News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Budgie, the independent free open-source desktop environment, released new 10.10 version today.
This is the final feature release in the 10.x series, as the dev team has formally put it into maintenance mode, and focus on the development of the next Budgie 11.
RustDesk, the free open-source alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk, released new 1.4.5 version today.
The new version of this Rust written remote desktop software introduced new relative mouse mode, which is useful for first-person shooting and 3D applications, e.g., AutoCAD.
Visual Studio Code 1.108, the December 2025 version of this free open-source code editor, was released yesterday.
The new version introduced experimental Agent Skills support, to customize the agent behavior for specialized tasks.
For users who prefer the classic Gnome Screenshot tool, there’s now an extension to make it work again in Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora Workstation 43, and other Linux distributions with GNOME 49.
Gnome Screenshot was the default tool to take screenshots in Gnome desktop environment since 2011. It’s also the default screenshot tool in Linux Mint 21/22 Cinnamon.
For users who are still using Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, the official support will end soon in the next week!
User may choose to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quakka with support until July 2026, then upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, or go back to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with standard support until 2029 and extended security maintenance until 2034.
For developers and those who need most recent or different but non-default Python versions, Ubuntu now has an “official” backport PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Ubuntu has Python pre-installed, but it won’t update the major version number. It has Python 3.10 for Ubuntu 20.04, Python 3.12 for Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 26.04 so far defaults to Python 3.13.
This tutorial shows how to disable the media controls in the lock screen of GNOME 49 desktop in Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora 43, and Arch etc Linux distributions.
GNOME, the default desktop for Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and optional in Arch, Debian, etc, introduced media controls support for the lock screen in version 49, allowing to pause, play next or previous track without needing to unlock the screen.
Refine, the configuration tool for GNOME desktop, released version 0.7.0 today with more configure options.
As you may know, the Settings tool (aka Gnome Control Center) in GNOME only provides commonly used options to provide a simple and clean user interface. And, GNOME Tweaks is available for more configure options, such as themes, fonts, sounds, and startup applications.
VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released new 3.0.23 version few days ago for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
This is a small release that fixed some bugs, updated the dark palette, and improved the compatibility for recent dependency libraries.
Shotcut, the free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor, released new 25.12 version today for Linux, Windows, and macOS users.
The new version improved 10-bit video and added 12-bit video sources support to many video effects/filters.
