We have also enlisted some of the bug fixes below in this post. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Fixes Made in Linux Kernel 3.17 RC6

- MIPS: OCTEON: make get_system_type() thread-safe.
- GFS2: fix d_splice_alias() misuses.
- USB: EHCI: unlink QHs even after the controller has stopped.
- arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c: fix failure check.
- cifs: remove dead code.
- MIPS: ZBOOT: add missing <linux/string.h> include.
- drm/nouveau: ltc/gf100-: fix cbc issues on certain.
- GFS2: Hash the negative dentry during inode lookup.
- drm: sti: do not iterate over the info frame array.

These are some of the major fixes made in Kernel 3.17 RC6 release. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes, then you must visit their official changelog page.

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