Luminance HDR 2.6.1, free and open-source HDR imaging software, is available to install in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Linux Mint 20. Before it’s officially announced the new release source tarball now is available to download. And Luminance HDR 2.6.1 is ...

KDE announced a new chat application NeoChat, a Matrix client for Desktop and Mobile, in its January 2021 apps update. Matrix is an instant messaging system similar to Whatsapp or Telegram, but uses an open and decentralized network for secure ...

The Python programming language 3.10 is now in development. For testing purpose you can install the alpha release via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 19.x/20, and derivatives. Many new features for Python 3.10 are still ...

Looking for detailed information about a software package, e.g., maintainer, dependencies, sources, installed size, etc? There are a few tools to tell the information of software packages in classic .deb format in Ubuntu Linux. And here I’m going to show ...

QuickWall is a free and open-source tool to grab the latest wallpapers from Unsplash and set as your desktop background. It works with nitrogen, feh background setter as well as Xfce, KDE, Gnome, Unity. Besides setting wallpapers from Unsplash, it ...

Gnome Feeds, a free and open-source news reader with a neat user interface, now is available to install via Ubuntu PPA for those prefer the classic apt method. Gnome Feeds is a GTK+3 application written in Python 3. It features ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install VeraCrypt and create encrypted hard drive, USB stick in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 20, Ubuntu 20.10. VeraCrypt is a free and open-source disk encryption software based on TrueCrypt 7.1a. It works ...

This is a beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup Tor service and Tor Browser in Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20. It should also work in Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. Tor, The Onion Router, is a ...

Cawbird, free and open-source GTK+ Twitter Client for Linux, released version 1.3 with many new features, improvements, bug-fixes. Cawbird 1.3 comes with improved DM (Direct Messages). It adds ability to send media in DMs, delete DMs, load older DMs, and ...

Planner is a free and open-source task manager with Todoist support. It’s designed for Linux with a stylish user interface. The software is written in Vala programming language with GTK+ 3 framework. It can synchronize your Projects, Task and Sections ...

Parole, Xfce’s default media player, released version 4.15.0 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20, and Ubuntu 20.10. Parole 4.15.0 features a in-window popover Playlist instead of a slide-out panel. The shuffle ...

qBittorrent 4.3.2 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. The new release of the Bittorrent client features an option for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) support, which enable people around the world to ...

TeXstudio, an open-source fully featured LaTeX editor, released version 3.0.2 a few hours ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu, Linux Mint. Though it’s a bug-fix version, TeXstudio 3.0.2 was released after two beta test releases. It features: Add ...

GIMP image editor 2.99.4 was released a few days ago as the second development release for the next major GIMP 3.0. Release highlights include: Usability fixes across various parts of GIMP New Paint Select tool in the playground New generic ...

Whisker Menu, an alternate application launcher for Xfce, released version 2.5.0 with updated icons and refactor code for the new Xfce 4.16 desktop. Whisker Menu 2.5.0 release highlights: Add option to show all applications by default Rearrange sidebar buttons to ...