FFmpeg, the popular free open-source multimedia library, released new major 9.0 version today. The new version of this library introduced some new decoders and encoders, hardware accelerated encoders and filters for better performance, as well as many other new features. First, FFmpeg 9.0 introduced decoding animated WebP images support, as well as, extracting its individual […]
Read MoreMissing Wi-Fi drivers in your Ubuntu PC or laptop? If you happen to have Realtek Wi-Fi adapter, this tutorial may help! Linux has out-of-the-box driver support for the most modern network adapters. But, there are always some devices lack of properly support due to various reasons. Thanks to the open-source community, there are always a […]
Read MoreGot a Xbox One controller? It works in Linux out-of-the-box, but only for basic use and you need to connect through a USB cable. If you want to use your Xbox One controller in Linux wirelessly through bluetooth or wireless adapter, and want more features for better experience, then you need to install a third-party […]
Read MoreUbuntu announced a virtualization HWE stack for the latest Ubuntu 26.04 LTS one day ago. Check what it is and how to enable or disable it. As you may know, Ubuntu LTS features hardware enablement (HWE) stack that backports most recent kernels and Mesa graphics drivers from newer Ubuntu releases, for example Ubuntu 24.04 now […]
Read MoreDon’t like the snap packages? Here’s the step by step guide shows how to completely remove and block them in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Snap is an universal Linux package format developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. Similar to the Flatpak competitor, it runs applications in isolated sandbox environments, improving security and making possible to […]
Read MoreFor users switching from Windows, this tutorial shows you how to enable the Windows style “My Computer” (it’s now “This PC”) navigation item in the left pane of Ubuntu 26.04 default file manager. Nautilus (aka GNOME Files) used to have a “Other Locations” item in left pane, allowing to take a quick glance at local […]
Read MoreMissing the small image preview for your audio and videos files in file manager? Here’s how to re-enable this function in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. As you probably know, the thumbnail images for audio and video files in the previous Ubuntu releases are generated by Totem video player. GNOME, the default Ubuntu desktop, since version 49 […]
Read MoreUbuntu finally retried the legacy NVIDIA driver 470 for all current Ubuntu releases! Here’s how to manually install it back for those who run Ubuntu on GeForce GT 710/730/780 etc Kepler GPUs (GeForce 700, 600, TITAN, and Tesla series). Ubuntu announced the end of life of NVIDIA 470 driver support a few months ago. For […]
Read MoreWant to adjust the touchpad 2-finger scrolling speed in Ubuntu 26.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 with default GNOME Desktop on Wayland? There’s now a free open-source application that provides a graphical user interface to do the things as easy as a few mouse clicks. GNOME, the popular desktop environment, that’s default in Ubuntu, Fedora, and […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step guide shows how to install and set up Dante socks5 proxy server in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Dante is a free open-source software allowing to route network traffic between clients and servers. With it, you may bypass network restrictions, e.g., visit network resources that’re not available via direct access. You […]
Read MoreFound the image viewers and editors, such as Loupe and GIMP, cannot load HEIF/HEIC images by default in Ubuntu 26.04? Here’s a quick guide show you why and how to fix. Today I found that the default Loupe image viewer in Ubuntu 26.04 could not load my photo images imported from iPhone. It said “Either […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install the latest version of fish shell, and set it as default in Ubuntu. Though the title says for Ubuntu 26.04, it also works on Ubuntu 24.04 and 22.04. Fish, stands for Friendly Interactive SHell, is an extremely popular command line interpreter that reads your text input, interprets and tells […]
Read MoreWant to insert special characters (e.g., e.g., ©, ®, æ, ß, ¼, º) and/or diacritical characters (e.g., á, ä, é, ẽ) in your Ubuntu desktop? Without coping from web or using an app (e.g., Gnome Characters), you can type them directly via your physical keyboard. And, below I’m going to show you how to do […]
Read MoreTransmission, the default BitTorrent client does not work properly in Ubuntu 26.04. Here are a few workarounds. Due to new version of the AppArmor security module, some features in the Transmission BitTorrent client do not work properly in Ubuntu since 25.04. It’s because AppArmor in new Ubuntu versions includes new profile that restricts file access, […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install the most recent NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. There are two official ways to install NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu: one from Ubuntu developers, the other from NVIDIA website. The drivers from the system repository are maintained by Ubuntu developers. Not only the […]
Read MoreChromium user but don’t like running app in sandbox environment? Here’s how to install the native DEB package for this popular web browser in Ubuntu 26.04 and 24.04 LTS. Ubuntu since 20.04 has Chromium browser built as Snap package that runs in sandbox. It may be great for security and auto update, but lacks a […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to enhance the default GNOME’s built-in screenshot tool with on-screen editing (annotation), OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and other basic features in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. GNOME, the default Ubuntu desktop, introduced built-in screenshot/screencast tool since version 42. It’s great but lacks features such as changing saving directory and image file format. Thankfully, […]
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04 does no longer have the “Startup Applications” utility! Here are alternative ways to add startup programs, scripts, or commands that run automatically at login. As you may know, the default Gnome Desktop (since v49) added the feature to enable auto-start applications by using toggle options in Settings -> Apps. It’s great for beginners, […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to install the full mate desktop environment in Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon. Due to lack of maintainers, there’s no official MATE flavor (aka Ubuntu MATE) release for Ubuntu 26.04. If you want, it’s however easy to install this MATE desktop environment to turn your Ubuntu to “Ubuntu MATE 26.04”. Back in […]
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04, code-name Resolute Raccoon, was finally released! Here are some top things to do after installed the new Ubuntu desktop to make it ready for use. 1. Enable “New Documents” Context Menu option It’s been many years, GNOME still does NOT have a out-of-box graphical option to create new documents in file manager. Though, […]
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