Guvcview, the free open-source tool for capturing image/video and dynamically controlling UVC camera and webcam devices, released version 2.1.0. It’s a GTK3 and Qt5 application that provides both graphical interface and command line options to control your webcam or camera. ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install the last Enlightenment desktop 0.26.0 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 23.10 via PPA. Enlightenment announced 0.26.0 release almost a month ago. There’s however no easy way to install it in Ubuntu, ...

Looking for an alternative to macOS Dropover utility? Collector is the one for Linux Desktop! It’s a free and open-source tool to make drag & drop easier. Without having to open side-by-side windows, just paste or drag whatever content into ...

Wine, the popular software for running Windows applications on Linux, macOS, & BSD, announced new stable 9.0 release few days ago on Tuesday. Wine 9.0 features WoW 6.0 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit), which was experimentally supported in last 8.0 ...

Oracle Virtualbox announced a new point release for the 7.0 series this Tuesday. It’s VirtualBox 7.0.14, which add initial host and guest support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4, though it’s still in development stage. As well, there’s a kernel ...

Play Final Fantasy XIV Online in Linux? There’s a custom launcher for the game for better experience! It’s XIVLauncher, a free and open-source launcher that provides a customized WINE version for perfect compatibility with FFXIV. Since the original launcher is ...

Linux is getting more IPTV player applications in recent years. Here I’m going to introduce yuki-iptv, a new one with EPG support. Personally, I prefer hypnotix which is developed by Linux Mint team, since it has a large list of ...

Got GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, or GameBoy Color ROMs? It’s easy to play them in your Linux PC through VBA-M emulator. There are quite a few game emulators for Linux. You can use PPSSPP to run PSP games, and RetroArch for ...

Need a tool to edit your apps in the start menu, main menu, or Gnome overview search results? Try MenuLibre! In most Linux, all app icons you see in start menu, dock launcher, and the desktop, are handled by .desktop ...

This simple tutorial shows how to disable (or auto-delete) “recent” files tab in left side-bar of file manager in Ubuntu 24.04 & 22.04. GNOME Files, aka Nautilus file manager, has a “Recent” tab in left side-bar, which include all the ...

This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install Ruby and setup local programming environment in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ruby is an interpreted, high-level programming language designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity. It was ...

Drawpile, the free open-source collaborative drawing program, finally released version 2.2.0. It has 11 Beta testing versions in 2023 until the new final release. And, Drawpile 2.2.0 can work along with users on the old 2.1 version. This new version ...

GNOME announced the first alpha of the next 46 release few days ago on last Friday. Let’s see what’s new in the desktop for next Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. First of all, every Gnome release has a new default wallpaper. This ...

Don’t remember how many tools, I’ve written about, for monitoring CPU, RAM, Network, and other system resources usage in Ubuntu. But, there’s a brand-new for GNOME, the default desktop environment. It’s Astra Monitor, a free open-source tool provides highly customizable ...

Linux Mint announced new 21.3 release, code-name “Virginia”, this Friday. It’s the 3rd update for the Mint 21 release series, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and uses Kernel 5.15 LTS. The new Linux Mint 21.3 features Cinnamon Desktop ...