Linux Blimp

SMPlayer is an open source and free cross platform multi media player for Linux and Windows was released under the GPL license.

It’s playback engine was designed using award winning MPlayer as it capable of playing almost all audio and video formats like avi, mkv, wmv, mp4, mpeg etc. It uses own codecs, so you don’t need to download and install additional codecs.

The most interesting features of SMPlayer is it stores all the settings of recently played files. Let’s say you suppose to watch the movie but you have to leave… don’t worry, when you open that movie, it will start playing at the same point where you left it with same volume, audio track, subtitles and so on.

Suggested Read: 10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015

SMPlayer Features

1. Complete preferences dialog to change colors, key shortcuts and fonts of the subtitles, and many more.
2. Supports Multiple speed playback. You can play video at 2X, 4X and even in slow motion.
3. Delay adjustments for Audio and Video subtitles and allows you to sync audio and subtitles.
4. Provided search function to search and download subtitles from opensubtitles.org.
5. Included YouTube browser to download and play videos online.
6. Currently supports more than 30 languages, including Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Chinese, Japanese.
7. Options to change style and icon set of the interface.

SMPlayer, the popular mplayer/mplayer2 GUI, has reached version 16.8 with playlist support, options to load playlist from interent and other changes.

What’s new in SMPlayer 16.8

1. Support for 2 in 1 computers with touch screens
2. Support for dual-screen sharing, means play video from an external screen
3. Support for high DPI screens
4. Global shortcuts
5. Settings are remembered for online streams too

The complete change log and feature set of SMPlayer 16.8 can be found at http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/.

Installation of SMPlayer Media Player in Linux

To install SMPlayer on Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint systems, run these following commands from terminal.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
$ sudo apt-get update 
$ sudo apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins

On Fedora 22-24, open a terminal and run these commands:

On Fedora 24

# dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/smplayerdev/Fedora_24/home:smplayerdev.repo
# dnf install smplayer

On Fedora 23

# dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/smplayerdev/Fedora_23/home:smplayerdev.repo
# dnf install smplayer

On Fedora 22

# dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/smplayerdev/Fedora_22/home:smplayerdev.repo
# dnf install smplayer

Starting SMPlayer

Start the SMPlayer by executing following command on the terminal.

$ smplayer

SMPlayer Screenshot Tour

For other distributions packages, go to the SMPlayer download section.

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Some may describe it as their passion, while some may consider it as their stress reliever, some may consider it as a part of their daily life but in every form listening to music has become an undetachable part of our lives. Music plays different roles in our lives.

Sometimes it makes us enjoy with enthusiasm, sometimes it makes us feel pleasant and good, sometimes it makes us remember someone or some feel good moments of our past. Listening to music has sustained generations, but the medium has changed.

 10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015

Earlier people relied on radio’s to listen music, while present generation has ipods, smartphones, PC and other gadgets to listen to music. Coming to PC’s we have dedicated software’s called Music Players to play our choice of song or playlist for us.

While most generation has smartphones, ipods to listen to music, these Software’s are also common source to listen to music which suits the mood for people who spent hours working on PC’s and Laptop’s and find it convenient to listen using their daily friend.

Thus, even Music Players form an important medium for countless crowd comprising students, professionals and other citizens.

Music Players and Linux

Growth of Linux as an accepted Operating System in Market was not so much few decades back, but flourishment of this Open Source Industry in IT Market from past few years has opened tremendous opportunities for a huge crowd of professionals who wanted to contribute to this industry with their work.

One such opportunity struck in very late twentieth century with need for Music Player on Linux. Since then many Music Players have been added to various Linux distributions, some as default and some as externally downloadable. Many companies, professionals have made such Music Players and have added to the repository.

Main aim for any Music Player is to support all the file formats of audio files which are supported by Windows as well as Linux and additionally support online music streaming which is trending now a days.

21 Best Music Players on Linux Till Date

Below we list some of the best Music Players created on Linux till date. A Music Player can be characterized as best after considering following features: formats supported, memory consumption, online or offline streaming of music or both, user interface design, feature-set.

