OpenToonz, open source 2D animation software, now can be installed in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher easily via Snap package.
OpenToonz is based on Toonz Studio Ghibli Version, originally developed in Italy by Digital Video, Inc., and customized by Studio Ghibli over many years of production.
This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community, and is not necessarily endorsed or officially maintained by the upstream developers.
How to Install OpenToonz in Ubuntu:
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run following commands one by one.
1. For Ubuntu 16.04, you need to make sure snapd is installed by running command:
sudo apt install snapd snapd-xdg-open
2. While the snap is not available in Ubuntu Software at the moment, install it via Linux command instead:
sudo snap install opentoonz
add --classic flag if need to access directories outside of user home.
Once installed launch it from application menu.
Uninstall:
To remove the 2D animation software, run command in terminal:
Free accounting software GnuCash 3.4 was released a few days ago with tons of bug-fixes and improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10.
According to the release note, GnuCash 3.4 redesigned gnc-uri-utils, cleaned up more report code, improved toolbar buttons, text options widget, and fixed a large number of bugs.
How to Install GnuCash 3.4 in Ubuntu 18.04:
While GnuCash flatpak package is still at version 3.2, you can install the latest 3.4 release via an unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 18.10.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut key. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sicklylife/gnucash
Type user password (no asterisks feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then either upgrade GnuCash via Software Updater, or install it via command:
sudo apt install gnucash
Uninstall:
To remove GnuCash 3.4, run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove gnucash
And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.
Live For Speed, a online racing simulator, now can be installed in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher easily via Snap package.
Live for Speed is a serious racing simulator. No arcade modes, no steering aids – YOU have to do the driving.
The forces affecting the car’s motion are simulated individually at each wheel. We recommend the use of a steering wheel, because although you can use the keyboard and/or mouse, a wheel and pedals provide a lot more accuracy. The force feedback sent to the steering wheel is calculated directly from the forces, with no canned effects. This allows you to feel what is happening at the contact patch between your tyres and the road, helping you to get closer to the limit without exceeding it too much!
Thanks to Taqi Raza, you can now install LFS in Ubuntu via Snap package, which is built against Wine platform.
To install the simulator in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply search for liveforspeed in Ubuntu Software.
first install wine-platform
and then install live for speed.
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run following commands one by one to install snapd, wine-platform, and liveforspeed
Once installed, launch the software from application menu. For the first time, it sets up wine environments and installs the racing simulator automatically.
Rambox, open source messaging and emailing app combines common web applications into one, now can be easily installed via Snap package in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher.
Rambox is a workspace browser that allows you to manage as many applications as you want, all in one place. It is perfect for people who care about productivity and work with many applications, both business and personal.
Both Rambox community and professional versions are available as Snap, containerized software package runs in most Linux desktop. The snap bundles all required libraries, and auto-update itself.
To install Rambox snap in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, open Ubuntu Software, search for and install rambox package.
To install the software in Ubuntu 16.04, run command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo snap install rambox
replace rambox with ramboxpro for the professional edition.
You may install snapd first if the previous command does not work:
VLC media player released version 3.0.5 a few days ago with performance improvements and numerous fixes. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.
Faster and more complete support for the AV1 codec
Compatibility with macOS 10.14 “Mojave”, with native dark mode, and notarization
Improvements for Blu-ray playback, RTP and UDP streams
Improvements for MP4, MKV, CAF and AV1 media
Improvements for HDR support, tone-mapping and native Windows HDR support
Fixes for Chromecast, Direct3D11, Youtube and subtitles rendering
How to Install VLC 3.0.5 in Ubuntu:
Linux Snap package:
The official VLC snap package (containerized software package) has been updated to v3.0.5. For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply install it from Ubuntu Software.
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap package:
sudo apt install snapd && sudo snap install vlc
VLC package for Ubuntu:
Ubuntu comes with VLC package (see previous picture), and offers software updates through updates repository.
NOTE VLC 3.0.5 is not available at the moment of writing. As usual, the new release package will be published in a few days.
For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply install VLC .deb package from Ubuntu Software, and VLC 3.0.5 package will be available via Software Updater once published.
Audacious audio player released version 3.10.1 today with some important bugs fixed. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 18.10.
Linux Kernel 4.20 was released a few days ago. Linus Torvalds announced:
Let’s face it, last week wasn’t quite as quiet as I would have hoped for, but there really doesn’t seem to be any point to delay 4.20 because everybody is already taking a break.
