HandBrake video transcoder and DVD ripper announced new major 1.6.0 release today. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu Linux users. HandBrake 1.6.0 is a big release with new AV1 video encoding support. They are SVT-AV1 (software) and Intel QSV AV1 (hardware) video encoders. This release as well introduced high […]
Read MoreGot photo images but not clear enough? Or you want to convert them into 4K resolution without losing quality? This app can help! It’s upscayl, a free and open-source app for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It uses AI modules to upscale single or batch of photo images into 7680×5120 (or double resolution 15360×10240). Supported AI […]
Read MoreHappy Christmas and happy new year to my dear readers! Kodi, the popular home media center software, release 19.5 version to celebrate the holidays. It’s the last point release for the 19.x release, while Kodi 20 now is in RC2 stage. And, this release mainly include bug-fixes and improvements backport from dev release. They are: […]
Read MoreGot wireless mouse, keyboard, or controller connect to your PC? You can have a glance at the battery level of them in top-bar of Ubuntu 22.04|22.10, Fedora 36/37, Arch/Manjaro with GNOME desktop! This can be done via a Gnome Shell extension based on upower power management daemon. Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10 user can get […]
Read MoreFor those who would like to run Windows apps on Linux, the new major Wine 8.0 now is in RC release stage. As usual, there will be 6 RC releases until final stable version. The latest so far is rc2 that features 50 bug-fixes for applications, including ICU64 for VICE, UT99, Warframe, MyPhoneExplorer, Silent Hill […]
Read MoreDarkable, the popular free open-source photography app and raw developer, released new 4.2.0 release a day ago. Darktable 4.2.0 is a big release with following changes: New Sigmoid display transform module Two new algorithms in the highlight reconstruction module: “inpaint opposed” and “segmentation based”. Possible to preview the effect of a user-generated style on an […]
Read MoreThe first point release of Linux Mint 21 is out! Code-name ‘Vera’, Kernel 5.15, Ubuntu 22.04 package base, and Cinnamon 5.6, MATE 1.26, XFCE 4.16 for each desktop edition. The default theme for mouse pointer in Linux Mint 21.1 now is Bibata-Modern-Classic, a modern black and rounded edge bibata cursors. Though, user can easily choose […]
Read MoreFree and open-source music notation software MuseScore 4 is out after more than 2 year since the last major release. MuseScore 4 now have a modern look UI with both light and dark mode, as well as 7 accent colors. It provides a setup dialog to choose between them on first launch, though user can […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreHave 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 […]
Read MoreKDE’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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreOpenshot 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MorePHP 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 […]
Read MoreWant 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 […]
Read MoreUnlike 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
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