News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
digiKam, the popular Qt-based photo management software, released new 8.8.0 version after 4 months of development.
This is probably the last release in 2025, as the developer team plans to add Qt 6.10 bundle and AI-power tools for image enhancement and management in next version for 2026.
Want to scan your files for security threats? Here a new app can do the job for Linux Desktop.
It’s Lenspect, a free open-source Python written application that features a lightweight user interface designed for GNOME. And, it uses VirusTotal as backend for scanning.
OnlyOffice Desktop Editor, the free open-source offline use office suite, release new 9.1 version yesterday.
The new release updated the PDF editing support with new tools, and improved formulas in sheets. It now automatically recover unsaved documents due to app crashes.
Zorin OS finally announced new major version 18 for beginners switching from Windows or macOS!
Zorin OS is a beginner friendly Linux Distribution. It’s based on Ubuntu LTS and features a customized GNOME desktop experience, while a lite version is available for choice with XFCE4 desktop.
For Linux Mint users who prefer Debian package base, LMDE 7 code-name “Gigi”, is officially released!
LMDE stands for Linux Mint Debian Edition. As the name says, it’s a Linux Mint edition based on Debian, aims to continue to deliver the same user experience if Ubuntu was ever to disappear.
Firefox 144.0, the October release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download today!
The new browser release continues improving the tab group feature support. It now supports dragging a tab into a collapsed tab group without automatically expanding it.
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Qt applications (e.g, qBittorrent, KeePassXC) look weird as they don’t have window border or shadow in Ubuntu since 24.04. Here’s how to configure to make them look native.
Applications in Ubuntu and other popular Linux distributions mostly use GTK or Qt tool-kits for rendering their user interfaces. Gnome is based on GTK. It uses “xcb” QPA plugin for Qt apps running on classic Xorg session.
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A new monthly version of Microsoft’s code editor, Visual Studio Code 1.105, was released few days ago.
The release added 2 new AI chat models, GPT-5-Codex and Claude Sonnet 4.5. In addition to Google and Github account, it now allows to sign in or sign up GitHub Copilot with an Apple account, along with
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka was released! Here are some top things to do, after installed the new Ubuntu desktop release, to make it ready to use.
It’s been many years, GNOME still does NOT have a graphical option out-of-box to create new documents in file manager. Though, it’s easy to enable this feature by putting a file into user’s Template folder.
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, was officially released today!
This is a new short term release with 9 months support until July 2026. New features include the latest Linux Kernel 6.17, GNOME Desktop 49, and more.
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