News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Wallpaper Contest for next Ubuntu 25.10, Questing Quokka, is opened. Submit or vote your favorite images!
Like the last contest, the submissions are separated into 3 categories: Mascot Theme, Digital / Abstract Art, and Photography. And top 2 voted images (6 images in total) in each category will be included in the 25.10 as optional wallpapers.
Blender, the popular free open-source 3D creation software, released new 4.5 version few days ago!
The new Blender 4.5 is a long term support (LTS) release since v4.2 with 2 years of support, which features full Vulkan graphics API support!
Blender 4.5 Splash
Touchpad is too sensitive? Here’s a step by step guide shows how to detect the touchpad pressure values and change the sensitivity accordingly in recent Ubuntu with default libinput driver.
I’ve written about how to adjust touchpad scrolling speed in Ubuntu with Wayland and libinput. And, this one is for the touchpad mouse movement, tap down and up sensitivity.
After more than a month of beta testing, Audacious music player version 4.5 was finally released today!
The new release of this lightweight free open-source player features new plugin, new lyrics provider, and various other improvements. See what’s new & how to install for Ubuntu users.
For beginners who want to install (or already have) Windows apps / games through wine, here’s a new graphical app to make things stupid simple!
It’s WineCharm, a free open-source Python written application that uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for a modern UI well integrated with GNOME Desktop.
VS Code 1.102, the June release of Microsoft’s IDE, was released few days ago on Wednesday.
Since the release, Copilot Chat is finally open-sourced under the MIT license. And, the source code, is available at this github page.
Ubuntu 24.10, codename “Oracular Oriole”, has reached end of its life. Users are recommended to either upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 or install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 24.10 is the last Ubuntu version released in October 2024. It’s a short-term release with 9-month support cycle.
The developer team has announced the 24.10 end of life few weeks ago.
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KeePass, the popular lightweight password manager application, released new 2.59 version one day ago.
The new release of this free open-source app enhanced ARM64 CPU architecture type support, introduced code optimizations, performance improvements, and some bug-fixes.
Shotcut, the free open-source Qt-based video editor, released the Beta for next 25.07 few days ago.
The new release of the cross-platform video editor fixed various bugs, and introduced new features to enhance video editing experience.
Amarok, the free open-source KDE music player, released new 3.3 version on Tuesday, named “Far Above the Clouds”.
Amarok is one of the oldest Linux music player started in 2003. It’s revived in last year with port to Qt5 and KF5. By releasing v3.3, Amarok is now ported to Qt6/KF6, while Qt5/KF5 support has been dropped.
