HandBrake video transcoder announced a new update for the 1.7.x release a few days ago. This release includes only bug-fixes and minor improvements. They include: Fix formatting leading zeros for timestamps in logs Incorrect input FPS detection tx3g to SSA ...

power-profiles-daemon, the power mode settings backend in Gnome, released 0.20 today! The new release added amdgpu panel power savings which uses dedicated hardware in systems with integrated Radeon graphics to decrease panel power consumption when the system is on battery. ...

This simple tutorial shows how to get rid of the “Mobile Broadband” menu option from the upper right system status menu in GNOME Desktop. GNOME, the default desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation, has built-in support for mobile broadband. If ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install and enable the Classic Gnome 2 style desktop session in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 24.04. Though the title said for Ubuntu, this tutorial also works in Debian 12 & 11. Fedora, Arch, and ...

This is a beginner’s guide shows you how to rotate your images using either a Linux command or built-in apps such as file manager and image viewer. Option 1: Rotate an image using built-in image viewer If you want to ...

Wine, the popular free open-source software for running Windows apps & games on Linux, macOS, & BSD, announced a new development 9.2 release! The new release updated Mono engine to version 9.0.0, included a number of system tray fixes, and ...

GNOME 46 reached UI, ABI/API, and feature freeze stage today. Let’s see the top new features in this popular desktop environment. GNOME 46 will be the default desktop environment for Fedora 40 Workstation, Ubuntu 24.04, and optional in Arch, Manjaro, ...

Wallpaper Contest for the next Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, is open! Top 8 winner images will be shipped in the iso image. A bit different to the previous contests, this time the submissions are separated into 4 categories: Mascot ...

Like Firefox, Thunderbird email client in Ubuntu is going to be replaced as a Snap app runs in sandbox. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is working on porting core apps to Snap package format in recent years. Firefox, Chromium (in ...

The Arduino team announced the 2.3 release of the Arduino IDE this Wednesday. Since v2.3, the debug feature is now stable and fully incorporated into the IDE! It’s now based on a standard framework, and enabled for all the Arduino ...

Go programming language announced the new 1.22 release this Tuesday! Here’s the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu & other Linux. What’s New in Go 1.22: The variables declared by a “for” loop were created once and ...

This is a step by step guide shows how to enable fingerprint reader support for Lenovo ThinkPad T480/T480s, X1 Carbon 6th gen, X1 Yoga 3rd gen, X280, etc with 06cb:009a device in Ubuntu 22.04. Ubuntu has fingerprint reader support out-of-the-box ...

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to configure your Ubuntu laptop to limit the maximum battery charge level. For those who keep laptop plugged in for long term, it’s better to set battery charge limit to ...

For .NET developers, the latest .NET 8 can be installed on old Ubuntu 18.04 and/or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS easily through PPA. .NET 8 was released few months ago in November, 2023. It’s a new LTS release with 3 years support, ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install and use Incus container in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Incus is a free open-source system container and virtual machine manager developed by Linux Containers community. It supports images for a large ...