Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced the new stable 1.6.0 release series on the first day of 2024! It’s been more than 4 years since the last stable 1.4.8, while 1.5.x release series is available as development branch. The new Scribus 1.6.0 includes many new features! If you have the default 1.5.8 […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the most recent xxHash for faster hash checking in Ubuntu Linux. xxHash is extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm, working at RAM speed limit. It can be useful to check integrity for large amounts of data, index data, and/or used in cryptographic applications like digital signatures. The library includes […]
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install VS Code IDE and keep it up-to-date in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 24.04 using 3 different ways. Microsoft provides official code packages for Linux through native .deb (for Debian/Ubuntu), .rpm (for Fedora/SUSE), and universal Snap package run in sandbox. For choice, there’s […]
Alacritty, is a free and open-source terminal emulator, written in Rust programming language. It works in Linux, Windows, MacOS, and uses OpenGL API for GPU hardware acceleration for fast response and high performance. The terminal emulator features vi mode, allows to move around the viewport and scrollback using the keyboard. And, vi search and normal […]
This tutorial shows how to install Oracle VirtualBox in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 23.10. VirtualBox is a popular free open-source tool for running different operating systems in virtual machines. The tool is available in Ubuntu system repositories, but old. So, here’s the step by step how to install guide for latest version for beginners. NOTE: […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install and setup the rEFInd boot manager in your Ubuntu 22.04, and/or Ubuntu 23.10 machine. Most Linux uses Grub2 as default boot-loader. Though, there’s a good alternative called rEFInd. It’s a free open-source boot manager for EFI/UEFI enabled computers, such as all Intel-based Macs and recent (most 2011 and […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install Chatterino, a Twitch Chat app with enhanced features, in Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, 23.10 via PPA. Chatterino is a free and open-source chat app for Twitch.tv. With it, you can connect as many channels as you like to, either in tabs or in single tab side-by-side. The client supports […]
Darkable, the popular photography app and raw developer, released new major 4.6.0 version a day ago! The new release introduced auto-save feature for editing history. By default, it save changes every 10 seconds. User can go to ‘Preferences -> storage‘ to change the time interval, or set it to 0 to disable it. Darktable […]
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install iTunes in Ubuntu 22.04 & 23.10. Windows app is easy to install in Ubuntu & other Linux, thanks to Wine. However, it’s not so easy for beginners to install & setup Wine. So, here I’m going to show how to install iTunes using […]
Got local music files in your Ubuntu PC/laptop? Here’s how to transfer them to your iPhone. It’s NOT hard to install iTunes in Ubuntu using Wine in today’s Linux. However, iTunes running in wine does not detect my iPhone, at least in my case in 22.04. If you just want to transfer music from PC […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install Firefox Beta, Firefox Developer Edition, or Firefox Nightly in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, using the new official repository. Mozilla announced new official apt repository for Debian and Ubuntu users few months ago, which contains the .deb package for Firefox Nightly build. Now, the repository also contains packages for […]
For people who are hard-of-hearing, and/or for better understanding audio, here’s a live captions app that provides real-time automatic subtitles on Linux desktop. The app displays a wide flat window on desktop, showing real-time (may have few hundred milliseconds delay) subtitles for voice come from either speaker or microphone. It’s free and open-source, and […]
This simple tutorial shows how to edit .desktop files, the config files for your apps shown in start menu (app launcher), in Linux via single command. In most Linux, the app icons (and their names) you see in dock & launcher are handled by .desktop files. If need, user can edit them by using […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Android Studio 2023.1.1 or 2023.2.1 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10. Android Studio, the official IDE for Android app development, is easy to install in Ubuntu in different ways! They include Snap, Flatpak, and official tarball. Method 1: Install Android Studio via Snap package The easiest […]
This is beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup Waydroid to run full Android system as well as Android applications in Ubuntu. I’ve written about this by using Anbox, which is however no longer in active development. This is a re-write with free and open-source ‘Waydroid’, which is a container-based approach to run […]
Transmission, Ubuntu’s default BitTorrent client, announced a new bug-fix 4.0.5 release a day ago. The release fixed the following bugs: the IP address field in UDP announces were not encoded in network byte order. json string serializer improperly escaping characters decreased download speeds for people who set a low upload bandwidth limit. magnet data invalidates […]
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install LibreWolf web browser in Ubuntu and its based systems. LibreWolf is a free and open-source web browser fork from Firefox. The browser focuses on privacy and security, and has uBlocker ad blocker out-of-the-box. The browser website has an official guide for installing […]
I’m using Virtualbox to try out different Linux Distributions in virtual machines. It always has 2 logo icons on Ubuntu dock: one for the manager, and another for VMs. The VM and VM manager icons on the dock are totally same, causing me to make mis-clicks frequently. And, all the opened VMs are grouped into […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the Waterfox web browser from its official tarball & create app shortcut in Ubuntu Linux. Waterfox is a free open-source fork of Firefox, claims to be ethical and user-centric, emphasizing performance and privacy. The browser provides official Linux package through the portable tarball package, though a community maintained […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest qBittorrent 4.6.2 (the Qt5 build) from PPA in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. qBittorrent has an official PPA, which however seems no longer updating for Ubuntu 22.04 since v4.6 release series. User can choose to install the Flatpak package, which runs in sandbox. But if you prefer […]