Mozilla Firefox 70 stable was released with new logo icon, improved page load performance, and other enhancements. Firefox 70.0 release highlights: New application icon. A faster Javascript Baseline Interpreter WebRender enabled by default on Windows with integrated Intel graphics cards ...
Turning on Wi-Fi Hotspot in Wi-Fi settings is not working very well in Ubuntu 18.04 default Gnome desktop. It says ‘can not connect’ or ‘password error’ when I’m tring to connect via iOS or Android device. Since Ubuntu switched to ...
Darktable, open source photography workflow app and RAW developer, released version 2.6.3 today with new features, bug-fixes, and many new cameras support. New features in Darktable 2.6.3: April 1st game is now disabled by default Add preference to disable/enable April ...
This quick tutorial shows how to remove Snap applications from indexing in Ubuntu Software utility in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher. Snap is a containerized software package developed by Canonical (company behind Ubuntu). It bundles most runtime libraries and can be ...
Shutter is one of must install applications in my Ubuntu desktop. And now it’s made into PPA for Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot application with editing feature. It was available in Ubuntu universe repository. Since Ubuntu ...
Xournal++, open-source handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support, released 1.0.5 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher. Xournal++ is written in C++ with GTK3. It supports pen input from devices ...
Oracle virtualbox 6.0.14 was released a few days ago with stability fixes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu. Virtualbox 6.0.14 release highlights: Fixed an invalid-guest state guru meditation on Intel hosts. Some fixes for systems with lots of processors ...
KDE Plasma desktop 5.17 was released yesterday. Now you can install it in (K)Ubuntu 19.10 via KUbuntu Backports PPA. Plasma 5.17 release highlights: Night Color for X11. Fractional scaling support on Wayland. Faster startup performance. New panel in System Settings ...
This quick tutorial shows how to enable the fractional scaling in Ubuntu 19.10 for both default X and wayland sessions. The Display settings only offer two scaling values (100% and 200%) by default. For HiDPI displays, you may want fractional ...
This quick tutorial shows how to install Gnome Shell themes in Ubuntu 19.10 / Ubuntu 18.04, which change the appearance of Gnome panel, system tray menu, notification pops, etc. In the default Gnome desktop, you can easily change the themes ...
Gscan2pdf 2.5.7, GTK tool to produce PDF / DjVu from scanned document, was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04. Changes in Gscan2pdf 2.5.7 include: Recognise “Document Table” as flatbed for imagescan backend. ...
This quick tutorial shows how to move Application Menu button from bottom to the top on the left panel (dock launcher) in Ubuntu 19.10 Gnome Desktop. Ubuntu Dock (the left panel) now is more customizable in Ubuntu 19.10. It finally ...
Now it’s easy to move the Trash Can icon from the desktop to the left panel (dock app launcher) in Ubuntu 19.10 with Gnome 3.34. The default left panel with favorite application launcher icons in Ubuntu 19.10 is handled by ...
This is another tutorial shows how to send the application launcher icons to the Desktop in Ubuntu 19.10. Where Ubuntu stores the application icons: Ubuntu stores the application shortcut icons as .desktop files. Most of them are available in /usr/share/applications ...
This quick tutorial shows how to restore the type-to-seek (type-ahead) functionality in Ubuntu 18.04 Nautilus file browser. The type ahead functionality is removed in upstream Nautilus and unavailable in Ubuntu since Ubuntu 17.10 Artful. For those sticking to the search ...