For those who want to install the simple Audio Recorder application in Ubuntu 23.04 and next Ubuntu 23.10, here’s new Ubuntu PPA. Audio Recorder is a free open-source GTK3 audio recording application for Linux. It has a stupid simple user ...
Can’t wait to try out the new Thunderbird 115, but hate Snap and Flatpak packages? Here’s how to install it from Ubuntu PPA! Thunderbird 115 is a new major release series with refined look and feel. It now uses GNOME ...
Don’t like the green number badges on the left (or bottom) dock app icons? Ubuntu 23.10 now has hidden option to show/hide it. The next Ubuntu 23.10 has now introduced some visible changes, such as enhanced tiling window support, remove ...
Want to customize the startup, and shutdown animation screen with a single background image? Here’s how to do the trick in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04. I’ve written a tutorial about how to disable the Manufacturer Logo in boot animation. ...
GNU Emacs text editor released version 29.1 few days ago. Here’s how to install it in current Ubuntu releases. According to the release note. Emacs 29.1 features: Supports “pure GTK” (PGTK) build Uses XInput 2 on X for input events ...
Run Ubuntu on laptop or other machine with touchscreen? You can enable touch feedback with an extension. It’s ‘Touch X‘, an extension that support GNOME from version 40 to 44. Meaning for Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, Debian 12, RHEL 9, Fedora, ...
MPV media player released new 0.36.0 version a few days ago. Here’s how to install it for those sticking to the classic .deb package format. MPV does not provide official packages for Ubuntu Linux. It’s however easy to install the ...
Inkscape, the popular free open source vector graphics editor, announced the 1.3 stable release few days ago! Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases. Inkscape 1.3 features include: New shade builder tool (shortcut X), with ability to ...
The Shotwell photo manager and viewer got a new point release few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04. The new Shotwell 0.32.2 added .hif file format support. It’s a HEIF variant usually taken by ...
Ubuntu 23.04 and Debian 12 excluded rabbitvcs-nautilus package in their repositories, since RabbitVCS 0.18 does not support the GTK4 version of Nautilus file manager. Now, RabbitVCS 0.19 is released! Which, added back plugin support for the newer versions of Nautilus. ...
Want to configure the OSD (on-screen display) pop-up in Ubuntu and other Linux with GNOME? There’s an extension to do the job in GNOME 42 ~ 44. When changing volume, screen brightness, device status (e.g., Bluetooth), etc via keyboard shortcuts ...
Linux Mint announced the new 21.2 point release this Sunday! The new release introduced Cinnamon Desktop 5.8 with built-in gestures support for touchpad and touchscreen. With the touchegg service running in the background, System Settings now provides a ‘Gestures’ option, ...
This simple tutorial shows how to enable RDP remote desktop for extended screen in Ubuntu 22.04 and higher with default GNOME desktop. Since Ubuntu 22.04, the default GNOME desktop has built-in RDP support. The function has feature to share screen ...
For users switching from macOS, there’s an extension can replace top-left ‘Activities’ with ‘Apple Menu’ in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04. It’s ‘Maccy Menu’, which adds a menu in top-left with following options: About This PC, System Preferences (Settings), App ...
Darktable got a new major release few days ago! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 23.04 via PPA. Darktable 4.4.0 is a big release with many new features. They include: Ability to define multiple automatically-applied ...