Linus Torvalds announced the release of Kernel 6.5 this Sunday. He wrote: So nothing particularly odd or scary happened this last week, so thereis no excuse to delay the 6.5 release. I still have this nagging feeling that a lot of people are on vacation and that things have been quiet partly due to that. […]
This simple tutorial shows how to compile and install the Sigil EPUB ebook editor (2.0.1 so far) from the source code in Ubuntu step by step. Sigil is a popular free and open-source ePub ebook editor that works in Windows, Linux, and macOS. However, it does not provide official packages for Linux. While Sigil in […]
For those who want to install the latest Linux Kernel (6.4.x so far), there’s a new apt repository made for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Debian 12 Bookworm. As you may know, Ubuntu has a mainline Kernel PPA that keeps building the latest Linux Kernel packages for testing purpose. You can download & install the […]
For those prefer the classic .deb package format, here’s a new PPA for installing the latest Handbrake video transcoder 1.6.1 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Compare to Handbrake 1.5 in the system repository, the new 1.6 release features AV1 video encoding via SVT-AV1 (software) and Intel QSV (hardware), high bit depth and color depth support for […]
Got a Ubuntu PC or Server and want to use it as remote download server? This is the step by step guide shows you how to do the job using Transmission Daemon. Ubuntu’s default Transmission torrent client has a daemon package, that can run silently as a background service, allowing you to manage downloads anywhere around […]
For Ubuntu 23.04, Debian 12, Fedora 38 and other Linux with GNOME 43/44, there’s now an extension allows to monitor and control your remote Transmission downloads via system tray indicator. It uses Transmission RPC protocol for interacting with remote PC/server that is running Transmission GTK, daemon, or Fragments. With the indicator, user can easily add […]
KeePassXC, the popular free open-source password manager, released version 2.7.6 today! This is a new maintenance release with bug-fixes and minor improvements. According to the release note, the release improve the drag’n’drop behavior. Just like drag’n’drop files in your OS, dragging entries in KeePassXC now shows the thumbnail that following mouse cursor until you drop […]
Ubuntu 23.10 is going to introduce new enhanced tiling window support! Here’s how you can try it out in Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 20.04. For those who don’t know what is window tiling, it’s a window management behavior that snap window to screen edge/corner to be half or quarter-tile. So, you can work with 2, […]
For those who want to install the simple Audio Recorder application in Ubuntu 23.04 and next Ubuntu 23.10, here’s new Ubuntu PPA. Audio Recorder is a free open-source GTK3 audio recording application for Linux. It has a stupid simple user interface, while can record any sound from your computer. This app can record sound from […]
Can’t wait to try out the new Thunderbird 115, but hate Snap and Flatpak packages? Here’s how to install it from Ubuntu PPA! Thunderbird 115 is a new major release series with refined look and feel. It now uses GNOME CSD style header bar instead of the old title-bar. Which has a more compact header […]
Don’t like the green number badges on the left (or bottom) dock app icons? Ubuntu 23.10 now has hidden option to show/hide it. The next Ubuntu 23.10 has now introduced some visible changes, such as enhanced tiling window support, remove ‘minimal installation’ and drop some pre-installed applications. The Ubuntu Dock has been updated to the […]
Want to customize the startup, and shutdown animation screen with a single background image? Here’s how to do the trick in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04. I’ve written a tutorial about how to disable the Manufacturer Logo in boot animation. For request, this is a step by step guide shows how to create a basic […]
GNU Emacs text editor released version 29.1 few days ago. Here’s how to install it in current Ubuntu releases. According to the release note. Emacs 29.1 features: Supports “pure GTK” (PGTK) build Uses XInput 2 on X for input events Uses tree-sitter parsers for several programming modes Includes LSP client called Eglot Includes the use-package […]
Run Ubuntu on laptop or other machine with touchscreen? You can enable touch feedback with an extension. It’s ‘Touch X‘, an extension that support GNOME from version 40 to 44. Meaning for Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, Debian 12, RHEL 9, Fedora, Arch, Manjaro and other Linux with recent GNOME. In these systems, it supports ripple feedback […]
MPV media player released new 0.36.0 version a few days ago. Here’s how to install it for those sticking to the classic .deb package format. MPV does not provide official packages for Ubuntu Linux. It’s however easy to install the latest version via different sources. Linux Mint 21 can directly search for and install VLC […]
Inkscape, the popular free open source vector graphics editor, announced the 1.3 stable release few days ago! Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases. Inkscape 1.3 features include: New shade builder tool (shortcut X), with ability to select multiple overlapping shapes and create new shapes. New ‘Document Resources’ dialog from File menu. […]
The Shotwell photo manager and viewer got a new point release few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04. The new Shotwell 0.32.2 added .hif file format support. It’s a HEIF variant usually taken by Sony Mirrorless Cameras. Other changes are mostly bug-fixes, they include: Fix using wrong data folder […]
Ubuntu 23.04 and Debian 12 excluded rabbitvcs-nautilus package in their repositories, since RabbitVCS 0.18 does not support the GTK4 version of Nautilus file manager. Now, RabbitVCS 0.19 is released! Which, added back plugin support for the newer versions of Nautilus. The new release has been submitted into Debian new packages queue. It should also be […]
Want to configure the OSD (on-screen display) pop-up in Ubuntu and other Linux with GNOME? There’s an extension to do the job in GNOME 42 ~ 44. When changing volume, screen brightness, device status (e.g., Bluetooth), etc via keyboard shortcuts in GNOME, there will be on-screen pop-ups indicate the status changes. By default, these pop-ups […]
Linux Mint announced the new 21.2 point release this Sunday! The new release introduced Cinnamon Desktop 5.8 with built-in gestures support for touchpad and touchscreen. With the touchegg service running in the background, System Settings now provides a ‘Gestures’ option, allowing to configure actions for 3-finger/4-finger swipe, 2-finger/3-finger/4-finger pinch, and activation thresholds. Another big change […]