And it’s not like there are any known issues, it’s just that the shortlog below is a bit longer than I would have wished for. Nothing screams “oh, that’s scary”, though.
And as part of the “everybody is already taking a break”, I can happily report that I already have quite a few early pull requests in my inbox. I encouraged people to get it over and done with, so that people can just relax over the year-end holidays. In fact, I probably won’t start pulling for a couple of days, but otherwise let’s just try to keep to the normal merge window schedule, even if most people hopefully won’t even be back until over the merge window is over.
As to the details of this last week of 4.20 – most of it is networking (drivers, core networking fixes, bpf). There’s a few other non-network driver updates too, and a revert series of some of the x86 inline asm changes that were obviated by upcoming compiler support.
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Changes in Linux 4.20 include:
AMD Picasso APU support as well as Raven 2 APU support
Intel DRM driver has full PPGTT support for Haswell/Ivy/Valley View hardware.
The open-source NVIDIA Nouveau driver has initial HDMI 2.0 support.
The NVIDIA Xavier “Tegra194” SoC has initial display support.
Support for the Hygon Dhyana CPUs
Intel 2.5G Ethernet support via the new “IGC” driver.
LG Gram laptop support
File systems improvements, drivers updates, and many other changes.
How to Install Linux Kernel 4.20 in Ubuntu:
For easy way, there are a few third party tools, e.g., UKTools and Ukuu, make it easy to install the latest Kernel in Ubuntu.
You can also manually download the .deb binary packages:
Depends on your OS type, download and install the packages in turns:
Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio), amd64 for 64bit system, i386 for 32bit system, or armhf, arm64, etc for other OS types.
Also you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands (Ctrl+Alt+T):
Restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in boot menu ‘Grub2 -> Advanced Option for Ubuntu’. Then run command to remove Linux Kernel 4.20.0:
Automatic placement to resolve potential collisions between elements
System dividers that automatically generate dividers between systems
Temporary and cutaway staves
MuseJazz font
Named noteheads
Tours – get online help automatically
Timeline – navigate using a graphical overview of the music structure
Score comparison tool
Single page mode – vertically scrolling view of your score
Palette search
Timewise note input and editing
Alt+Right/Left shortcuts to navigate through each element of your score
Improved parts facility, Mixer, and Piano Roll Editor, and redesigned Play Panel
How to Install MuseScore 3.0 in Ubuntu:
AppImage:
The software offers official Appimage, non-install executable file to launch MuseScore, which is available for download at the link below:
Once you get it, right-click and go to file Properties to make it executable, and finally run the Appimage to launch MuseScore.
Snap Package:
The official Snap package is on the way. For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply install it from Ubuntu Software. It will automatically update to MuseScore 3.0 once the snap package is published.
or run command in terminal for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher.:
sudo snap install musescore
Ubuntu PPA:
The software also has a stable PPA contains the latest .deb packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.10.
NOTE: MuseScore 3.0 is not available in the PPA at the moment of writing.
Kid3 audio tag editor released version 3.7.0 a few hours ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and Linux Mint 18.x, 19.x.
The most important new feature in Kid3 3.7.0 is a playlist editor. Playlist items can be added, removed and reordered. Improvements include editors for the formats to convert between tags and file names and drop down lists with available tag values when multiple files are selected. The new file list fixes problems with updates when directories are renamed.
Drag image files from file list to embed them in audio files.
Drag files from file list into other applications.
Reload action to refresh file list.
Completions with different values when selecting multiple files.
Option “–dbus” to have a D-Bus interface with kid3-cli.
Code “%{dirname}” to use current directory name when renaming.
Code “%{disk}” as alias for “%{disc number}”.
Edit list of availble formats to set file and directory names
Bug fixes and a few improvements.
How to Install Kid3 3.7.0 in Ubuntu:
The official Kid3 PPA contains the latest software packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.10 so far.
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher. When it opens, do following steps one by one.
1. Copy and paste following command in terminal and hit run to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ufleisch/kid3
Type your password (no asterisks feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then you can upgrade Kid3 from a previous version via Software Updater:
or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade to the latest tag editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kid3-qt
For KUbuntu, you may replace kid3-qt with kid3 in the last command for KDE integration.
Uninstall
To remove the PPA repository, either open Software & Updates -> Other Software tab, or run command: