The March 2025 release of Visual Studio Code, aka 1.99, was released few days ago. The new release introduced chat agent mode for VS Code Stable, which can be enabled by setting chat.agent.enabled. With chat agent mode in Visual Studio Code, you can use natural language define a high-level task and to start an agentic […]
This tutorial will help you install Java Development Kit or JDK on Ubuntu 24.04. This is required for you to do software development in Java programming language because it contains the compiler and Java Virtual Machine alias JVM as well as the librari…
GNU Octave, the free open-source programming language for scientific computing and numerical computation, rolled out the new 10.1.0 release. The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. Though, the source tarball was made available to download since last week. And, I’ve made the package into PPA for all current Ubuntu releases. According […]
After 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 […]
Visual Studio Code 1.98, the February release of the IDE and code editor, was released! The release added 2 new AI models, GPT 4.5 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet, to choose from when using Copilot, and allows to change the model for inline suggestions. The new release added notebook support in Copilot Edits (though experimental), removed […]
Apache NetBeans announced new 25 release a few days ago. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu. NetBeans 25 was released after 2 release candidates. It updated the user interface with another batch of SVG icons for better HiDPI display support, and switched SVG loading routine in ImageUtilities from the […]
Looking for a Cheat Engine like application to search and edit memory in Linux Desktop? Here’s a free open-source app work in process! It’s MemSed (MEMory Search and EDit), an open-source tool written in C programming language. If you have ever used Cheat Engine to scan & edit memory for computer games, you’ll find that […]
After 6 months of development, Go language announced new 1.24 release few days ago on Tuesday. Go 1.24 now fully supports generic type aliases. Type aliases, a concept introduced in Go 1.9, allows to create a new name for an existing type without creating a new type. Previously, it didn’t support type parameters. But this […]
Visual Studio Code announce new monthly 1.97 release! Here are new features in the IDE release. VS Code 1.97 is the first release in 2025. It added two more models OpenAI’s o3-mini and Gemini 2.0 Flash to choose from when using Copilot. It introduced new Copilot Next Edit Suggestions (Copilot NES) preview feature to help […]
This tutorial shows how to install the most recent Apache NetBeans IDE v24 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Debian 12 Bookworm, and their based systems, such as Linux Mint 22/21. NetBeans is a free open-source (Apache License 2.0) Java IDE, that also supports other languages like PHP, C, C++, HTML5, and JavaScript […]
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the most recent Arduino IDE (2.3.4 so far) in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint. Arduino IDE is free open-source AVR development board IDE from Arduino CC. It’s available in Debian and Ubuntu repositories, but stuck at version 1.8.19, probably because the 2.x versions […]
Ruby, the free open-source high-level general-purpose programming language, released new 3.4.0 (then 3.4.1 with quick fix) today at Christmas! The release introduced it block parameter reference, which behaves very much the same as _1. As the feature request descripted: it is implemented as a special case of getlocal insn, not a method. it without an […]
IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, the last major release in 2024, was released few days ago! The release introduced new Logical code structure in the Structure tool window, allows to view classes, methods, fields, as well as links and interactions between components in your project. K2 mode with Kotlin now it stable. With it enabled, it supports […]
This tutorial shows you how to install the latest GNU Octave (version 9.2.0 so far) in all current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 24.04. GNU Octave is a free open-source scientific programming language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It features powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in 2D/3D plotting and visualization tools, cross-platform, […]
Python, the popular free open-source programming language, finally announced 3.13.0 stable this Monday! Python 3.13 introduced new interactive shell. It’s enabled by default and based on code from the PyPy project. When you start the new shell in an interactive terminal, it uses colors by default for prompts and tracebacks and supports multi-line editing. As […]
This tutorial will help you install and get ready for C++ programming on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. We will use the tools GNU G++ as the compiler and Geany IDE as the text editor. Both are free software. Lastly, we also mentioned links to a good C++ …
Learn a step-by-step guide to install Perl modules on Ubuntu, list Perl modules on Ubuntu, and uninstall Perl modules from Ubuntu.
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JetBrains announced the new 2024.2 release of its IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment (IDE). The release uses new clean and modern UI as default, while classic one is available as plugin. For Linux, it auto-places window controls to left or right depends on your desktop settings. And, it switched to JetBrains Runtime 21 with enhanced […]
Keeping Python versions up to date is essential for compatibility and security. This guide provides a step-by-step approach to updating and managing multiple Python versions on Linux, including installation, configuration, and switching between versions.
Learn how to install PHP on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with this detailed guide. Follow our step-by-step instructions to set up PHP, configure your server, and ensure optimal performance.