Ubuntu 23.10 with GNOME 45 has replaced the top-left ‘Activities’ with a workspace indicator. By hovering over it, you can use mouse scroll to switch workspaces. This is done by a simple extension called “Workspace Scroll”. Like the volume icon, with that extension, you can move mouse cursor over the top-left indicator, then scroll the […]
Read MoreWant to install the latest Linux Kernel 6.5? It’s there in your Ubuntu 22.04 system repository! Linux Kernel 6.5 was released a week ago with exciting new features, including initial USB4 v2, MIDI 2.0 support, much faster parallel direct I/O overwrite on EXT4, Acer Aspire 1 Arm laptop, Sony Xperia M4 Aqua phone, open-source driver […]
Read MoreWine, the popular software library to running Windows apps on Linux and macOS, announced a new development release one day ago. It’s Wine 8.15 that features TEXT print processor support, cycle collection support in MSHTML, and cross-process memory notifications in Wow64. There are as well a total of 19 bug-fixes for applications including TrackMania Nations […]
Read MoreFor those who are sticking to Firefox ESR, the latest 115 release is now easy to install in all current Ubuntu releases via PPA. Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) is a slow moving release series target for organizations, including schools, universities, businesses. It has different release circle compare to the general Firefox series. Mozilla keeps […]
Read MoreIn the recent update of Ubuntu 23.10 daily build, the GNOME desktop has been updated to v45 beta. And, here are some visual changes. The default wallpaper now has a dark variant. Meaning changing Ubuntu Desktop to dark style will also change to dark style wallpaper. Though, the final wallpaper is not revealed yet! The […]
Read MoreShared Folders feature does not work for your OS in VirtualBox Virtual Machine? Here’s a quick workaround to transfer files between host and VMs. VirtualBox has port forwarding feature that allows to access a service or an app running in VM from the host or even the internet. With it, you can setup a quick […]
Read MoreTransmission, Ubuntu’s default BitTorrent client, announced new 4.0.4 release with various bug-fixes. For users of Transmission 4.0.x, it’s recommended to update to the new release for stability improvements. For me, the last 4.0.3 crashes often when downloading Kali Linux image in 7z format. Now, it’s working good in the new 4.0.4 release. For Qt client, […]
Read MoreLinus 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. […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
Read MoreGot 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 […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
Read MoreKeePassXC, 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 […]
Read MoreUbuntu 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, […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
Read MoreCan’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 […]
Read MoreDon’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 […]
Read MoreWant 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 […]
Read MoreGNU 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 […]
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