Some of the music players highlighted below guarantee all the above factors while some guarantee only some factors which is the main criteria for ranking them.

1. Amarok

Amarok is a cross-platform open source software written in C++ (Qt) and released under GNU Public License.

Originally started by Mark Kretschmann as an effort to improve xmms , this software was initially named as amaroK after name of wolf and later changed to Amarok.

It can play media files in various formats but not limited to: FLAC, Ogg, Mp3, AAC, Musepack etc. Apart from playing offline collection, it can stream online music integrating with various online services like: Magnatune, Jamendo, MP3tunes, Last.fm and Shoutcast.

Amarok provides apart from basic services, few advanced features like: fetching, transferring music to or from digital music players, moodbar support, and dynamic playlist support etc.

Install Amarok

Amarok can be easily installed by using apt-get or yum package manager as shown:

# apt-get install amarok	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install amarok		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install amarok		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

2. Clementine

Released in February 2010, Clementine is also a cross-platform software which aimed to solve criticism of many people against the transition of Amarok from version 1.4 to 2.

It is a port of Amarok version 1.4 to Qt4 and Gstreamer multimedia framework. It is also written in C++ (Qt) framework released under GNU General Public License.

With features almost same as of Amarok, it provides few extra functionalities like: Remote Control using Android device, Wii Remote, MPRIS or command-line interface.

Install Clementine

Clementine can be easily installed by using apt-get or yum package manager as shown:

# apt-get install clementine	        [On Debian based systems] 
# yum install clementine		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install clementine		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

3. Tomahawk

Tomahawk is cross-platform open source music player released in March 2011. It is also written entirely in C++ (Qt) and released under GNU General Public License.

Tomahawk is a light-weight software and focuses on aggregation of music from all the sources including local, network and streaming services. Talking of UI, it has iTunes like interface.

Also, it provides access to various music services like: Spotify, Youtube, Jamendo, Grooveshark etc through various externally downloadable plug-ins. Like above music players, it also offers a basic feature-set.

Install Tomahawk

# apt-get install tomahawk	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install tomahawk		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install tomahawk		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

------------------ On Debian based Systems ------------------
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnumdk/lollypop
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lollypop

# yum install lollypop		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install lollypop		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install qualung	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install qualung		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install qualung		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install quodlibet	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install quodlibet		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install quodlibet		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

------------------ On Debian based Systems ------------------ 
$ sudo apt-add-repository -y "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" 
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D2C19886 
$ sudo apt-get update -qq 
$ sudo apt-get install spotify-client

------------------ On RedHat based Systems ------------------ 
# yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/epel-spotify.repo
# yum -y install spotify-client


------------------ On Fedora 22+ Systems ------------------ 
# dnf config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo
# dnf -y install spotify-client

# apt-get install exaile	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install exaile		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install exaile		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install guayadeque	        [On Debian based systems] 
# yum install guayadeque		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install guayadeque		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install juk	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install juk		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install juk		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer

[tiliado-nuvolaplayer]
baseurl=https://tiliado.eu/nuvolaplayer/repository/rpm/<codename>/<arch>/<component>
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
enabled_metadata=1

# rpm --import http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x40554B8FA5FE6F6A&op=get

# yum makecache fast
OR
# dnf makecache fast

# yum install nuvolaplayer			[On Fedora systems]
# dnf install nuvolaplayer			[On Fedora 22+ versions]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nightingaleteam/nightingale-release
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nightingale

# apt-get install decibel-audio-player	        [On Debian based systems] 
# yum install decibel-audio-player		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install decibel-audio-player		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install mpd	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install mpd		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install mpd		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install audacious	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install audacious		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install audacious		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install rhythmbox	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install rhythmbox		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install rhythmbox		[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install deadbeef	[On Debian based systems] 
# yum install deadbeef		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install deadbeef   	[On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install moc	        [On Debian based systems] 
# yum install moc		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install moc   	        [On Fedora 22+ versions]

