After more than 20 years of development, the popular planetarium ‘Stellarium’ finally reached 1.0 release. Stellarium 1.0 is the first released ported to Qt6 framework, though Qt5 is still supported! It features: A new, much better skylight model, but MacOS and OpenGL ES2 not supported. Many details around eclipses Updated Observation List features New features […]
Ubuntu 22.10, code name ‘Kinetic Kudu’, is now in beta stage. The final release expected on October 20, 2022. See what’s new in the next release of the popular Linux distribution. Ubuntu 22.10 features Linux Kernel 5.19 with new hardware support. The default desktop environment is GNOME 43, that features a new flat system menu. […]
Avidemux video editor released version 2.8.1 a few days ago. Here’s the new features and how to install instruction for Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. The new release improved HiDPI displays support by updating the icon set, and using OpenGL for rendering on-the-fly preview in video filter dialog. Avidemux 2.8.1 also introduced new filters: 3D […]
Pithos, native Linux client for Pandora Radio, got a new release update few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 & Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. It’s been almost 2 years since the last release update. The new Pithos 1.6.0 now uses the GNOME style client-side decorations (CSD) for its header […]
0 A.D., the free open-source RTS game of ancient warfare, got a new release update a few days ago. It’s 0 A.D. Alpha 26, code-name ‘Zhuangzi’, features new civilization: The Han, which was the second imperial dynasty of China. It has beautiful new art, unique technologies, buildings, as well as new gameplay strategies to explore. […]
For those looking for the native .deb package of OpenShot 2.6.1, here’s an unofficial Ubuntu PPA for all current Ubuntu releases. Just found that the official openshot PPA seems not being updated for quite a period of time, when I was trying to get the latest package of this video editor today. Though, the software […]
Audacity audio editor got a new major update few days ago, features real-time effects and VST3 support. In the new 3.2.0 release, there’s a new “Effects” button in the tracks menu, allowing to place realtime effects. However, it does not yet ship with any effect so far. User has to get effects via plugins, though […]
Got photo images in both light and dark style? There’s a super simple application to set them as dynamic wallpapers in GNOME 42+ desktop. As you may know, GNOME 42+ support light and dark wallpapers that change automatically depends on system color scheme. Ubuntu 22.04 does not support the feature, but in upcoming Ubuntu 22.10 […]
Oracle Java JDK 19 is out! Here are the new features and how to install instructions for Ubuntu users. First, for Linux users the release now ported to support the RV64GV configuration of RISC-V, a general-purpose 64-bit ISA. The release also introduced record patterns to deconstruct record values. Record patterns and type patterns can be […]
The free open-source photography software Darktable got a new update few days ago with various bug-fixes, new cameras support and some other changes. Darktable 4.0.1 added base support for CANON EOS R7 and CANON EOS R10, and noise profiles for NIKON D780, CANON EOS M50 Mark II, CANON EOS 850D. The $(MAKER) and $(MODEL) can […]
For Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36/37 & other Linux with GNOME 42/43, there’s a new extension to enable more useful gadgets into top panel. It’s “Aylur’s Widgets” extension that adds Dash, Workspace dots, Media playback control, Battery bar, Power menu in top-bar. All of them have ON/OFF switches, position option (left, center, right) as […]
For those prefer native .deb packages, LibreOffice 7.4 is finally available to install via LibreOffice Fresh PPA. Major release packages always take longer time to be published into PPA. And it’s been almost one month for this new 7.4 release. Features of LibreOffice 7.4 include: WebP image format support New remote grammar checker: LanguageTool API […]
Looking for a color picker tool for Linux? Try Eyedropper, a new GTK4 application that looks native in modern GNOME desktop. It’s a free and open-source tool written in Rust programming language. Which, provides an easy to use interface to pick a color and display in HEX, RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, XYZ and CIE-Lab formats, […]
KeePass2 password manager released version 2.52 a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, & Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. The new release now allows importing 1Password 8.7 1PUX, and Key Folder 1.22 XML files, as well as groups and expiry dates when importing Sticky Password XML. There are also other […]
Running Ubuntu 22.04 with the default Wayland session? You can switch your web browser’s backend to get even faster and smoother experience. Firefox, Google Chrome and Chromium based web browsers do have native Wayland support, but they still use X11 as backend in Ubuntu desktop. Since Ubuntu 22.04 by default logs into Wayland session, user […]
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest LXQt desktop 1.1.0 in (L)Ubuntu 22.04 via its official PPA. The light LXQt desktop environment has reached version 1.1.0 for a few months, which LUbuntu 22.04 ships the 0.17 version by default. Changes since LXQt 0.17 to 1.1.0 include: Depend on QT 5.15 LTS. Option to […]
For KUbuntu 22.04 users, the KDE Plasma 5.25 desktop is available to install via official PPA repository! New Features in KDE Plasma 5.25: Plasma 5.25 was released a few months ago, with great user experience improvements for Laptop and Tablet users. It introduced the multi-touch gestures support for PC with a touchpad device: 3-finger swipe […]
This simple tutorial shows how to set custom names for your desktop workspaces, and replace “Activities” in the top-left with the current workspace name you specified. Today’s desktop operating systems mostly have multiple desktops to group app windows in different screen. These virtual desktops in GNOME (default desktop environment in Ubuntu/Fedora Workstation) are called workspaces. […]
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS just got a new point release with hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware. The new Ubuntu 20.04.5 features Kernel 5.15 backported from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which enables newer hardware support. It also updates the NVIDIA 390, 470, 510 driver series, as well adds initial support of NVIDIA 515 driver. For […]
Free open-source video capturing, recording and live streaming software, OBS Studio, just got a big update with exciting new features! It’s the 10th anniversary release that features 10-bit & HDR video encoding support! Thought, the new feature so far works only with AV1 and HEVC encoders, and 10-bit HEVC encoding requires NVIDIA 10-series, AMD 5000 […]