This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest LMMS music creation tool 1.2.1 in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10. LMMS 1.2.1 has been made into Ubuntu 20.04 main repositories. There are also official .appimage package and flatpak package (runs in ...

This simple tutorial shows how to send application shortcut icons to the desktop in Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Shell. Want to put working folders and common used applications on your desktop? It’s easy to do this in the default Gnome desktop ...

Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome 3.36 brings a little change on the top-right corner system tray menu. Log Out, Switch User, Suspend, and Power Off are now sub-menu options of a new ‘Power Off / Log Out‘ button. For those don’t prefer ...

Qmmp, qt-based audio player with winamp like user interface, released version 1.4.0 last night with lots of changes. Qmmp 1.4.0 is a big release that features YouTube plugin, sleep mode inhibition plugin, socks5 proxy support, and much more other changes ...

Superpaper is a cross-platform wallpaper manager that focuses on multi-monitor support. It features pixel density correction that spans an image flawlessly across displays of different shapes and sizes, and bezel correction and perspective correction. Other Superpaper features include: Set a ...

Kdenlive video editor 20.04 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it via PPA in (K)Ubuntu 20.04, (K)Ubuntu 19.10. Kdenlive 20.04 release highlights according to the release note: The highlights include major speed improvements due to the ...

Miss Ubuntu 18.04 style dynamic top panel transparency? Here’s how to get this function in Ubuntu 20.04 gnome shell. Although top panel transparency was removed since Gnome 3.32, you can get the feature back via ‘Dynamic Panel Transparency‘ gnome shell ...

Want to create desktop wallpaper slideshow in Ubuntu 20.04 so it changes background wallpaper automatically with your photo images and given time interval? This quick tip is going to show you how to easily setup a custom desktop slideshow without ...

This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest Google Chrome web browser, and keep it up-to-date, in Ubuntu 20.04 via the official Google repository. Note: if you hate Linux command line, you may download and install the .deb package ...

Opera 68 was released today as the new stable version of the popular web browser. The new release features built-in messenger Instagram support. Opera 68 release highlights: Built-in Instagram support in the left sidebar. Search in open tabs (Ctrl+Space). Improved ...

Free open-source system cleaning tool BleachBit 4.0.0 was released a few days ago. Now it’s running on Python 3 instead of Python 2. Changes in BleachBit 4.0.0 include: Add cleaner for Discord. Clean more of Google Chrome: IndexDB. Clean more ...

Looking for a classic start menu in Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Shell? Arc-menu is a traditional modern application menu for GNOME. Arc-menu is a gnome shell extension replaces the top-left corner ‘Activities’ button and provides application menu that includes: quick access ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest Bluefish editor 2.2.11 in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and derivatives. Bluefish editor 2.2.11 is a maintenance release that features Python 3 compatibility. Other changes include: Improved double-click selection. Fill ...

Open source photography workflow app and raw developer Darktable 3.0.2 was released today with new features, bug-fixes, and new cameras support. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu 20.04. Darktable 3.0.2 release highlights: Better UI for ...

Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.6 was released a few days ago. Linux kernel 5.6 now is supported for Linux hosts and guests. Virtualbox 6.1.6 is the third maintenance release for the 6.1 main series. Changes in the release include: Multiple UI enhancements ...