# apt-get install qmmp	        [On Debian based systems] 
# yum install qmmp		[On RedHat based systems]
# dnf install qmmp   	        [On Fedora 22+ versions]

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libqt4-dev libtag1-dev libqjson-dev libphonon-dev libvlc-dev mpv
$ wget https://launchpad.net/yarock/1.x/1.1.4/+download/Yarock_1.1.4_source.tar.gz
$ cd Yarock_1.1.4_source/
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install

PM2 is a free open source, advanced, efficient and cross-platform production-level process manager for Node.jswith a built-in load balancer. It works on Linux, MacOS as well as Windows. It supports app monitoring, efficient management of micro-services/processes, running apps in cluster mode, graceful start and shutdown of apps.

It keeps your apps “alive forever” with auto restarts and can be enabled to start at system boot, thus allowing for High Availability (HA) configurations or architectures.

Notably, PM2 allows you to run your apps in cluster mode without making any changes in your code (this also depends on the number of CPU cores on your server). It also allows you to easily manage app logs, and so much more.

In addition, it also has incredible support for major Node.js frameworks such as Express, Adonis Js, Sails, Hapiand more, without need for any code changes. PM2 is being used by companies such IBM, Microsoft, PayPal, and more.

In this article, we will explain how to install and use PM2 to run Nodejs apps in Linux production server. We will create an app for demonstrating some of PM2’s fundamental features for you to get started with it.

Step 1: Install Nodejs and NPM in Linux

1. To install most recent version of Node.js and NPM, first you need to enable official NodeSource repository under your Linux distribution and then install Node.js and NPM packages as shown.

On Debian/Ubuntu

---------- Install Node.js v11.x ---------- 
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

---------- Install Node.js v10.x ----------
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

On CentOS/RHEL and Fedora

---------- Install Node.js v11.x ---------- 
$ curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | bash -

---------- Install Node.js v10.x ----------
$ curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash -

Step 2: Create a Nodejs Application

2. Now, let’s create a testing application (we will assume it has a client and admin side which share the same database), the microservices will run on ports 3000, and 3001 respectively.

$ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/app
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/adminside
$ sudo vim /var/www/html/app/server.js
$ sudo vim /var/www/html/adminside/server.js

Next, copy and paste the following pieces of code in the server.js files (replace 192.168.43.31 with your server IP).

##mainapp code
const http = require('http');

const hostname = '192.168.43.31';
const port = 3000;

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
	res.statusCode = 200;
  	res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
  	res.end('This is the Main App!\n');
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
  	console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});
##adminside code
const http = require('http');

const hostname = '192.168.43.31';
const port = 3001;

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
	res.statusCode = 200;
  	res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
  	res.end('This is the Admin Side!\n');
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
  	console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});

Save the file and exit.

Step 3: Install PM2 Product Process Manager in Linux

3. The latest stable version of PM2 is available to install via NPM as shown.

$ sudo npm i -g pm2 

4. Once PM2 installed, you can start your node applications using following commands.

$ sudo node /var/www/html/app/server.js
$ sudo node /var/www/html/adminside/server.js

Note that, in a production environment, you should start them using PM2, as shown (you may not need sudo command if your app is stored in a location where a normal user has read and write permissions).

$ sudo pm2 start /var/www/html/app/server.js
$ sudo pm2 start /var/www/html/adminside/server.js

Step 4: How to Use and Manage PM2 in Linux

5. To start an application in cluster mode using the -i flag to specify the number of instances, for example.

$ sudo pm2 start /var/www/html/app/server.js -i 4 
$ sudo pm2 scale 0 8			#scale cluster app to 8 processes

