Want to access your Ubuntu desktop remotely from a Windows 11 computer? It’s easy to do the job with built-in screen sharing function. Ubuntu uses Vino as default VNC server to share your existing desktop. With it, users can access ...
The open-source video transcoder HandBrake released new 1.4.0 version with exciting new features. HandBrake 1.4.0 adds native 10 and 12-bit encoding support. Though it has limitations that some filters (e.g., Detelecine, Chroma Smooth, and more) do not currently support higher ...
For those sticking to the open-source graphics driver, the latest Mesa 3D graphics library is easy to install via an Ubuntu PPA. Mesa is an open-source software implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, VDPAU, VA-API, and other graphics API specifications. Ubuntu uses ...
By releasing recent update, the popular Arc Menu Gnome Shell extension finally adds Gnome 40 and Windows 11 layout support. Arc Menu is a free open-source app menu extension for Gnome. It provides various menu layouts to choose from, as ...
Since Ubuntu 20.04, it shows your computer manufacturer logo on startup. It’s however easy to remove it, as well display the blank and white boot text message. The Grub boot-loader offers option to toggle the settings in its configuration file. ...
Missing the old Dukto file transfer tool? The tool now is ported to Qt5 and easy to install via an Ubuntu PPA. For those never heard about Dukto, it’s a free open-source file transfer tool for LAN (Local Network) use. ...
Mozilla Firefox released version 90.0 today with some new features and various security fixes. Firefox 90 introduced the 2.0 version of SmartBlock. The built-in tracker blocking mechanism now provides robust privacy protection, while ensuring you can still use third-party Facebook ...
Want to remap your keyboard or gamepad keys in Ubuntu Linux? It’s easy to do this via Key Mapper. Key Mapper is a free and open-source tool written in Python 3. With it, you can change the mapping for input ...
For dark mode fans, you may found the color scheme in Gedit Text Editor is not so good! Focused line is not even readable due to the light text on light line background. There’s already an upstream fix, though it’s ...
For laptop users, the built-in touchpad can do more magic by enabling multi-touch gestures. And libinput-gestures is a popular solution besides touchegg. Libinput-gestures is a free open-source utility that reads libinput gestures from your touchpad and maps them to user ...
Linux Mint team announced the second point release for Mint 20 today. Features Kernel 5.4, Ubuntu 20.04 package base, and Cinnamon 5.0, Xfce 4.16, MATE 1.24 for each desktop edition. Linux Mint 20.2 will be supported until 2025. It comes ...
Linux Mint introduced a new batch file renamer app ‘Bulky’ in the upcoming 20.2 release. Here’s how you can install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04. Bulky is a simple and elegant tool for renaming multiple files and ...
Batch image converting and scaling app Converseen released version 0.9.9.1, features JFIF file format support. Converseen is a free open-source tool based on Qt5 framework. It provides a lightweight and easy to use interface to convert single or multiple photo ...
For command line users want to search on DuckDuckGo, ddgr is the free open-source tool to search from Linux terminal. It’s a tiny tool written mostly in Python3. And it’s quite easy to use. For instance, run the command below ...
Darktable, open-source raw photo development tool, released version 3.6.0 today with exciting new features! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. No version 3.5.x, Darktable goes directly to 3.6 release series. It introduced new “Import” module for easy ...