CPUFetch is a simple command line tool, a bit similar to Neofetch, but for fetching CPU architecture in Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android. The tool outputs the manufacturer logo (e.g., Intel, AMD) along with basic CPU info, including: CPU name. ...

Want to try out the new Gnome 40 Desktop? You can install it in Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo via PPA. Gnome 40 was released more than a week ago with new features including new design for the overview screen, a ...

Prefer the light mode appearance? Here’s how to change the system tray menu, date & time menu, notifications, and other top panel drop-down menus from dark to light in Ubuntu 21.04. Different to previous Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 21.04 now has ...

    Ubuntu 21.04 final beta was officially released. Features images for the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, and also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavors. Ubuntu 21.04 code name “Hirsute Hippo”. ...

Deepin, a beautiful Linux distribution based on Debian stable, released version 20.2 a day ago. Deepin 20.2 features the LTS Kernel 5.10 and stable Kernel 5.11. In Grub boot menu, you can select to boot either Kernel as you want. ...

LibreOffice office suite 7.1.2, the second bug-fix release for the 7.1 series, now is available to install in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20, Ubuntu 20.10 via its official PPA. LibreOffice 7.1.2 comes with 61 bug-fixes. Here are some ...

Before the next major GIMP 3.0, a new maintenance update for the 2.10 series GIMP 2.10.24 now is available to install. Though it’s not officially announced at the moment of writing, GIMP has provided the 2.10.24 source tarball & Windows ...

The free and open-source planetarium software Stellarium 0.21.0 was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. The new release completed the work on accurate planet axes, including Lunar libration. ...

GNU Emacs text editor 27.2 was released as a new maintenance release. Emacs 27.2 is a bug-fix release with no new features. According to the changelog, it changed the behavior of the user option ‘resize-mini-frames‘. If set to a non-nil ...

Want to automatically set the background & lock screen wallpaper once per day to Microsoft Bing image of the day? It’s easy to do this in Ubuntu via an Extension. For Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and all other ...

The free and open-source BitTorrent client qBittorrent 4.3.4 was released. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10 via PPA. qBittorrent 4.3.4 reworked the sorting logic. To get the old sorting order for the “queue number” column, first ...

The Audacity audio editor 3.0.0 was released a week ago as the new major release. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint via Flatpak package. Audacity 3.0.0 features new all-in-one-file aup3 project file format, improved ‘Noise Gate’ ...

Mozilla Firefox 87.0 was released today with further efforts on improving user privacy. Firefox 87 introduced SmartBlock, a new intelligent tracker blocking mechanism for Private Browsing and Strict Tracking Protection Mode. By providing local stand-ins for blocked third-party tracking scripts, ...

Want to install the ClipGrab YouTube video downloader via classic deb package? Here’s a PPA available for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and Linux Mint 20. ClipGrab is a free and open-source downloading and converting application for YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and ...

Kid3 audio tag editor 3.8.6 was released a few days ago with new features and important bug-fixes. PPA has updated for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 20.10. Kid3 3.8.6 adds support for building with Qt 6. And it now ...