This quick tutorial shows how to make the scrollbars of GTK3 applications always visible, like Gnome terminal does, no matter whether the mouse cursor is moved over or not. The scrollbar is only visible when the mouse cursor is moved ...
Professional free and open-source painting software Krita 4.2.6 was released a week ago. Ubuntu native .deb package now is finally available to install in Ubuntu 18.04 via PPA. Krita 4.2.6 release highlights: Important workaround for users with an AMD Ryzen ...
Linux Kernel 5.3 was released yesterday. Linus Torvalds announced that: So we’ve had a fairly quiet last week, but I think it was good that we ended up having that extra week and the final rc8. Even if the reason ...
MusicBrainz Picard, a cross-platform music tagger, released version 2.2 a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04. MusicBrainz Picard is a free and open-source software application for identifying, tagging, and organising digital audio recordings. It ...
The new development version Wine 4.16 was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 19.04. Wine 4.16 release highlights: More reliable mouse grabbing in games. Better cross-compilation support in WineGCC. Improved compatibility with Windows debuggers. Various ...
This quick tip shows beginners how to hide files or folders, without renaming them, in Ubuntu’s default Nautilus file browser. In Ubuntu Linux, a file (or folder) with a name starts by a dot (.) is considered a hidden file. ...
Gscan2pdf, GTK tool to produce PDF / DjVu from scanned document, released version 2.5.6 with stability improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu. Gscan2pdf 2.5.6 release highlights according to the changelog: Prevent Negate from changing the alpha channel. Avoid ...
Free raw image processing software RawTherapee 5.7 was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and derivatives. RawTherapee 5.7 release highlights: Film Negative tool Support for reading “rating” tags from Exif and XMP ...
KeePass password manager 2.43 was released today with user interface and integration enhancements. All users of version 2.x are recommended to upgrade to the new 2.43 release. Changes in KeePass 2.43 include: Added option ‘Remember password hiding setting in the ...
Mumble, open source low latency and high quality voice chat utility, released new major 1.3.0 released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and even Ubuntu 14.04. Mumble 1.3.0 is the new major release ...
This quick tutorial shows how to install RuneLite, Old School RuneScape client, in Ubuntu 18.04, and higher. RuneLite is a free and open-source Old School RuneScape client written in Java. While the software offers single executable appimage (non-install) and jar ...
Ubuntu’s default office suite LibreOffice released version 6.3.1 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and their derivatives. LibreOffice 6.3 “Fresh” is a major new release that features: Writer and Calc performance improvements. ...
Oracle Virtualbox 6.0.12 was released a few days ago as new maintenance release for the 6.0 series. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher. Virtualbox 6.0.12 release highlights: OCI export: handle empty disk image correctly ...
This tutorial shows how to install Tux Paint 0.9.23, an open-source drawing software for children, in Ubuntu 18.04 using the flatpak package. Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It’s available however old ...
PDF Split and Merge (PDFsam) is an open-source and easy-to-use desktop application to extract pages, split, merge, mix and rotate PDF files. PDFsam is available in Ubuntu universe repository. However, it’s always old and won’t receive future software updates. The ...