6. To list all your node application (process/microservices), run the following command.

$ sudo pm2 list

7. To monitor logs, custom metrics, process information from all processes by running the following command.

$ sudo pm2 monit

8. To view details of a single Node process as shown, using the process ID or name.

$ sudo pm2 show 0

Step 5: How to Manage Node Apps Using PM2 in Linux

9. The following is a list of some common process (single or all) management commands you should take note of.

$ sudo pm2 stop all                  		#stop all apps
$ sudo pm2 stop 0                    		#stop process with ID 0
$ sudo pm2 restart all               		#restart all apps
$ sudo pm2 reset 0		         	#reset all counters
$ sudo pm2 delete all                		#kill and remove all apps
$ sudo pm2 delete 1                 		#kill and delete app with ID 1

10. To manage application logs, use the following commands.

$ sudo pm2 logs                      	#view logs for all processes 
$ sudo pm2 logs 1	         	#view logs for app 1
$ sudo pm2 logs --json               	#view logs for all processes in JSON format
$ sudo pm2 flush			#flush all logs

11. To manage the PM2 process, use the following commands.

$ sudo pm2 startup            #enable PM2 to start at system boot
$ sudo pm2 startup systemd    #or explicitly specify systemd as startup system 
$ sudo pm2 save               #save current process list on reboot
$ sudo pm2 unstartup          #disable PM2 from starting at system boot
$ sudo pm2 update	      #update PM2 package

Step 6: Access Node Apps From Web Browser

12. To access all your node application from a remote web browser, first you need to open following ports on your system firewall, to allow client connections to the apps as shown.

-------- Debian and Ubuntu -------- 
$ sudo ufw allow 3000/tcp
$ sudo ufw allow 3001/tcp
$ sudo ufw reload

-------- RHEL and CentOS --------
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3000/tcp
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3001/tcp
# firewall-cmd --reload 

13. Then access your apps from a web browser with these URLs:

http://198.168.43.31:3000
http://198.168.43.31:3001 

Last but not least, PM2 is a simple, in-built module system to extend its core capabilities, some of the modules include pm2-logrotate, pm2-webshell, pm2-server-monit, and more – you can also create and use your own modules.

For more information, go to the PM2 GitHub repository: https://github.com/Unitech/PM2/.

That’s all! PM2 is an advanced, and efficient production-level process manager for Node.js with a built-in load balancer. In this article, we showed how to install and use PM2 to manage Nodejs apps in Linux. If you have any queries, send them to use via the comment form below.

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This tutorial will guide you on how to rescue, repair or reinstall a damaged Ubuntu machine which cannot be booted due to the fact that the Grub2 boot loader has been compromised and cannot load the boot loader which transfers the control further to the Linux kernel. In all modern Linux operating systems GRUB is the default boot loader.

This procedure has been successfully tested on an Ubuntu 16.04 server edition with the Grub boot loader damaged. However, this tutorial will only cover Ubuntu server GRUB rescue procedure, although the same procedure can be successfully applied on any Ubuntu system or on the majority of Debian-based distributions.

Requirements

1. 1. Download Ubuntu Server Edition DVS ISO Image

You try to boot your Ubuntu server machine and you see that the operating systems no longer starts-up and you discover that the boot loader program no longer works?

Typically, the GNU GRUB minimal console appears on your screen, as illustrated on the below screenshot. How can you restore the Grub in Ubuntu?

rescue/enable=true 

# ls /dev/sd* 

# grub-install /dev/sda

# exit

zzUpdate is a free, open source, simple, fully configurable, and easy to use command line utility to fully upgrade an Ubuntu system via apt package management system. It is a completely configfile-driven shell script that allows you to upgrade your Ubuntu PC or server hands-off and unwatched for almost the entire process.

It will upgrade your Ubuntu system to the next available release in case of a normal release. For Ubuntu LTS(Long Term Support) releases, it tries to search for the next LTS version only and not the latest Ubuntu version available.

In this article, we will explain how to install and run zzupdate tool to upgrade an Ubuntu system to latest available version from the command line.

How to Install zzUpdate Tool in Ubuntu

First make sure that your system has curl program installed, otherwise install it using the following command.

