The Hugin panorama photo stitcher finally announced the 2022.0.0 release! Ubuntu PPA updated for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10. One year per release! The 2022 release is finally here, though there’s not so many changes! Add simple edge fill option to fill black edges in panorama with homogenous color. Simplified the […]
The popular lightweight desktop environment XFCE4 got a new major release after 2 years of development. The new release, XFCE 4.18, focuses on improving its Thunar file manager. They include image preview, Undo/Redo option, customize toolbar, highlight files with different background and filename colors. In the List View mode, it shows how many files contained […]
Have an important task to do in next few hours, or you have to write something down hurriedly? Here an extension allows to write one thing into the top-bar in Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with GNOME Desktop. It’s ‘One Thing‘, a gnome shell extension allows to write any word into top panel, to remind […]
KDE’s Kdenlive video editor released version 22.12 this Monday! See what’s new and how to install guide for Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10. The new release of the video editor overhauled the whole guide/marker system. The new ‘Guides’ dock is available to seek, search, sort and filter all marker and guide. Kdenlive 22.12 also improved […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install get-iplayer and use it to download TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds for offline playback. get-iplayer is a free and open-source app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. With it, you can searches and downloads your favorite BBC TV / radio programmes. Then play locally and legally […]
Openshot video editor announced the new major 3.0.0 release this weekend. Here’s the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 22.10. Openshot 3.0.0 added ability to export multiple video clips into their own video files, in their original profile / format, though I didn’t find out […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest version of TimeShift, to backup your Ubuntu system by creating ‘system store‘ points. Timeshift is a popular system backup tool originally developed by Tony George. It’s now a project maintained by Linux Mint, though the original developer is still one of the top contributors. And, he […]
PHP finally released 8.2.0 release after 7 release candidates. Here are the new features and how to install guide for all current Ubuntu LTS. PHP 8.2.0 allows to mark a class as readonly, which will add the readonly modifier to every declared property, and prevent the creation of dynamic properties. Moreover, using the AllowDynamicProperties attribute […]
Want to change system power mode between Performance, Balanced, and Power Saver automatically when plug / un-plug power supply? Here’s an extension can do the job for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36/37, Arch and other Linux with GNOME 42 & 43. GNOME introduced setting options to switch power mode since v40. For laptop running on […]
Unlike Windows, Ubuntu so far does not have real-time GPU usage info displayed in its system monitor application. If you want to check how much your graphic card is in use, then this simple tutorial may help! Check Intel GPU usage in Ubuntu: For the integrated Intel graphics card, there’s a command line tool intel_gpu_top […]
The free open-source Inkscape vector graphics editor got a new maintenance release for the 1.2 series. The is the second update for Inkscape 1.2, which finally makes OpenClipart import available for Windows and Linux user using AppImage. And, Color extensions works on patterns again. For macOS, spellchecking finally works and undo/redo options are back in […]
This simple tutorial shows how to fix the launching issue for TypeCatcher in Ubuntu 22.04 or other Linux with Python 3.9 & higher. TypeCatcher is a simple GTK application to download and install Google webfonts for off-line use. The app is available to install in Ubuntu Software for all current Ubuntu releases. However, it does […]
PyCharm Python IDE 2022.3 was finally released a few days ago. Here are the new features and how to guide for installing it in Ubuntu Linux. Changes in PyCharm 2022.3 include: Ability to search, install, and delete Conda packages through the Python Packages tool window New Settings Sync plugin export DataFrames in various formats (for […]
Remember Midori? The lightweight web browser that was default in Elementary OS and Bodhi Linux revived! Midori was a popular lightweight web browser used the WebKitGTK rendering engine and GTK UI toolkit. The development of the project was however discontinued more than 3 years ago. And, Ubuntu even removed it from system repository since Ubuntu […]
RawTherapee, the free open-source raw image converter and digital photo processor, released version 5.9 recently after more than 2 years of development. RawTherapee 5.9 features new “Spot Removing Tool” under Details tab for removing dust specks and small objects; Local Adjustments tool under Local tab for performing a wide range of operations on an area […]
Want to measure your application launch time in Linux? There’s an extension can do the job for GNOME desktop. Meaning Ubuntu, Fedora workstation, and other Linux with GNOME desktop can easily tell how much time it takes for launching an application, which is useful for benchmark and/or software developing purpose. With the extension enabled, every […]
qBittorrent got a new major release this weekend. Here’s the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 22.10. qBittorrent 4.5.0 features new icon theme, new color theme, better startup time, and export torrent support. And, it now uses libtorrent 2.0.x in the default binary packages. Other changes include: Add ‘View’ […]
Got an application, but you want to make it in-visible from start menu, app grid, app launcher search result, and dock launcher? It’s easy to do the trick by adding rule NoDisplay=true or Hidden=true into the ‘.desktop’ file for that application. And, here’s how to do it step by step. Hide Shortcut Icon for native […]
Hugin, the popular free and open-source panorama photo stitcher application, now is in beta stage for the upcoming 2022 version. Changes in this release according to the launchpad milestone include: Add simple edge fill option to fill black edges in panorama with homogenous color. Simplified the assistant page with only the necessary GUI controls to […]
Use Gnome Tweak tool and/or Extensions app frequently? You can add them into top-right corner system menu in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04. Meaning you don’t have to search for and launch it every time from ‘Activities’ overview or ‘Show Applications’ screen. Like the built-in ‘Settings’ (Gnome Control Center), just click on top-right corner menu […]