Vim text editor 8.2 was released a few days ago. An unofficial PPA has made the packages for all current Ubuntu releases as well as Ubuntu 14.04. The main new feature of Vim 8.2 is support for “popup windows”, which ...
Mesa 3D graphics library 19.3 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Mesa 19.3 is a big release that features: Intel OpenGL 4.6 support New Vulkan extensions both ...
This quick tutorial shows how to easily install DBGL, graphical user interface to DOSBox (configuration), in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and their derivatives. DBGL is a free, open-source, multi-platform Java frontend for DOSBox. It features: Multiple DOSBox versions ...
HPLIP 3.19.12, open source Linux driver for HP printers and scanners, was released today with many new devices support. HPLIP 3.19.12 added following new devices support: HP Color LaserJet Pro M256dn, M256nw, M256dw. HP Color LaserJet Pro M255dn, M255nw, M255dw. ...
Oracle announced the new major Virtualbox 6.1.0 a few days ago with many great new features. Virtualbox 6.1.0 includes following changes: Implemented support for importing VM from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Extended support for exporting VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Support ...
This is another tutorial about how to arrange workspaces in a two dimensional grid (2×2, 2×3, 3×3, etc.) in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher. The Workspace Grid gnome shell extension does the job, it is however seems to be not maintained ...
While shutting down, Ubuntu sometimes gets stuck at purple screen with Ubuntu logo and the scrolling 5 dots. And it says ‘Unattended-upgrade in progress during shutdown, please don’t turn off the computer‘. This happens not very often, and it’s OK ...
After installing recent updates in my Ubuntu 18.04 via Software Updater, Grub2 boot-loader menu is not showing on startup. The dual-boot (or triple-boot) operating system is no longer available when you press Shift (or Esc) to show the menu entry. ...
This simple tutorial shows how to install Atom text editor and receive future software updates via its official apt repository in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher. Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century. It is available in Ubuntu ...
The shutdown process in Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 19.10 machine sometimes is really slow. It gets stuck at purple screen with Ubuntu logo and the dots for quite a few seconds. Press F2 on keyboard when shutting down Ubuntu. It ...
qBittorrent bittorrent client released new stable version 4.2.0 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. qBittorrent 4.2.0 is a new stable series that contains following new features: Support for Libtorrent ...
Mozilla Firefox released the latest stable 71.0 a day ago. Here’s what’s new and how to install it in Ubuntu. Firefox 71.0 release highlights: Lockwise (integrated password manager) improvements. More information about blocked trackers Picture-in-Picture video support for Windows. Pop ...
Without installing Linux Mint 19.x, you can try out Cinnamon Desktop 4.2 in Ubuntu 19.04 or Ubuntu 18.04 via the PPA repository. Cinnamon 4.2 features less RAM usage, Muffin optimizations, switch VSYNC on or off without restart, faster application menu, ...
Wine 4.21 was released a few days ago as the latest development release of the compatibility layer allows to run Windows apps on Linux and Mac OS. Wine 4.21 release highlights: HTTP proxy configuration through DHCP. Parameter block support in ...
Googler, power tool to Google (Web & News) and Google Site Search from the command-line, released version 4.0 a few days ago. It shows the title, URL and abstract for each result, which can be opened in a browser from ...