News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Zorin OS, the popular Ubuntu LTS based distribution released new 18.1 version yesterday.
The new version of this beginner friendly Linux distribution updated the kernel to Linux 6.17, while, it’s still based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package base with support until April 2029.
GNOME 50, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop environment, got the first maintenance updates.
The new 50.1 version introduced numerous bug-fixes and translation updates for its core modules, including the GUI framework, Gnome Control Center, Nautilus fie manager, and more.
Sniffnet, the popular free open-source network traffic monitoring software, released new 1.5.0 version few days ago.
The new version of this lightweight Rust-based packet analyzer introduced per app or program based network traffic monitoring.
Scribus, the free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.6 version yesterday.
The new stable version introduced two new script functions, fixed various issues, and performed extensive code cleanup with plugin improvements.
Linux Kernel 7.0 was released! Linus Torvalds announced it on Sunday afternoon:
The last week of the release continued the same “lots of small fixes” trend, but it all really does seem pretty benign, so I’ve tagged the final 7.0 and pushed it out.
I suspect it’s a lot of AI tool use that will keep finding corner cases for us for a while, so this may be the “new normal” at least for a while. Only time will tell.
Want to configure the login screen in Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and other Linux with GNOME Desktop? Here’s an extension to do the job for GNOME from version 42 to 50.
As you may know, it’s not easy for beginners to configure the GNOME login screen manually, as it requires GDM user permission. And, the login screen background is even hard-coded in a binary file, that user needs to manually extract, edit, and re-pack it to change the background image. See this wiki for details.
PeaZip, the free open-source file manager and archive utility, released new major 11.0.0 version few days ago.
The new version sped up the archive browsing, improved bookmarks and internal drag and drop feature, and added new test function.
OpenShot, the free open-source Qt-based video editor, released new 3.5.1 version few days ago.
The new version introduced preview scaling feature named Optimize Preview and other changes that significantly improved performance for the editing workflow.
Looking a way to automatically type text on your PC by speaking? Here’s a new app to do the job in Linux desktop!
It’s Speed of Sound, a free open-source tool that uses local AI model to convert your speech to text and write anywhere that’s currently in focus.
For those who don’t like the new default folder icons in Ubuntu 26.04, here’s a step by step guide shows how to restore to the previous 25.10’s folder icons.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS introduced new folder icons for the default GNOME Desktop. Instead of using subtle tints, the new icons are fully adapted to system accent colors.
