Pinta, the popular free open-source drawing and image editing app, released new major 3.0 release yesterday. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. Pinta 3.0 features GTK 4.0 and Libadwaita for its modern user interface that’s well integrated in recent GNOME desktop environments. It now automatically switches between light […]
Read MoreFor old Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 with Ubuntu Pro enabled for extended 5 years of Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) updates support, it might sometimes cause 3rd party apps refuse to install and even output unmet dependency issue. This is because ESM apps have higher package priority 510, while most others are default to 500. […]
Read MoreWant to give more control of your graphics card in Ubuntu & other Linux? Here’s a graphical to do the job. It’s LACT, a free open-source GTK4 application written in Rust. With it, you may monitor and control NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD GPUs with following options: View detailed GPU information. Control GPU fan speed. Overclock […]
Read MoreThis is step by step guide shows how to install the G’MIC plugin for GIMP 3.0 series in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and higher. GREYC’s Magic for Image Computing, G’MIC short, is a popular free open-source image processing software. It can work as plugin for GIMP, Krita, Photoshop, etc. with more than 600 […]
Read MoreAfter 5 years since the last 20.03, the Code::Blocks IDE finally announced new 25.03 stable release few days ago. The new Code::Blocks 25.03 added support for MinGW64, MSYS2, MSVC17 and TDM compilers, C++ standards 23 and 26 (and their gnu extensions), as well as new -std=c23 and -std=gnu23 options on GCC13 and newer. It also […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginners guide shows how to change the default terminal app in Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin. To configure which terminal app opens, when you right-clicking on a folder and select “Open in Terminal”/”Open Terminal Here”, here’s an extension to do the job. While, this tutorial shows how to configure which […]
Read MoreLinux Kernel 6.14 was released yesterday on Monday! Linus Torvalds announced it in lkml.org: So it’s early Monday morning (well – early for me, I’m not really a morning person), and I’d love to have some good excuse for why I didn’t do the 6.14 release yesterday on my regular Sunday afternoon release schedule. I’d […]
Read MoreLibinput released version 1.28.0 today, which finally introduced the long requested three-finger drag gesture support for touchpads! The big new feature in this release is three-finger drag for touchpads. When enabled three fingers down on the touchpad will logically hold the left mouse button down, any movement of the fingers then moves the pointer for […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to manually download & install the new Gnome Adwaita Sans and Adwaita Mono fonts in all current Ubuntu releases. GNOME introduced new interface font in version 48, named Adwaita Sans and Adwaita Mono. While, Ubuntu does not ship Adwaita fonts in system repository, user can […]
Read MoreOpenJDK announced the latest JDK 24 yesterday. This is the beginner’s guide shows how to install it in all current Ubuntu and Linux Mint releases. OpenJDK 24 is a short term release with 6 months support. Ubuntu has made JDK 24 into system repository for upcoming Ubuntu 25.04, while all current Ubuntu releases may use […]
Read MoreTo help users switching from Adobe PhotoShop, PhotoGIMP project updated today with support for the new GIMP 3.0 image editor. PhotoGIMP is a free open-source project that optimizes GIMP for AdobeShop users. By changing the local app data, it organised the tools and their options to be PhotoShop style, assigned keyboard shortcuts to similar to […]
Read MoreAfter more than 4 years of development, GIMP image editor 3.0 finally goes stable! GIMP 3.0 is a new major release! Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users in 3 different ways: Flatpak package runs in sandbox environment. AppImage package, no installation required. Ubuntu PPA (unofficial) with native .deb […]
Read MoreFor users who want to try out the new NVIDIA 570.124.04 driver, the Graphics Drivers Team PPA finally updated with the packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. NVIDIA 570.124.04 is the latest production branch driver for Linux, which was released in last month. The new driver features variable […]
Read MoreMessed up or mistakenly deleted configuration files under /etc directory, but no backup? Here’s how to restore the files just like they were originally installed. In Linux, the /etc directory is the location for storing system-wide configuration files. When installing a software package, it may create and/or read software specific config files under /etc directory […]
Read MoreGot multiple computers/laptops but only one mouse & keyboard? Without buying a KVM switch, here’s a software can do the job sharing them between your computers. It’s Input Leap a free open-source application forked from Barrier, allowing to use single mouse and keyboard to control multiple computers in same local network. Relationship between Barrier and […]
Read MoreThis is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the most recent PCSX2, the free open-source Playstation 2 Emulator, in all current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10. PCSX2 is an application that emulates the PS2’s hardware, allowing to play PS2 games on PC or laptop […]
Read MoreUbuntu has some snap apps (e.g., Firefox and AppCenter) pre-installed in recent releases. The snap apps auto-generate a snap folder in user’s home directory to store app data, caches, and configuration files. If you don’t want to see that folder, you may hide it or move to another location. And, here’s how to do the […]
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to block ads, trackers, and malware domains system-wide in Ubuntu and other Linux desktop using hBlock. hBlock is a free open-source script that collects a large list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources. It blocks them by mapping all those domain names to 0.0.0.0 using […]
Read MoreFor GnuCash users who prefer the native .deb package format, here I made a new unofficial PPA for all current Ubuntu releases. GnuCash is a popular personal and small-business financial-accounting software. It’s available in the Ubuntu system repositories, but always old. I’ve written about how to install the most recent GnuCash 5.10 in Ubuntu in […]
Read MoreEmacs text editor released new major 30.1 version a few days ago. For Ubuntu users who prefer the classic .deb package, here’s unofficial PPA updated for all current Ubuntu releases. Emacs 30.1 features Android port, improved touchscreen support, new trusted-content option, native JSON support, default app for ‘org-protocol’, ability to set toolbar to bottom, new […]
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