Applications: Popcorn Time, Flatpak, ScummVM, Calibre
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Medevel ☛ Popcorn Time vs. Stremio: Which One Deserves Your Streaming Time? (Both are Free)
Popcorn Time and Stremio are two of the most popular open-source streaming platforms that have captured the hearts of cinephiles around the globe. Both offer a plethora of features, but each comes with its own set of strengths and quirks.
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The New Stack ☛ Linux: An Intro to the Flatpak Universal Package Manager
Flatpak is an open source framework for developing and distributing applications across multiple Linux distributions.
Once upon a time, installing applications on the GNU/Linux operating system was challenging.
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ScummVM ☛ ScummVM 2.9.0 "Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind" has landed
Almost one year after the last major release, and just in time for Christmas, ScummVM 2.9.0 - "Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind" has landed. Amongst its gifts, you will find 15 newly supported games and a new supported platform.
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Bah Hum-bugfix – it’s the Christmas Update to Calibre!
In deep mid-winter nothing beats curling up with a good book, in-front of a roaring fire – the crackle of all the unwanted Christmas tat your nearest and dearest bought you chars, melts, and burns providing a warm aural soundtrack. Thankfully, not everyone’s feeling as seasonably irascible as I am – like the folks behind open-source ebook reader, manager, and converter Calibre.
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If you fancy installing Calibre on Ubuntu, you can get an older version from the Ubuntu repos. Either search it out by name in App Center (remember to enable DEB filtering) or run sudo apt install calibre to skip the hurdles.
Liliputing:
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ScummVM brings classic PC games to SailfishOS (Linux-based smartphone OS) - Liliputing
ScummVM is a free and open source tool that makes it possible to run classic PC games on a wide variety of modern platforms. The software was originally designed to recreate the LucasArts game engine used for adventure games like Maniac Mansion and The Secrete of Monkey Island, but over the past two decades it’s grown to support hundreds of games and it’s been ported to multiple operating systems.
The latest? With the release of ScummVM 2.9.0, there’s now an official ScummVM port for SailfishOS, which means you can use the software on smartphones or other devices running that Linux-based mobile operating system.
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ScummVM 2.9 Brings More Classic Games to Modern Devices
ScummVM is the best way to play many classic games on modern platforms, especially games built around LucasArts’ SCUMM engine. ScummVM 2.9 is now available with support for more games and many bug fixes.
The new update adds support for several more games, including Moonbase Commander (2002) and Backyard Basketball (2001) from Humongous Entertainment, The Space Bar (1997) from SegaSoft, and others.
GoL:
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ScummVM 2.9.0 is out now for expanded retro gaming support
ScummVM v2.9.0 has rolled out as a little holiday treat bringing expanded compatibility with various retro classic for you to play on modern systems.