Hugin, the free open-source panorama photo stitching and HDR merging software, rolled out the Beta release of 2023 version few weeks ago. This Beta so far does not have any release note for changes. But only the changelog according to the changes.txt file in source tarball: PTBatcherGUI can now also queue user defined assistant and […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to make Qt-based applications automatically change their theme to be light or dark, according to system color style in Ubuntu 22.04. Ubuntu has global option to change system color scheme to light or dark since 22.04. However, Qt apps (e.g., VirtualBox, qBittorrent, keepassxc) always stick to their own color style, […]
Read MoreYour apps do NOT have window border and shadow in Ubuntu 23.10? Here are the quick workarounds for the applications based on Qt UI toolkit. In Linux Desktop, applications are built with different UI toolkit. While, GNOME, Cinnamon, and XFCE use GTK3/4, KDE and LxQt use Qt for their applications. Ubuntu by default uses GNOME […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to fix broken pip installer after installing Python 3.12 from Deadsnakes PPA in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. Due to removal of long deprecated pkgutil.ImpImporter class, pip command may not work for Python 3.12 in your Linux with old setuptools. It either just does not work or outputs following error, […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install GDM Settings 1.0, a properly working version, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS via PPA. GDM Settings, aka Login Screen Manager, is a graphical configuration tool for GNOME Login Screen. With it, user can easily configure following things for the login screen: Background image or color. Theme, icons, and cursor. […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to switch CPU power mode between ‘Performance’, ‘Balanced’, and ‘Power Saver’ using Linux command in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. GNOME has options in both ‘Settings’ and top-right system status menu to change CPU frequency by switching between ‘Performance’, ‘Balanced’, and ‘Power Saver’. It’s useful for saving battery […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Whisker Menu, the main menu for launching apps, in XUbuntu 22.04, Linux Lite 6.6, and Linux Mint 21 XFCE Edition. The default main menu (aka applications menu, or start menu) in Debian and Ubuntu with XFCE Desktop is Whisker Menu. It’s a free and open-source project […]
Read MoreThis is a beginner’s guide shows how to set custom keyboard shortcut to tile windows in Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur. Ubuntu 23.10 introduced enhanced tiling window support with a new system extension. With it, user can easily arrange all opened windows side by side by either mouse dragging or keyboard shortcuts. The extension supports both […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Clang compiler 17 and/or 16 in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. Ubuntu includes several versions of Clang in its system repositories. But, it rarely builds newer releases into Ubuntu stable repositories. You can easily install Clang 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 by […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to add a “Show Desktop” icon to the top panel in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.10 with default Wayland session. I’ve written about how to add ‘Show Desktop’ to the left dock panel, however, it works for the class Xorg session only. Since 22.04, Ubuntu switched to Wayland as its […]
Read MoreFor those who prefer the new ‘App Center’ in Ubuntu 23.10, it’s easy to install it in Ubuntu 22.04 and here’s how! The new App Center is also the snap-store but re-built with Google’s Flutter UI toolkit. It’s fast and always works! With it, the software app will never stuck at “Downloading Software catalog” or […]
Read MoreFor those who prefer the old system font, now it’s easy to get it in Ubuntu 23.10 via a new package! Since Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu takes use a new slim font for the text in system menus, documents, and app windows. Some users do NOT like the change, because the new font is thin and […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to reset Ubuntu Dock, the left panel, to its original status in Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 23.10. As you may know, Ubuntu Dock (aka Dash-to-Dock) is an extension to the GNOME Desktop. It has many configure options, however most of them are hidden. In Ubuntu 23.10, it finally provides a […]
Read MoreFor best integration, the LibreOffice PPA is finally updated with the LibreOffice 7.6.x packages for Ubuntu. LibreOffice 7.6 was released almost one months ago. It features document themes support, zoom gestures in the main view, new “Page Number Wizard” dialog for Writer, new compact layout for pivot tables in Calc, and various other changes. See […]
Read MoreHave many extensions installed on your GNOME desktop? Here’s a new tool to help managing them with a more efficient way. Without launching Gnome Extensions app or Extension Manager every time, the new “Glass Grid” allows user to either press a keyboard shortcut or click the indicator on panel to quickly trigger an overview of […]
Read MoreThe popular free open-source Kdenlive video editor released version 23.08.0 more than a week ago. For those who are sticking to the native .deb package format, the official Ubuntu PPA finally updated with the new release package! Kdenlive 23.08.0 introduced 2 new effects Audio Seam and Auto Fade, added AV1 NVENC profile, and had bug-fixes […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Firefox Nightly in all current Ubuntu releases! Firefox Nightly is the bleeding edge version of the web browser that updates twice a day. It contains features that are still in developments months or even years before they become mainstream. The Nightly build is more likely to […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest PyCharm IDE in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. PyCharm is available to install in Ubuntu via different ways. They include Snap, Flatpak, official tarball, and Ubuntu PPA. Choose either one that you prefer. Method 1: Install PyCharm via Snap package JetBrains provides official Linux […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Intellij IDEA 2023.2 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. Intellij IDEA is available to install in Ubuntu via different ways. They include Snap, Flatpak, official tarball, and Ubuntu PPA. Choose either one that you prefer. Method 1: Install Intellij IDEA via Snap package JetBrains […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to replace ‘Recent Used‘ with current working directory as default in GTK file chooser in Ubuntu. Many apps use “Recent Used” as default in their “Open File” dialog. It’s great, but there’s a choice to make it default to the directory of current editing files. This is quite useful when […]
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