News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Darktable, the popular free open-source photography and raw developer application, released new major 5.6.0 version today!
The new version introduced optional AI sub-system, UI/UX and performance improvements, as well as many fixes and other changes.
FFmpeg, the popular free open-source multi-media library, released the second maintenance update for its 8.1 release series a few days ago.
The new version of this media library comes with more than a hundred of changes, mainly include bug-fixes, stability improvements, as well as some minor new features.
This tutorial shows how to install the latest version of fish shell, and set it as default in Ubuntu. Though the title says for Ubuntu 26.04, it also works on Ubuntu 24.04 and 22.04.
Fish, stands for Friendly Interactive SHell, is an extremely popular command line interpreter that reads your text input, interprets and tells OS what to run, and returns the output.
NVIDIA 595, the latest production branch driver, received a new update yesterday for Linux users.
The new NVIDIA 595.84 release includes fixes for many games, sleep and wake up issue, and a few regressions introduced in the 580 driver series.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is making a new speech to text application. Ubuntu 26.10 is expected as the first release to include it.
The new app is named myna, a bird that’s known for its ability to mimic human speech.
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VirtualBox, the popular virtualization software made and maintained by Oracle, released new 7.2.10 version yesterday.
The new version of this free open-source software added initial support for the most recent Linux Kernel 7.1 and fixed various issues.
KDE Plasma 6.7, the new major release of this popular Linux desktop environment, was released today!
The new version introduced many exciting new features, theme improvements, and better AMD/Intel platforms support.
Firefox 152.0, the new monthly release of the popular free open-source web browser, is available to download.
The new version features a redesigned settings page. It now separates settings in more groups in left, such as Account and sync, Password and autofill, Appearance, Accessibility, Permission and data, and more, providing a clearer interface to customize the web browser.
Want to insert special characters (e.g., e.g., ©, ®, æ, ß, ¼, º) and/or diacritical characters (e.g., á, ä, é, ẽ) in your Ubuntu desktop?
Without coping from web or using an app (e.g., Gnome Characters), you can type them directly via your physical keyboard. And, below I’m going to show you how to do the job step by step.
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, will reach end of life next month on 9 July 2026. It was announced a few days ago:
Ubuntu announced its 25.10 (Questing Quokka) release almost 9 months ago, on 9 October 2025 and its support period is now nearing its end. Ubuntu 25.10 will reach end of life on 9 July 2026.
At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 25.10…
