News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
After 5 years since the last 20.03, the Code::Blocks IDE finally announced new 25.03 stable release few days ago.
The new Code::Blocks 25.03 added support for MinGW64, MSYS2, MSVC17 and TDM compilers, C++ standards 23 and 26 (and their gnu extensions), as well as new -std=c23 and -std=gnu23 options on GCC13 and newer.
Want to get refresh of your desktop background with new wallpapers every day? Here’s a new app to do the job for Linux with GNOME Desktop!
It’s Picture of The Day, a GTK4 application written in Rust programming language. With it, you may get wallpaper images from the following sources:
Inkscape 1.4.1, the free open-source vector graphics editor, is out with new features and many bug-fixes.
The new version is not officially announced yet, but the source tarball is out and the official PPA has been updated for Ubuntu users.
A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser is out. It’s Firefox 137.0!
The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. But according to the Github release notes page, Firefox 137.0 introduced new experimental tab group feature, allowing to group open tabs together with unique name, color code, which are always saved and can be closed then reopen later.
Shotcut, the free open-source non-linear video editor, released new 25.03 few days ago with enhancements.
The new release of this cross-platform MLT based video editor introduced some new features and fixed various bugs. First, it now displays the video mode in window title-bar, including the video resolution, FPS, and audio channel info.
Remember ‘Typhoon’, the stylish desktop weather widget? It’s revived and works in all current Ubuntu and other recent Linux Distributions!
Typhoon is a free open-source application forked from Stormcloud (no long under active development). It displays current weather conditions and weather forecast in next few days on desktop with widget in custom color background.
HPLIP, the free open-source HP developed Linux drivers for HP’s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.25.2 version last week.
The new driver release added many new printer devices support. They include:
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After more than a year since the last release, DeaDBeef music player is finally updated version v1.10.0 few days ago.
The new release add support for FFmpeg 7, so it builds in recent Linux Distributions (e.g, Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora 41) without patch. The release also introduced some new features and various bug-fixes.
This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to change the default terminal app in Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin.
To configure which terminal app opens, when you right-clicking on a folder and select “Open in Terminal”/”Open Terminal Here”, here’s an extension to do the job.
While, this tutorial shows how to configure which terminal to open when you press Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut on keyboard.
The Ubuntu team announced the Beta release of Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, on Mar 27.
The final release of Ubuntu 25.04 is expected on April 17, 2025. It’s a short term release with 9-month support until Jan 2026.
