News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
After 2 Beta and 1 RC testing releases, Oracle VirtualBox finally announced the new major 7.2.0 release.
VirtualBox 7.2.0 redesigned its main UI. Now, it has a left side-bar allowing to navigate between Virtual Machines, Extensions, Media, Network, Cloud, Resources, as well as Home to get started.
VirtualBox 7.2.0
Linux Mint, the popular Ubuntu LTS based Linux Distribution, released new 22.2 Beta version on Tuesday.
It’s a new point release for current 22 release series, code-name “Zara”, features Linux Kernel 6.14, Ubuntu 24.04 package base, and 5 years of support until 2029.
Linux Mint with ‘Cinnamon’ desktop theme
Go programming language released new 1.25 version on Tuesday after another 6 months of development.
The new release introduced new Go command options, runtime and compiler changes, some new packages, and platform changes.
Just a week and one day after the Beta release, NVIDIA announced 580.76.05 as the latest production branch driver for Linux.
As a production ready driver series, Ubuntu will likely provide the official packages for all current supported releases, e.g., Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.04.
HandBrake, the popular free open-source video transcoder, released version 1.10.0 version few days ago. See what’s new and how to install in Ubuntu.
The new release added “Social 10MB” presets, making easy to convert your media into 720p, 540p, or 360p H.264 video and AAC stereo audio in MP4, with 10MB or less file size, and, up to 30 seconds, 60 seconds, or 120 seconds length.
Debian, the upstream Linux Distribution that Ubuntu is based on, released new stable 13 version!
Debian 13, code-name “trixie”, will be supported for the next 5 years. It features Linux Kernel 6.12, updated desktop environments, toolkits, and new CPU architecture type support.
HPLIP, the HP developer Linux driver for its inkjet and laser based printers, released new 3.25.6 version few days ago.
As the name says, this should be a release for June 2025, though it’s August now!
Visual Studio Code 103, the July release of the Microsoft’s IDE, was released few days ago on Thursday.
The new release made OpenAI GPT-5, the new model released on the same day, to all paid GitHub Copilot plans.
Ubuntu 24.04.3, the third point release of the current Ubuntu LTS, is out! Ubuntu developer team announced the release on Thursday:
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.
As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on.
Audacity, the free open-source digital audio editor, released new 3.7.5 version few days ago.
The new release of Audacity added initial Windows on ARM (WoA) support. Meaning user can now run the audio editor in Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS 13, etc machines with Snapdragon X series processors, and of course other devices, e.g., MacBook with Windows 11.
