News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator, released new 2512 version yesterday! Ubuntu PPA updated for all current Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10 releases.
The new release of this free open-source Nintendo video game console emulator added two new options Rush Frame Presentation and Smooth Frame Presentation.
MPV, the popular command line media player, released new version 0.41.0 yesterday.
The new release of this free open-source media player greatly improved the Wayland support for Linux users. It added support for the color-management-v1 and wp-color-representation-v1 protocols helping ensure accurate color display for High Dynamic Range (HDR) content.
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Darktable, the free open-source photography app and raw developer, released new major 5.4.0 version yesterday.
The new release of this GTK software introduced multiple workspace support. Like “user profile” feature for Firefox, user can now add custom workspaces at app start for Darktable. And, each workspace has it’s own database and configuration file.
Wallpaper Competition for Ubuntu 26.04, Resolute Raccoon, opened for submissions. 6 of them will be included in the disc images.
This is one of my top favorite community activities. I’m neither an expert artist nor a professional photographer, but I can get many cool images and vote my favorites to be optional wallpapers for all Ubuntu users.
For Linux Mint users, the Beta release of next version 22.3 is now available to download for testing purpose.
Linux Mint 22.3, code-name “Zena”, features Cinnamon Desktop 6.6.2, modern new application menu, and new application to configure the boot menu.
For .NET developers and users, Ubuntu is finally adding the latest .NET 10 support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04/25.10, and next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
.NET 10 is the Long Term Support (LTS) version that was released a month ago. It features 3 years support until November 10, 2028.
The 25.12.0 version of Kdenlive video editor is finally available to download!
The new version of this KDE’s software added a welcome dialog at app start, allowing to open or create new project, or create new from a profile.
For new users, the welcome screen also provides options to select prefer color scheme, and configure default profile resolution, frame rate, layout orientation, and video/audio tracks number etc.
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OpenShot, the free open-source and easy-to-use video editor, released new 3.4 version yesterday.
It’s been almost a year since the last! The new release improved the overall performance with 32% speed up, and introduced many new effects.
The second RC development release for the GIMP image editor 3.2 is out!
The new release introduced less features compare to the last RC1, but focused on improvements to performance and existing features and vulnerability fixes.
Scribus, the free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.5 version few hours ago.
It’s been 8 months since the last point release, and the new 1.6.5 is also a maintenance release that contains only bug-fixes and improvements.
