Last, a post from J un Auza at TechSource recommends Minitube’s Youtube desktop-client for Linux that allows you to “watch YouTube videos in high-definition format without opening a web browser or without having the need to install Flash Player.” See some screenshots and get more details from Auza, who also shows you how to get the package for Gentoo, ArchLinux, OpenSUSE, Debian, and Slackware. Minitube has an intuitive user-interface, which I should say is ideal to use on media center distros such as Mythdora and Mythbuntu, aside from using it on ordinary desktop Linux distributions of course. If you’re looking for inspiration, check out the set of 15 designs like the one below, submitted by user Hadret: Minitube Tech Drive-in is demonstrating the creativity of some Linux users by showing off some of the desktop customizations that are possible. As of right now, the software will work with Fedora, Millos Linpus, Red Flag, SLED 11 (SuSE), Ubuntu, and Xandros, and it is being made available for free to OEMs who buy Synaptics’ Touchpad or Clickpad products. Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use. Network World blogger Julie Bort reports that although “it is encouraging that the Linux device market has matured to the point where companies like Synaptics are now trying to woo it,” the Gesture Suite for Linux is not itself open source and Synaptics doesn’t seem poised to contribute anything to the Linux kernel. Gesture-based touchpad for Linuxįirst, if you’re thinking about mobile devices, you might be interested in the news that Synaptics has ported its gesture-based touchpads to Linux. See this week's round-up of cool Linux news, including gesture-touchpad software for Linux, desktop optimizations, and a Youtube desktop client.ĭigging around the Web this week, I rounded up three pretty cool things that Linux users might want to check out. To install it minitube 1.Gesture touchpad, desktop customizations, and Minitube for Linux LffL Minitube PPA contains packages of the latest version of Minitube for Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 LTS. Installing minitube 1.7 in ubuntu via PPAĪctually, Minitube is available in Ubuntu’s universe repository by default, but it’s old version. The “Stop after this video” option can be useful in many situations, I use it with my kid so I can pretend that the cartoons are over.Clickable usernames in the playlist, so you can start watching the video author’s channel with a click.It allows you to pick the right video before starting playback and to try other searches without interrupting the current video. Another much requested feature is a “Manually start playing” option.The seek bar and volume slider sport a new style and the search box is the rounded, native one. Now the app doesn’t quit on window close and minimizes on Command+M. Especially for the Mac OS, Minitube come with visual style to be more pleasant and feel more native.Other minor enhancements include a window “Float on Top” option and the ability to skip to the previous video (with keyboard shortcut).Here is the latest features of minitube 1.7: but aims to create a new TV-like experience. Mac/Linux: If you cant get Flash working right, or just like a Flash-free viewing experience, Minitube is a full-fledged desktop client that searches and plays YouTube videos, in HD when. Minitube interface is not clones of the original YouTube web interface. With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. with Minitube you can watch YouTube videos in a new way, just type video keywords that you want to watch in the Minitube search box, Minitube will gives you an endless video stream.
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