I have an external disk mounted in my Ubuntu 22.04 with read and write permission. It however ran into issue recently. When I tried to boot Virtual Machine from that disk, it return error “NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)“. And, when to save VM settings it output “Runtime error opening ‘/path/to/vm-machine.vbox-tmp’ for overwriting: -113 (Write protect error.).” […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to automatically mount external disk partitions on startup of Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and most other Linux. I bought a new SSD recently. Now, I have 2 solid-state drives (SSDs) connected on my computer. Ubuntu 22.04 is installed on one SSD drive, while another one contains VirtualBox Virtual Machine files. As result, […]
Read MoreLooking for an alternative on-screen keyboard for Ubuntu, Fedora or other Linux with GNOME? Try GJS OSK. As you know, the built-in on-screen keyboard (OSK in short) only appears when trying to search something in overview screen, and typing in a few core applications. You may use Improved OSK extension to make built-in OSK more […]
Read MoreAnnotator, image annotation tool for Elementary OS, released version 1.2.0 today. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. Annotator is a free open-source image annotation tool designed for Elementary OS, but also works in other Linux. By releasing version 1.2.0, it now also supports for taking screenshot for full-screen, […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to increase or decrease the touchpad 2-finger scrolling speed in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 23.04 with default GNOME on Wayland session. GNOME, the default desktop for Ubuntu, Fedora, and optional in many other Linux, so far lacks option to configure the mouse/touchpad scroll speed. For Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, […]
Read MoreFor those who prefer the classic .deb package format, I’ve revived the Ubuntu PPA for the latest Audacity audio editor packages. I was previously maintaining a PPA for the Audacity packages. It was however discontinued. Because, the project depended its own fork of wxWidget library, that is hard to maintain. And, Debian/Ubuntu upstream even stopped […]
Read MoreShotwell image organizer released version 0.32.0 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04 via PPA. After a few years of 0.31.x development releases, Shotwell 0.32 was finally released as new stable series. Compare to v0.30.x, it features: Webp, AVIF, HEIF/HEVC, CR3, JPEG-XL images support. Initial support for having […]
Read MoreThe Audacity audio tag editor announced the new 3.3.0 release. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 23.04. Audacity 3.3.0 is a new major release that features initial version of Beats and Measures. Some built-in effects (such as, Bass & Treble, Distortion, Phaser, Reverb and Wahwah) are now […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.5 in all current Ubuntu releases and other Linux. Adobe has discontinued Linux support for its Acrobat PDF reader for many years! I don’t know why people is still needing this software application, but some one has made it as Flatpak package which is available […]
Read MoreKDE’s Kdenlive video editor has released version 23.04, here are the new features and how to install guide for (K)Ubuntu 22.04 & (K)Ubuntu 22.10 via PPA. According to the KDE Gear 23.04 release note, Kdenlive 23.04 features new nested timelines. The new feature allows user to select several video clips from tracks, and use right-click menu […]
Read MoreOne of the visible changes in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster is the new font for the texts in system menus, documents, and app windows. The new font is slim. And, I’ve written a tutorial about how to try it out in Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04. If you prefer the old fonts, it’s also easy to […]
Read MoreUbuntu 23.04 has been released! Besides installing from new .iso image, here’s a step by step guide shows how to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.10. NOTE: The Upgrade process may fail! So it’s HIGHLY recommended to backup your important data first!! And, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS can even follow this tutorial twice to upgrade to 22.10 first, […]
Read MoreThe Ubuntu Team announced the Ubuntu 23.04 yesterday! Ubuntu 23.04, code-name “Lunar Lobster”, is a short term release with 9-month support until January 2024. The release is powered by the latest Linux Kernel 6.2. The Ubuntu Kernel supports for building and running external kernel modules using Rust programming language. The desktop edition features GNOME 44, […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial shows how to install or completely remove the XFCE4 desktop environment in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 23.04. XFCE4 is lightweight Linux desktop environment aims to be fast and low on system resources. To try it out, I’d recommend to install XUbuntu, Linux Mint, Linux Lite or other Linux with XFCE4 as default. […]
Read MoredigiKam, the popular KDE photo management software, released new major 8.0.0 version! Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. digiKam 8.0.0 is a big release after two year of development. It features new online documentation that is well written with plenty of screenshots and screencasts. An EPUB is also […]
Read MoreThe bluefish text editor released version 2.2.13 recently. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. Bluefish is a powerful GTK3 text editor for web and software development. It supports many programming and markup languages, but it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites. The development of Bluefish editor is quite slow. The new […]
Read MoreThis simple tutorial is going to show you how to check MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512 file hash in Ubuntu and most other Linux systems. After downloading a file from the web, it’s important to verify the file integrity. This can be done by checking the hash code of the local file, then compare to the […]
Read MoreMozilla today announced the release of Firefox 112.0. See what’s new in this release! For Ubuntu user using the Chromium browser that was installed as Snap package from system repository, Firefox 112 adds ability to import data from that browser. Though, the feature so far does not work in Firefox itself installed as Snap package. […]
Read MoreThe OpenShot video editor announced the new 3.1.0 feature release few days ago. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. OpenShot 3.1.0 features a new output video profile dialog, with more than 400 profiles support. Which, are also fully searchable. The release also added more robust time remapping implementation, […]
Read MoreWant to send your application shortcut icons onto desktop, so you can click them to launch the corresponding apps? This simple tutorial is going to show you how to do the job in Ubuntu 23.04. 1. Firstly, launch Ubuntu Software. Then use it to search and install the “Extension Manager” app. In case Ubuntu Software […]
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