Play Final Fantasy XIV Online in Linux? There’s a custom launcher for the game for better experience! It’s XIVLauncher, a free and open-source launcher that provides a customized WINE version for perfect compatibility with FFXIV. Since the original launcher is slow and cannot save your password, XIVLauncher provides a faster experience, better Linux integration, as […]
Read MoreGot GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, or GameBoy Color ROMs? It’s easy to play them in your Linux PC through VBA-M emulator. There are quite a few game emulators for Linux. You can use PPSSPP to run PSP games, and RetroArch for multiple consoles support. For Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Advance, VBA-M is a good […]
Read MoreNeed a tool to edit your apps in the start menu, main menu, or Gnome overview search results? Try MenuLibre! In most Linux, all app icons you see in start menu, dock launcher, and the desktop, are handled by .desktop config files. By editing the file, you can change the app icon, name, hide the […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to disable (or auto-delete) “recent” files tab in left side-bar of file manager in Ubuntu 24.04 & 22.04. GNOME Files, aka Nautilus file manager, has a “Recent” tab in left side-bar, which include all the recent opened photos, videos, and documents. It’s useful for user or applications to quickly re-open […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install Ruby and setup local programming environment in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ruby is an interpreted, high-level programming language designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity. It was first released 29 years ago in 1995, by Yukihiro Matsumoto in Japan. Ruby is available […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to turn off CPU turbo boost, and/or set constant maximum (or minimum) CPU speed in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 24.04. Disable turbo boost will limit your CPU speed to prevent running over the base frequency. It’s useful to save power and prevent your computer from overheating. For choice, user can also […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install Nicotine plus, the graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network, in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04. Soulseek is an ad-free, spyware free, and plain free file sharing network, make it easy for you to find people with similar interests, and make new discoveries! And, Nicotine is a lightweight, pleasant, […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install VS-Codium IDE in Ubuntu, using 4 different ways. VSCodium is a free and open-source software binaries of VS Code. It’s NOT a fork, but a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code. The VSCodium project was born due to: Microsoft’s vscode […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest version of libheif library, for better HEIF and AVIF image formats support, in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Libheif is a popular free open-source library for encoding and decoding HEIF and AVIF. Which, also has partial support for JPEG-in-HEIF, JPEG2000, uncompressed (ISO/IEC 23001-17:2023) capabilities. It […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install and setup SABnzbd, Usenet download tool, in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04. SABnzbd is a free open-source program to download binary files from Usenet servers. Many people upload all sorts of interesting material to Usenet and you need a special program to get this material with the least […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install Telegram instant messaging app in Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04. The popular Telegram Messenger is available in most platforms. For Linux, it available as official tarball, universal Flatpak ans Snap packages. And, Ubuntu has third-party repositories to make it easy to keep updated. […]
Read MoreScribus, 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreAlacritty, 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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: […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreDarkable, 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
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