For Thunderbird users who don’t like Snap package, here’s step by step guide shows how to replace the pre-installed snap version of the mail client with classic Deb package in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Like Firefox, the Thunderbird Email Client in ...

This tutorial shows how to install and setup Veyon for classroom management in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 and Debian 12, though it should also works in Windows 10 & 11. Veyon is a free and open-source software for monitoring and controlling computers ...

GNOME, the popular Linux desktop environment, announced new 46 stable release this Wednesday! The new GNOME 46, code-name“Kathmandu”, will be default desktop for Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40 planned for next month, and optional for Arch, Manjaro, etc. The Files, ...

Oracle announced the release of JDK 22 GA this Tuesday. “JDK 22 delivers 12 enhancements that are significant enough to warrant their own JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs), including seven preview features and one incubator feature. They cover improvements to the ...

Mozilla announced a new monthly release of its Firefox web browser on March 19. In the new release, the caret browsing mode, keyboard navigating just like in text editor, also works in the built-in PDF viewer. The Qwant search engine ...

The default wallpaper for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, was finally released this Tuesday! Similar to the one for current Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the new wallpaper uses gradient color background (from purple in top-left to orange in bottom right?) with ...

This tutorial shows how to disable USB, either the full sub-system or for certain USB ports, in Ubuntu. For server or production machines, disable USB can be useful for data privacy, virus protection, and other security reasons. For Ubuntu and ...

For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the top 8 photo images that won the wallpaper competition are out! They will be shipped by default in the .iso image as optional wallpapers for Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop. Ubuntu Desktop team started the wallpaper competition ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install 7-Zip file archiver in Ubuntu Desktop. 7-Zip is a popular free open-source file archiver with a high compression ratio. Ubuntu Linux can get it in few different packages: p7zip – a command line ...

QMPlay2, the free open-source Qt media player, released version 24.03.16 few days ago. QMPlay2 is a Qt based media player that uses FFmpeg as backend for most video and audio codecs support. It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 ...

GNU Octave, the free open-source application for numerical computations, released new major 9.1.0 version! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04. The GNU website has not yet announced the new release, but ...

CopyQ, the popular free open-source clipboard manager, announced new 8.0.0 release today! The new release features new arm64 build packages for MacOS, Debian, and Raspberry Pi. The packages for Windows and MacOS are now based on Qt6 framework. The 64-bit ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install Beta version of your Flatpak app package from Flathub Beta repository in Ubuntu Linux. Flatpak now is one of the top popular package formats for Linux. It runs in sandbox, allowing to easily ...

OBS Studio, the popular free open-source live streaming app, announced new major 30.1 release this Wednesday! The new release enabled HDR for HEVC over the RTMP protocol, AV1 HDR is not currently supported by YouTube. OBS Studio 30.1 reworked Image ...

For those who prefer the native .deb app packages, here’s new unofficial PPA for installing the most recent Kdenlive video editor 24.02.0 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04. Kdenlive announced new 24.02 release series few days ago. One ...