$ sudo apt install curl

Now install zzupdate on your Ubuntu system by running the following command. The below setup shell script will install git, which is required for cloning the zzupdate source tree and sets up the package on your system.

$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TurboLabIt/zzupdate/master/setup.sh | sudo sh

After you have successfully installed it, create your configuration file from the provided sample configuration file using the following command.

$ sudo cp /usr/local/turbolab.it/zzupdate/zzupdate.default.conf /etc/turbolab.it/zzupdate.conf

Next, set your preferences in the configuration file.

$ sudo nano /etc/turbolab.it/zzupdate.conf

The following are the default configuration variables (a value of 1 means yes and 0 means no) you will find in this file.

REBOOT=1
REBOOT_TIMEOUT=15
VERSION_UPGRADE=1
VERSION_UPGRADE_SILENT=0
COMPOSER_UPGRADE=1
SWITCH_PROMPT_TO_NORMAL=0

Before upgrading your Ubuntu system, you can check your current Ubuntu release using following command.

$ cat /etc/os-release

When you have configured zzupdate to work the way you wish, simply run it to fully upgrade your Ubuntu system with root user privileges. It will inform you of any actions performed.

$ sudo zzupdate 

Once you have launched it, zzupdate will self-update via git, updates available packages informations (asks you to disable third-party repositories), upgrades any packages where necessary, and checks for a new Ubuntu release.

If there is a new release, it will download the upgrade packages and install them, when the system upgrade is complete, it will prompt you to restart your system.

zzUpdate Github repository: https://github.com/TurboLabIt/zzupdate

That’s all! zzUpdate is a simple and fully configurable command line utility to fully update an Ubuntu system via apt package manager. In this guide, we have explained how to install and use zzupdate to upgrade an Ubuntu system from the command line. You can ask any questions via the feedback form below.

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Clementine is a freely available cross-platform open source Qt based music player inspired by Amarok 1.4. The latest stable version 1.3 was released (On April 15th, 2016) after a year of development and comes with Vk.com and Seafile support along with numerous other enhancements and bug fixes.

Using Clementine, you can listen to different online music services such as Soundcloud, Spotify, Icecast, Jamendo, Magnatune and even play your favorite music from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive. Other online features include lyrics, artist biographies and view photos.

Read Also: 21 Best Music Players for Linux

Clementine Features

1. Search and play local music library
2. Listen online Radio from Spotify, Grooveshark, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm, Soundcloud, Icecast, etc.
3. Play songs from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.
4. Sidebar information pane with songs, lyrics, artist biographies and pictures.
5. Create smart playlists and dynamic playlists.
6. Transfer music in iPod, iPhone or storage etc.
7. Search and download podcast.

If you want to know more about Clementine features and its Change log you can visit Clementine Website.

Install Clementine 1.3.0 in Linux

To install latest Clementine 1.3 version on Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 15.04, 14.10, 14.04 and Linux Mint 17.x and its derivatives, you can use official stable PPA (Personal Package Archives). To add PPA, press keys CTRL+ALT+Tto get command prompt and follow the instructions.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:me-davidsansome/clementine
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install clementine

New recent versions of Clementine require GStreamer 1.0 which wasn’t added in Ubuntu 12.04. If you get any errors during installation, you should add the GStreamer PPA as well:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa

On Fedora 21-23, you can use official RPM packages to get Clementine 1.3 as shown:

On 32-bit Systems

----------- On Fedora 21 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc21.i686.rpm

----------- On Fedora 22 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc22.i686.rpm

----------- On Fedora 23 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc23.i686.rpm

On 64-bit Systems

----------- On Fedora 21 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm

----------- On Fedora 22 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc22.x86_64.rpm

----------- On Fedora 23 ----------- 
# dnf install https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/download/1.3/clementine-1.3.0-1.fc23.x86_64.rpm

For other distributions, Clementine binary and source code downloads are available from HERE.

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VLC (VideoLAN Client) is an open source highly portable Media Player that designed to run various video and audio media files, including mpeg, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, wmv, mp3, dvds, vcds, podcasts, ogg/vorbis, mov, divx, quicktime and streaming of multimedia files from various online networks like Youtube and other network sources.

Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of VLC 3.0 with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.

VLC 3.0 Features

• VLC 3.0 “Vetinari” is a new major update of VLC
• Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!
• It supports 10bits and HDR
• Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order
• Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs
• Stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively
• Supports browsing of local network drives and NAS

Find out all the changes in VLC 3.0 in the release announcement page.

Suggested Read: Install VLC Media Player in RHEL/CentOS 7/6 and Fedora 27-22

Installing VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

The recommended way of installing latest VLC 3.0 version on Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint using official VLC PPA repository.

Launch terminal by doing “Ctrl+Alt+T” from the desktop and add a VLC PPA to your system, by running following command.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily

Next, do an update of system local repository index.

$ sudo apt-get update

Once, you’ve done index update, let’s install VLC package.

$ sudo apt-get install vlc

Important: User’s who are using older versions of Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint, can also use above PPA to install/upgrade to latest VLC version, but the PPA only installs or upgrades to whichever latest VLC version available (latest VLC version offered by this PPA is 2.2.7).

So, if you’re looking for more latest version, then consider upgrading your distribution to latest version or use Snap package of VLC, which provides VLC 3.0 stable in snap packaging system as shown.

$ sudo apt install snapd
$ sudo snap install vlc

Suggested Read: 10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015

VLC Screenshots

VLC also offers packages for RPM based and other Linux distributions, including source tarballs, that you can download and install them from THIS PAGE.

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VLC (VideoLAN Client) is an open source and free simple fast and much powerful cross-platform player and framework for playing most of multimedia files like CD, DVD, VCD, Audio CD and other various supported streaming media protocols.

It was written by the VideoLAN project and can be available for all operating platforms such as Windows, Linux, Solaris, OS X, Android, iOS and other supported operating systems.

Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of VLC 3.0 with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.

VLC 3.0 Features

• VLC 3.0 “Vetinari” is a new major update of VLC
• Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!
• It supports 10bits and HDR
• Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order
• Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs
• Stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively
• Supports browsing of local network drives and NAS

Find out all the changes in VLC 3.0 in the release announcement page.

This is our ongoing Best Linux Players series, in this article, we will show you how to install latest version of VLC 3.0 Media Player in RHEL 7/6, CentOS 7/6 and Fedora 27-22 systems using third party repositories with Yum automated package installer.

Suggested Read: 10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015

Install VLC 3.0 Media Player in RHEL/CentOS and Fedora

VLC program doesn’t included in the RHEL/CentOS based operating systems, we need to install it using third party repositories like RPM Fusion and EPEL. With the help of these repositories we can install list of all updated packages automatically using YUM package manager tool.

Suggested Read: Install Latest VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Install RPM Fusion and EPEL Repositories on RHEL/CentOS

First, install Epel and RPM Fusion repository for your RHEL/CentOS based distribution using following commands. Please select and install it according to your Linux supported system versions.

For RHEL/CentOS 7

# yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
# yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm

For RHEL/CentOS 6

# yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
# yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-6.noarch.rpm

Installing RPMFusion Repository on Fedora

Under Fedora distributions, the RPMFusion repository comes as pre-installed, if not you can follow below commands install and enable it as shown:

For Fedora 27-22

# dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Check the Availability of VLC in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

Once you’ve all the repositories installed on your system, do the following command to check the availability of VLC player.

# yum info vlc
# dnf info vlc         [On Fedora 26+ releases]

Sample Output :

Last metadata expiration check: 0:32:38 ago on Friday 11 August 2017 12:32:02 PM IST.
Available Packages
Name         : vlc
Version      : 3.0.0
Release      : 0.29.git20170622.fc26
Arch         : i686
Size         : 2.0 M
Source       : vlc-3.0.0-0.29.git20170622.fc26.src.rpm
Repo         : rpmfusion-free
Summary      : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
URL          : http://www.videolan.org
License      : GPLv2+
Description  : VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework
             : capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs,
             : and various streaming protocols.
             : It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in uni-cast or
             : multi-cast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.

