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SMPlayer, complete front-end for MPlayer and mpv, released version 20.6.0 a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and Ubuntu 20.04. SMPlayer 20.6.0 is a small release contains following changes: The internal YouTube ...

Arduino IDE 1.8.13 was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu 18.04. Arduino 1.8.13 release highlights: Fixed crash on MacOSX >=10.15 with multiple monitor setups. The boards listed in the “Tools” menu ...

VLC media player 3.0.11 was released a day ago as the twelfth update of “Vetinari” branch. Changes in VLC 3.0.11 according to the release note: Fixes HLS regressions Fixes a potential crash on startup on macOS Fixes imprecise seeking in ...

Want to get better battery life for your Ubuntu laptop? Besides struggling with various settings or config files, try the power management tool TLP and Slimbook Battery. TLP is a feature-rich command line utility for Linux, saving laptop battery power ...

HPLIP, HP print, scan, and fax drivers for Linux, released 3.20.6 today with new printers and Linux distributions support, though it still does not install on Ubuntu 20.04. HPLIP 3.20.6 added following new printers support: HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP ...

GScan2PDF, GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents, released version 2.8.0 a few days ago. Changes in GScan2PDF 2.8.0 include: Interpolate colours according to OCR confidence in HSV space. Limit zoom to 100 to avoid errors Update text ...

Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.13 was released today as the new maintenance release for the turn-based strategy game. The new release fixed two major long-standing issues affecting all Wesnoth players, with effects varying from the innocuous to the game-breaking depending on ...

HandBrake video transcoder 1.3.3 was released today with a number of bug-fixes and improvements. Changes in HandBrake 1.3.3 include: Fixed ISO 639-2/B language codes in MKV Improved support for sources where pixel format cannot be quickly identified Improved Intel QSV ...

GIMP image editor 2.10.20 was released a few days ago with some new features as well as important bug-fixes. GIMP 2.10.20 release highlights according to the release note: Tool-group menus can now expand on hover Non-destructive cropping now available by ...

Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS now is really Snap Store. For those who want to revert back the previous Gnome Software, this simply tutorial may help. 1.) Gnome Software is available in the universe repositories. You can install it ...

This simple tutorial shows Ubuntu beginners how to enable searching and installing Flatpak applications from Software Center in Ubuntu 20.04. Snap, Flatpak, and Appimage make more and more applications install or run easily in Ubuntu and other Linux Desktops. While ...

Vivaldi web browser 3.1 was released today with full-page notes manager, configurable menus, and speed improvements. The new release ships with a note-taking tool with a full-blown notes editor. It’s available both in left-sidebar and start page. The note manager ...

While the default Shotwell photo organizer is old in Ubuntu 20.04, here’s how to install the latest stable 0.30.10 via PPA repository. Changes from the pre-installed Shotwell 0.30.8 to Shotwell 0.30.10 include: Modify web publishing authentication to comply with Google’s ...

Open source low latency and high quality voice chat application Mumble 1.3.1 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu. Mumble 1.3.1 is the first bug-fix release for the 1.3 series after 9 ...

KDE Plasma 5.19 was released today with many new features, stability improvements, and better Wayland support. KDE Plasma 5.19 release highlights: New wallpaper New collection of user avatars. Consistent system tray applets. Rewritten system monitor widgets. New configurable file indexing ...