Without installing Linux Mint 19.x, you can try out Cinnamon Desktop 4.2 in Ubuntu 19.04 or Ubuntu 18.04 via the PPA repository. Cinnamon 4.2 features less RAM usage, Muffin optimizations, switch VSYNC on or off without restart, faster application menu, ...
Wine 4.21 was released a few days ago as the latest development release of the compatibility layer allows to run Windows apps on Linux and Mac OS. Wine 4.21 release highlights: HTTP proxy configuration through DHCP. Parameter block support in ...
Googler, power tool to Google (Web & News) and Google Site Search from the command-line, released version 4.0 a few days ago. It shows the title, URL and abstract for each result, which can be opened in a browser from ...
Krita 4.2.8 was released a few days ago as a new bug-fix release with a lot of work done on vector shapes, the transform tool and, especially, saving on Windows. Krita 4.2.8 includes following bug-fixes and/or improvements: Save the preferences ...
Cawbird is a modern lightweight Twitter client for GNOME 3. It features inline image and video preview, creation of lists and favorites, filtering of tweets and full text search. “Cawbird is a fork of Corebird, which became unsupported after Twitter ...
This simple tutorial is going to show how to set two different screen brightness levels for AC adapter or on battery. So Ubuntu 18.04 (or Ubuntu 19.10) laptop with the default Gnome 3 desktop will automatically dim screen when the ...
This simple tutorial shows how to speed up the downloading process of snap application package by associating IP address with the snapcraft server in Ubuntu. Snap is a containerized package format, that makes many great applications (e.g., Spotify, Skype, the ...
Linux 5.4 Kernel was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Linus Torvalds announced the 5.4 Kernel on lkml.org: “Not a lot happened this last week, which is just how I like it. And as ...
Glimpse, a downstream fork of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP in short), released version 0.1 a few days ago. It can be installed in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher via either Snap or Flatpak. Due to the problematic word “gimp”, ...
This quick tutorial shows how to install RTL8814AU and RTL8812AU/21AU drives in Ubuntu 19.10 with Kernel 5.13. First plug your Ubuntu machine into a wired internet connection. Then open terminal either from application menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. ...
Audacity audio editor released version 2.3.3 a few hours ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Audacity 2.3.3 features over 150 bug-fixes, and following improvements: Equalization effect now split into two effects, Filter ...
Gnome image viewer and organizer gThumb 3.8.2 was released a few days ago with app menu improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher. gThumb 3.8.2 uses menu instead of popovers for menu buttons on the header ...
CopyQ, an open-source clipboard manager with editing and scripting features, released version 3.9.3 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. CopyQ 3.9.3 features new loadTheme() script function loads ...
This quick tutorial is going to show you how to display a banner message text, such as who to contact for support, in the login screen of Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10. You’ll see the text message in the top center ...
Though it’s not officially announced at the moment, Kodi (formerly XBMC) 18.5 was released earlier today, available to install via PPA in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Kodi 18.5 is a bug-fix release contains following changes: ...