OnlyOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, announced new 8.0 release this Friday. The release introduced one of the most awaited features, RTL support. It now supports bidirectional text in documents and presentations. But, RTL input is partially available with ...

Deepin, the popular Linux Distribution from China, announced the last Beta of version 23 this Friday! Deepin is a Linux Distro so far based on Debian ‘Stable’ branch, features Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) that is built on Qt toolkit. It’s ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install Python 3.13, which is still in development stage, in Ubuntu 22.04, or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Python 3.13 so far is in alpha development stage. For testing or software developing purpose, you can install ...

This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install the Floorp web browser in Ubuntu Desktop. Floorp is a new free open-source web browser forked from Firefox. It’s promoted as “the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative”. ...

LibreOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, announced a new major release this Wednesday. It’s LibreOffice 24.2.0, the first release introduced the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M). Meaning it’s release in February, 2024. The release added better support for Qt-based ...

This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install Pale Moon web browser through its official Linux tarball in Ubuntu. Pale Moon is a free open-source web browser that was started as a fork of Firefox, but ...

Budgie desktop announced the new 10.9 release this Monday! See what’s new in the free open-source desktop environment. Budgie is a popular desktop environment that default in Ubuntu budgie, and optional in Debian, Fedora, Arch, Manjaro Linux, etc. The most ...

Network diagnostic is useful when you getting internet connection issue. And, here’s a brand new graphical tool for Linux beginners. It’s PingPath, a free open-source tool written mostly in C, and use GTK4 toolkit for its user interface. PingPath uses ...

For Ubuntu machine with NVIDIA graphics card, here’s how to implement hardware acceleration for video playback in Firefox web browser. Firefox so far only supports VA-API for GPU decoding to offload CPU and save power. Both Intel and AMD GPUs ...

GNOME introduced new core camera app in the release of version 45, which however not adopted as default in Ubuntu 23.10 or Fedora 39. If you want to try it out, then here’s how to do the trick in Ubuntu ...

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the latest version of Nginx web server (either mainline or stable) in Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop or Server. Nginx is a popular free and open-source web server, that can ...

Ubuntu 23.04, code-name ‘Lunar Lobster’, will be soon no longer supported! Ubuntu 23.04 was released on April 20, 2023 with 9-month support circle. And, today January 25, 2024 is the last day it’s officially supported according to the announcement. Meaning ...

Got a CH341a series USB programmer? Here’s a graphical free I2C EEPROM programmer tool for Linux Desktop. There are a number of programs for Windows, such as CH341Programmer, NEOProgrammer, and ASProgrammer, for working with popular “green” and “black” CH341a devices, ...

Mozilla announced new 122.0 release for its free open-source Firefox web browser this Tuesday! This is a new monthly release that include minor new features. For Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and their based systems, Firefox now provides official .deb packages ...

This simple tutorial shows how to easily make your KUbuntu desktop layout to be Ubuntu (GNOME) Style, that includes top-panel, left side-bar, and a full-screen launcher. KDE Plasma is highly customizable. User can manually add new panel, configure its position, ...