News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
For those who want to install the most recent Krita 6.0.4 (or Krita 5.3.4) in native .deb package, I’ve updated the PPA for Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
Krita, KDE’s digital painting software, is now at version 5.3.x and 6.0.x release series. They are almost functionally identical; one is built with Qt 5, while the other is built with Qt 6.
KeePassXC, the popular community fork of KeePass Password Safe, released new 2.8.0 Beta 1 version today.
The new version finally ported the UI from Qt5 to Qt6 for better graphics capabilities, HiDPI and HDR multi-monitor improvements, and robust Wayland support.
Fooyin, the popular Foobar2000 alternative music player for Linux, released new 0.13.0 version today.
The new version of this free open-source Qt music player is a big release that includes many exciting new features!
Dash to dock, the popular GNOME Shell extension that brings the bottom bar (aka Dash) out of the overview screen, released new 107 (and 108 with quick fix) today.
The new version of this extension, that’s default in Ubuntu (aka Ubuntu Dock), fixed various issues for the latest GNOME 51 compatibility and introduced a new API.
FFmpeg 9.0.2, the second maintenance release for the 9.0 series of this popular multimedia library, is out!
The new version of this free open-source software introduced a large number of bug-fixes, stability and performance improvements.
Just a week before the upcoming Beta release, Ubuntu developer team announced the snapshot 4 for the next Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray.
I’d like to announce the fourth successful publication of the Stonking Stingray monthly snapshot – Stonking Snapshot 4. You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com …
GNOME 51, the default desktop for Ubuntu 26.10, Fedora Workstation 45, and optional for Arch etc Linux Distributions, was released!
The new version of this popular Linux Desktop environments introduced many performance enhancements to overall desktop experience and core applications.
HPLIP, the HP developed Linux driver for HP’s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.26.6 today!
The new version of this free open-source Linux driver added many new HP printers support, including:
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KDE Plasma desktop 6.8 is now available for beta testing, while the final release is planned for October 14, 2026.
The new version of this popular Linux desktop environment, introduced some new features, UI improvements, and fixed various bugs.
Firefox 156.0, the new biweekly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is now available to download.
According to the Github release page, the new 156.0 release introduced some improvements to its Windows and MacOS app, improved the performance loading large JPEG images as well as the built-in PDF viewer, and fixed various bugs.
