The Ubuntu team announced the six point release for Ubuntu 18.04 today for the Desktop and Server. Ubuntu 18.04.6 refreshed the disc images for the amd64 and arm64 architecture, re-enabling the usage on Secure Boot enabled systems due to the ...

The free open-source Lightroom alternative, Darktable release version 3.6.1. Here’s what’s new and how to install it in Ubuntu. Darktable 3.6.1 comes with stability improvements and bug-fixes. No new features, but has new camera support, including base support for Leica ...

Oracle announced the release of Java 17 as the new Long-Term Support (LTS) release. Java 17 LTS comes with thousands of performance, stability, and security updates, as well as 14 JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals). And Oracle will provide 8-year support ...

For personal data backup, Pika Backup is a simple GNOME app with an elegant user interface. Pika Backup is free open-source tool to save your personal data into either local disk (e.g., an USB stick) or remote server using secure ...

For those prefer the classic .deb package, the Krita Lime PPA is finally updated with the latest v4.4.8 package for Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20 and Ubuntu 21.04. Krita Lime PPA: Krita provides official Linux binaries in a few package ...

KeePass Password Safe 2.49 released with user interface improvements and minor new features. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. According to the release note, the new release added new dedicated context menus for custom string fields and ...

YOGA Image Optimizer is a graphical tool to batch convert photos into JPEG, PNG and WEBP, and compress file sizes while having equivalent quality. It’s a free and open-source tool based on YOGA command line tool, which can also convert ...

For those don’t like the Flatpak package, here’s how to install GIMP 2.99.6 from PPA in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The popular GIMP image editor is working on the next major 3.0 release. For testing purpose, GIMP 2.99.6 was released as ...

Mozilla Firefox 92.0 was released today with new features and various security fixes. The release will use HTTPS resource record (HTTPS RR) as Alt-Svc headers to make connections more secure. The full-range color (0-255) levels are now supported for video ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Ubuntu based systems, e.g., Linux Mint, Zorin OS and Elementary OS, with fix or workaround for common issues. Guest Additions is a set of device drivers and system applications ...

HPLIP, Hewlett-Packard’s Linux imaging and printing software, released version 3.21.8 with new printers support. The open-source HP printer and scanner driver add some new devices support. They are: HP Smart Tank 500 series HP Smart Tank 530 series HP Smart ...

This is a step by step tutorial shows how to add “open as root (or administrator)” option in Pantheon file browser in Elementary OS 6 Odin. Elementary OS now is at version 6.0 based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those ...

For Reddit users, Gtkeddit is another GTK app for Linux desktop and mobile. It’s a free and open-source app written in C++. With the libadwaita library (formerly libhandy), it has an adaptive UI that works on Linux phones such as ...

For Gnome fans, Apostrophe is a clean and intuitive Markdown editor you should try! Apostrophe is one of the Gnome Circle Apps that provides a modern and distraction-free writing environment for Linux. The editor supports for inputting via Pandoc’s Markdown, ...

The popular kart racing game SuperTuxKart 1.3 now release candidate is out! After a year of development, the game now is ported to Switch though you need to have Homebrew installed. So the 3D open-source arcade racer now works on ...