Alternative to the default LibreOffice, WPS office is an office suite with user interface similar to Microsoft Office, and supports Microsoft document formats.
WPS Office is developed by Zhuhai-based Chinese software developer Kingsoft. The office suite is made up of WPS Writer, WPS Presentation, and WPS Spreadsheet.
Though there’s official Ubuntu packages available in the WPS download page, the snap (containerized software package) make it easier to install WPS in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.
Simply open Ubuntu Software, search for WPS and you’ll see 3 packages available.
All the 3 snap packages are the latest (10.1.0.6757 at the moment) and maintained by community. Choose install one you preferred.
Once installed, launch it from application menu and enjoy!
In addition, for Ubuntu 16.04 who want to install WPS snap package, run command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
TeamSpeak, the number one choice VoIP communication system for Online Gaming, now is easy to install and update its Linux client via the Flatpak package in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut, or from application menu.
2. Paste below command and run to install flatpak framework:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
3. Add flathub repository, which hosts a large list of flatpak applications:
This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest KiCad 5.0.2, open-source electronics design automation suite, in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 18.x and 19.
KiCad is an open source software suite for Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The programs handle Schematic Capture, and PCB Layout with Gerber output.
The latest release so far is KiCad 5.0.2. Ubuntu users can easily install it from js-reynaud’s PPA.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from application menu. When it opens, paste below command and hit run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-5
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. If you’ve installed an old version, upgrade the software via Software Updater (Update Manager):
Or run commands one by one in terminal to check updates, and install KiCad:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kicad
You can skip apt-get update command for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher
Uninstall:
To remove KiCad EDA, run command in terminal:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove kicad kicad-*
To remove the PPA added in step 1, open Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.
Vivaldi web browser released version 2.3 today with great new features, performance improvements, numerous bug-fixes.
Vivaldi 2.3 release highlights:
Option to automatically create a tab stack: ‘Settings → New Tab Position → As Tab Stack with Related Tab’
Add an option to show frequently visited pages in the URL Drop-Down: “Settings → Address bar → Address Field Drop-Down Menu → Include Frequently Visited Pages”
Custom screenshot file name
Save webpage as MHTML is enabled
Spinner favicon when a tab is loading
Passwords should be viewable in Settings
Add confirmation dialog on exit
Middle-click on tab Trash pastes buffered text into History search field
The official Ubuntu .DEB packages are available for download at the link below:
Grab the deb matches your OS, then install it via Ubuntu Software or Gdebi package manager. Or run command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/vivaldi-stable_2.3*.deb
In addition, after installed the .deb package, you can enable Vivaldi apt repository (Softare & Updates -> Other Software) to receive future updates through Software Updater:
This quick tutorial shows you how to enable passwordless login in Ubuntu, so you can just click user name on the login screen to log it in without typing password or using any other authentication method.
This tutorial is tested and works in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 24.04. Not only for the default GNOME Desktop, but also for XUbuntu (XFCE), Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Unity, LUbuntu (LXQt), KUbuntu and Ubuntu Studio (KDE).
KDE Okular document viewer now can be easily installed in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher via the snap package.
Okular is a universal document viewer developed by KDE. It supports PDF, PS, Tiff, CHM, DjVu, Images, DVI, XPS, ODT, Fiction Book, Comic Book, Plucker, EPub, Fax. It features annotations support, sidebar with contents, thumbnails, reviews and bookmarks.
Okular snap is a containerized software package offered by KDE. It bundles all required libraries and auto-updates itself.
For Ubuntu 18.04, and higher, simply open Ubuntu Software, search for and install the Okular snap package:
For Ubuntu 16.04, first open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and install snapd daemon:
sudo apt-get install snapd
Then install Okular snap packages via commands:
sudo snap install okular
Once installed, launch it from software menu and enjoy!
This quick tutorial shows how to change the time and date clock format in Ubuntu 18.04’s default Gnome desktop panel.
Since Ubuntu switched to Gnome 3 desktop, you can no longer use dconf editor to customize clock format. Instead, a Gnome Shell extension can do the job.
1. Open Ubuntu Software, search for and install Clock Override extension.
2. Once installed, either launch the settings from install page, or use Gnome Tweaks -> Extensions.
3. When the settigns page opens, type in the box to change the time format.
Here are some codes:
%a = abbreviated weekday name
%A = full weekday name
%b = abbreviated month name
%B = full month name
%d = day of month
%H = hour (00..23)
%M = minute (00..59)
%p = AM or PM, %P = am or pm.
%S = second (00..59)
For a full list of code, run man date in terminal:
