Mint 17 LibreOffice 4.2: Canadian English Spellcheck … how to get Spellcheck to work for Canadian English

LibreOffice 4.3 is now available for Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA
The latest version of LibreOffice Productivity Suit is now available in it's own stable PPA. This continues to provide improved capability, including better compatibility with Microsoft Office and other productivity applications.

FFMultiConverter is now available for Ubuntu 14.04 & Linux Mint 17
“FF Multi Converter is a simple graphical application which enables you to convert audio, video, image and document files between all popular formats, using and combining other programs. … The goal of FF Multi Converter is to gather all multimedia types in one application and provide conversions for them easily through a user-friendly interface.”

Skype on LTS Linux is Broken … why I would use Google Hangouts instead of Skype w/ Linux

Tor Browser Bundle Ubuntu PPA … the easy but less trusted way to do this
“Use this PPA at your own risk. One of the fundamental security measures of the Tor Browser Bundle is that it is distributed by a trusted source, the Tor Project, and for this purpose the project provides PGP signatures to allow verification of authenticity for the source and binary packages they offer for download. This security measure is disregarded when third parties distribute their own packaged versions of TBB, since there's no easy way to prove these packages haven't been modified from their officially distributed versions.”

Improve Power Usage / Battery Life In Linux With TLP … an often recommended utility for Linux Laptops.

Systemback: Restore Your Linux System To Previous State
“Systemback is an open source, system backup and restore application. Using Systemback, we can easily create backups of system and users configuration files. In case of problems, we can easily restore the previous state of the system. There are extra features like system copying, system installation and Live system creation.”

Pushbullet Indicator Gets Android Notification Mirroring Support, Other Changes
Pushbullet Indicator was updated recently with support for the latest Pushbullet API changes, which include OAuth support and notification mirroring from Android to your computer.

Fix Aptana Studio 3 Crashing in Ubuntu 14.04 [QuickTip]

Mint 17 Xfce: First Boot Load … install then boot this OS for the 1st time

Mint 17 Xfce: Web Development Workstation … uses Lxc (Linux Containers) to run development servers

CONFIRMED: Next 3 Linux Mint Releases Will Be Based On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Mint 17 is the perfect place for Linux-ers to wait out Ubuntu uncertainty
“Review: Long-term support and stability plus tweaks for desktop? Delicious!”

Linux Lite 2.0: Generic Install Notes … tips to Install & Configure this OS

Ubuntu Studio 14.04: Use "Synchronize with Internet" (NTP) for System Time

Ubuntu Studio Controls (14.04 64) … to fix Failed to execute command “gksu ubuntustudio-controls”

"cryptsetup" should be included and installed by default in ubuntu 14.04

Don't want third-party searches in Dash? Completely Disable Internet Searches in Ubuntu Dash

Fix Shutdown does not power off computer in Ubuntu 14.04

14.04 (Trusty Tahr) known bugs and work arounds

Ubuntu GNOME … the new “Official” Ubuntu distribution

[SOLVED] Nvidia 331Video Driver has to be removed before installing WINE

Intel Adds Ubuntu 14.04 Support to Linux Graphics Driver Installer
“The installer does not support the Ubuntu Linux low-latency kernel” … Ubuntu Studio uses the low-latency kernel!

wireless bcm4318 not working

How to Install Adobe Flash in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS … note the “better method” for 64bit linux

Is FFmpeg missing from the official repositories in 14.04?
“Ubuntu started shipping the libav fork instead of FFmpeg in recent releases. If you installed the ffmpeg package, then you actually installed the libav-tools package and a program that told you to use avconv instead of ffmpeg … The transitional ffmpeg package seems to have been removed from trusty/Ubuntu 14.04”