FFmpeg 4.4 “Rao” now can be installed in all current Ubuntu releases easily via an Ubuntu PPA. FFmpeg is a free and open-source solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. The major 4.4 version was released almost a ...

Want to try out the Pipewire sound server? It’s easy to do this in Ubuntu 21.04, and here’s how! PipeWire is a server for handling multimedia on Linux. Its most common use is for Wayland and Flatpak apps to implement ...

KeePass password manager released version 2.48 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. KeePass 2.48 introduces version 4.1 of the KDBX file format, which supports various new features, including: ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest PipeWire server via an Ubuntu PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04, and Ubuntu 20.10. PipeWire is a new low-level multimedia framework, aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Eclipse IDE in Ubuntu while the one in Ubuntu Software is always old. Eclipse in Ubuntu Software is the containerized snap package and it’s old. Fortunately, an official installer is available ...

Want to make a certain folder different to others in Ubuntu? You can change the icon color and add emblem via Nautilus extension. Nautilus, the default file manager in Ubuntu, has an extension called Folder Color. It allows to change ...

qBittorrent, free and open-source Qt5 based Bittorrent client, released version 4.3.5 a few days ago. qBittorrent 4.3.5 is the last release in the 4.3.x series. And it’s going to drop support for Ubuntu 20.04 in the next release since it ...

Since Ubuntu 21.04 uses Wayland as default display server, the previous method using xrandr does not longer work for adding custom screen resolution. So this tutorial is going to show you another way to add your favorite screen resolution if ...

NVIDIA graphics driver for Linux released version 465.27 a day ago with new Laptop GPUs support and a few bug-fixes. In NVIDIA 465.27, following new GPUs are supported: T600 Laptop GPU T1200 Laptop GPU RTX A5000 Laptop GPU RTX A4000 ...

Want to create a bootable live-USB for installing Ubuntu on your machine? Well, here’s how to do it in Windows, Linux, or Mac OS. I used to use UNetbootin to create bootable Live USB. However, the USB drive does not ...

KDE’s Kdenlive video editor 21.04 was released today with lots of usability improvements and some great new features. Kdenlive 21.04 introduced new Speech-to-Text feature which automatically transcode audio to text, and it supports for 17 languages and dialects using the ...

Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux Kernel 5.12 last night. He wrote on lkml: Thanks to everybody who made last week very calm indeed, which just makes me feel much happier about the final 5.12 release. New Features in ...

The Geary email client 40.0 was released a few days ago with UI enhancements. Like Gnome core apps, Geary has the similar version system. After v3.38, Geary 40 was released days ago with adaptive user interface that supports for half-screen, ...

Got a deb file download from the web? This is a beginner’s guide shows you how to install the file in Ubuntu. DEB is the software package format for Debian / Ubuntu based systems. Besides Ubuntu main / universe repositories ...

Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo was officially released! For Ubuntu 20.10 users, here’s how to upgrade your system to the new edition. Same to the previous version, Ubuntu 21.04 is a short term release with 9 month support. It’s powered by ...