Installing VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

As you see the VLC player is available, so install it by running the following command on the terminal.

# yum install vlc
# dnf install vlc       [On Fedora 26+ releases]

Starting VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

Run the following command from the Desktop terminal as normal user to Launch the VLC player. (Note : VLC is not supposed to be run as root user). if you wish, follow this article to run VLC as root user.

$ vlc

VLC Player Preview

See the preview of VLC Player under my CentOS 7 system.

Updating VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

If you would like to Update or Upgrade VLC player to latest stable version, use the following command.

# yum update vlc
# dnf update vlc      [On Fedora 26+ releases]

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Are you facing difficulties in getting subtitles of your favorite movies, especially on major Linux desktop distributions? If so, then you are on then right track to discover some solutions to your problem.

In this post, we shall run through some excellent and cross platform applications for downloading movie subtitles. Note that the list below is not prepared in any definitive order but you can try out the different applications and find out which one works best for you.

Suggested Read: 10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015

That said, let us move to the actual list.

1. VLC Media Player

VLC is a free, popular, open source and importantly cross-platform multimedia player, it can run on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It practically plays everything from files, discs, webcams devices and streams, and VLC is also feature rich and highly extensible through addons and to download movie subtitles, users can install addons such as VLSub and Subtitle finder.

Suggested Read: Install VLC Player in Linux Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Suggested Read: Install VLC Media Player in RHEL/CentOS 7/6 and Fedora 24-20

2. Subliminal

Subliminal is a powerful, fast terminal based tool and Python library used for searching and downloading movie subtitles. You can install it as a typical python module on your system or isolate it from the system by using a dedicated virtualenv. Importantly, it can also be integrated with the Nautilus/Nemo file managers.

Visit Homepage: https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal

3. SubDownloader

SubDownloader is also an excellent and cross-platform application for downloading movie subtitles on Linux as well as Windows.

It ships in with the following remarkable features:

1. No spyware
2. Searches folders recursively
3. Enables downloading a whole folder of movies with a single click
4. Supports multiple international languages coupled with many other minor features

Visit Homepage: http://subdownloader.net

4. SMPlayer

SMPlayer is another free, cross-platform GUI fork of popular Mplayer media player, that works on Linux and Windows operating systems. It comes with built-in codes for nearly every video and audio formats you can imagine. One of its notable features is support for subtitle download, it searches and downloads movie subtitles from www.opensubtitles.org.

Suggested Read: Install Latest SMPlayer in Linux Systems

At this point, you surely must be aware of good Linux applications for downloading movie subtitles. Nonetheless, if you know of any other superb applications for the same purpose that have not been mentioned here, do not hesitate to get back to us through the feedback form below. We shall be pleased to include your suggestions in this editorial.

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Accessing a remote desktop computer is made possible by the remote desktop protocol (RDP), a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft. It gives a user a graphical interface to connect to another/remote computer over a network connection. FreeRDP is a free implementation of the RDP.

RDP works in a client/server model, where the remote computer must have RDP server software installed and running, and a user employs RDP client software to connect to it, to manage the remote desktop computer.

In this article, we will share a list software for accessing a remote Linux desktop: the list starts off with VNC applications.

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a server-client protocol which allows user accounts to remotely connect and control a distant system by using the resources provided by the Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Zoho Assist

Zoho Assist is a free, fast, cross-platform remote support software that allows you to access and support Linux desktops or servers without remote connection protocols like RDP, VNC, or SSH. Remote connections can be established from your favorite browser or a desktop plugin, regardless of the remote computer’s network.

With a whole host of features like remote file transfer, multi-monitor navigation, and clipboard sharing to aid MSPs, IT support technicians, and helpdesk technicians, debugging a Linux remote desktop is easy sailing with Zoho Assist.

