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The KDE community has released new version 4.12 on December 18, 2013. This release of KDE Platform has been released with few bugfixes and minor optimizations and features. About 20 bug fixes as well as several optimizations have been made to various subsystems of KDE. Changes in KDE 4.12 1. Kate the most advanced Linux graphical text editor has again received work on code completion. Kate also gets initial Vim macro support. 2. Okular the document viewer is now has support of audio and video for epub. 3. KWebKit adds the ability for matching resolution automatically by scaling content. 4.…

Fedora is a Red Hat-Sponsored Community Project, Which has released it newer version Fedora 20 on December 17, 2013. Fedora 20 is live now with lots of changes and upgrades. Using this article, I have tried to explain few major changes in Fedora 20. Read Fedora 20 release notes to know more about it and changes made in this release. Whats New in Fedora 20 Below is the few list of changes/upgrades done in Fedora 20 release. 1. Changing Application Installer Fedora 20 will replace the existing gnome-packagekit frontends (gpk-update-viewer and gpk-application) by a new application. 2. Upgrading to Bluez…

Read Player is one of most popular player for running Audio/Video files in Linux system. This how to guide will help you to install Real Player 11 on CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian Systems. Step 1: Install Required Packages First make sure you have properly installed required packages to install Real Player. CentOS, RHEL, Fedora Users: # yum install redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-core redhat-lsb-desktop Step 2: Download Real Player Use the following command to download Real Player 11 on your Linux systems, or click here to find latest version. CentOS, RHEL, Fedora Users: # wget http://client-software.real.com/free/unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm Ubuntu Users: # wget http://client-software.real.com/free/unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.deb…

What is Apache Hive ? The Apache Hive data warehouse software facilitates querying and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage. Hive provides a mechanism to project structure onto this data and query the data using an SQL-like language called HiveQL. Read More on Official site This how-to guide will help you to Install Apache Hive on CentOS/RHEL with Hadoop with easy steps. Step 1: Install JAVA and Hadoop Apache Hive required java 6 or later version. We also need to install hadoop first before installing apache hive on our system. Use below links to install them Steps to Install…

Note – This article has been outdated. Please visit our new article to install firefox. Firefox is a web browser used for browsing websites. Firefox is designed by Mozilla, a global community working together to keep the Web open, public and accessible to all. Firefox has released his latest version Firefox 26 on Dec 10, 2013. To know whats new in firefox 26 check release notes. This article will help you to install or update Firefox 26 in CentOS, RHEL and Fedora systems. First check system requirements for installing forefox latest version

Managing multiple databases can be a challenging task, especially when they are hosted on different servers. phpMyAdmin, a popular tool for handling MySQL over the web, provides a convenient way to manage multiple hosts. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to add multiple hosts in phpMyAdmin, simplifying your database management tasks. Step 1: Understanding phpMyAdmin Configuration Before you start, it’s important to understand that phpMyAdmin’s configuration is handled by a file named config.inc.php. This file resides in the root directory of your phpMyAdmin installation. If you haven’t modified this file before, it may be named config.sample.inc.php.…

The top command is a Linux utility that is used to display real-time information about running processes on a system. It provides a summary of the current state of the system, including the CPU, memory, and swap usage, as well as a list of running processes and their resource utilization. Using the top command is simple: just enter top at the command prompt and press Enter. The top command will display a list of running processes, along with their process IDs, CPU and memory usage, and other information. By default, the list is sorted by CPU usage, with the most…

Banshee is an Open source media player used for play your music and videos. Keep up with your podcasts and Internet radio. Discover new music and podcasts. It is simple enough to enjoy. Banshee is written in C# and its uses the Mono platform on Linux using GNOME technologies (Gtk#, GStreamer, etc), and SQLite. This article will help you to Install Banshee Media Player on Fedora 20/19/18 systems. Install Banshee on Fedora Banshee media player is available in fedora default repositories, So you can simply install it using below command. # yum install banshee Banshee package will also install mono…

Pure-FTPd is a free and secure FTP server. It doesn’t provide useless bells and whistles, but focuses on efficiency and ease of use. It provides simple answers to common needs, plus unique useful features for personal users as well as hosting providers. This how to guide will help you to setup Pure-FTPD with MySQL as user database. Also providing detailed instruction to create user and test. Step 1: Install MySQL ( Skip if Already Have ) Firstly we need to install MySQL on our system using following steps of command. # yum install mysql mysql-server click here for detailed instruction’s…

SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs, which can also play Youtube videos, search and download subtitles, and includes other features like a thumbnail generator and audio and video filters. Install SMPlayer on Ubuntu Use following set of commands to install SMPlayer on your Ubuntu systems. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes smplayer-skins Start SMPlayer To start SMPlayer use GUI icon or use following command to start it and enjoy audio/videos. $ smplayer Congratulation’s! you have successfully installed SMPlayer on Ubuntu.