Zoho Assist is extremely secure with two-factor authentication, action log viewer, and antivirus compatability. SSL and 256-bit AES encryption ensures all session-related information is passed through an encrypted tunnel.

A clutter-free user interface makes working easy for first-timers. You can customize email templates, and rebrand the Linux remote desktop application to use your company’s name, logo, favicon, and portal URL.

With Zoho Assist, you can configure all major variations of Linux computers and servers like Ubuntu, Redhat, Cent, Debian Linux Mint, and Fedora for unattended access, and seamlessly access them anytime.

1. TigerVNC

TigerVNC is a free, open source, high-performance, platform-neutral VNC implementation. It is a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines.

Unlike other VNC servers such as VNC X or Vino that connect directly to the runtime desktop, tigervnc-vncserver uses a different mechanism that configures a standalone virtual desktop for each user.

It is capable of running 3D and video applications, and it attempts to maintain consistent user interface and re-use components, where possible, across the various platforms that it supports. In addition, it offers security through a number of extensions that implement advanced authentication methods and TLS encryption.

Learn How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS 7

2. RealVNC

RealVNC offers cross-platform, simple and secure remote access software. It develops VNC screen sharing technologies with products such as VNC Connect and VNC Viewer. VNC connect gives you the ability to access remote computers, provide remote support, administer unattended systems, share access to centralized resources and much more.

You can get VNC connect for free for home use, which is limited to five remote computers and three users. However, for any professional and enterprise use, requires a subscription fee.

3. TeamViewer

Teamviewer is a popular, powerful, secure and cross-platform remote access and control software that can connect to multiple devices simultaneously. It is free for personal use and there is a premium version for businesses users.

It is an all-in-one application for remote support used for remote desktop sharing, online meetings and file transfer between devices connected over the Internet. It supports more than 30 languages around the world.

4. Remmina

Remmina is a free and open-source, fully featured and powerful remote desktop client for Linux and other Unix-like systems. It is written in GTK+3 and intended for system administrators and travelers, who need to remotely access and work with many computers.

It is efficient, reliable and supports multiple network protocols such as RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP and SSH. It also offers an integrated and consistent look and feel.

Remmina allows users to maintain a list of connection profiles, organized by groups, supports quick connections by users directly putting in the server address and it provides a tabbed interface, optionally managed by groups plus many more features.

5. NoMachine

NoMachine is a free, cross platform and high quality remote desktop software. It offers you a secure personal server. Nomachine allows you to access all your files, watch videos, play audio, edit documents, play games and move them around.

It has an interface that lets you concentrate on your work and is designed to work in a fast manner as if you are seated right in front of your remote computer. In addition, it has remarkable network transparency.

6. Apache Guacamole

Apache Guacamole is a free and open source client-less remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. It requires no plugins or client software; simply use an HTML5 web application such as a web browser.

This means that, use of your computers is not tied to any one device or location. Furthermore, if you want to employ it for business use, you can get dedicated commercial support via third-party companies.

7. XRDP

XRDP is a free and open source, simple remote desktop protocol server based on FreeRDP and rdesktop. It uses the remote desktop protocol to present a GUI to the user. It can be used to access Linux desktops in conjunction with x11vnc.

It greatly, integrates with LikwiseOPEN thus enabling you to login to a Ubuntu server via RDP using active directory username/password. Although, XRDP is good project, it needs a number of fixes such as taking over an existing desktop session, running on Red Hat-based Linux distributions and more. The developers also need to improve its documentation.

8. FreeNX

FreeNX is an open source, fast and versatile remote access system. It is a secure (SSH based) client /server system, and it’s core libraries are provided by NoMachine.

Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, the link to the FreeNX website did not work, but we have provided links to the distro-specific web pages:

1. Debian: https://wiki.debian.org/freenx
2. CentOS: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX
3. Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX
4. Arch Linux: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FreeNX

That’s all! In this article, we reviewed eight best tools to access remote Linux desktops. Feel free to share your thoughts with us via the comment form below.

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