Inkscape 1.4.1, the free open-source vector graphics editor, is out with new features and many bug-fixes.
The new version is not officially announced yet, but the source tarball is out and the official PPA has been updated for Ubuntu users.
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A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser is out. It’s Firefox 137.0!
The official announcement is not ready at the moment of writing. But according to the Github release notes page, Firefox 137.0 introduced new experimental tab group feature, allowing to group open tabs together with unique name, color code, which are always saved and can be closed then reopen later.
Shotcut, the free open-source non-linear video editor, released new 25.03 few days ago with enhancements.
The new release of this cross-platform MLT based video editor introduced some new features and fixed various bugs. First, it now displays the video mode in window title-bar, including the video resolution, FPS, and audio channel info.
HPLIP, the free open-source HP developed Linux drivers for HP’s inkjet and laser printers, released new 3.25.2 version last week.
The new driver release added many new printer devices support. They include:
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After more than a year since the last release, DeaDBeef music player is finally updated version v1.10.0 few days ago.
The new release add support for FFmpeg 7, so it builds in recent Linux Distributions (e.g, Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora 41) without patch. The release also introduced some new features and various bug-fixes.
The Ubuntu team announced the Beta release of Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, on Mar 27.
The final release of Ubuntu 25.04 is expected on April 17, 2025. It’s a short term release with 9-month support until Jan 2026.
Flowblade, the free open-source MLT video editor, released new 2.20 version few days ago.
For native Wayland support, the new release of this Linux video editor moved to SDL2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0) video playback for Flatpak package and all systems with MLT 7.30+.
Zorin OS, the beginner friendly Linux Distribution for users switching from Windows, released new 17.3 version on March 26.
The new Zorin OS is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with official support until 2027. It features Kernel 6.8 and a customized GNOME Desktop (GNOME 43) with extensions for the Windows style panel (task-bar) and start menu.
Zorin OS 17.3
MPV, the popular free open-source media player, released new 0.40.0 version after half an year of development.
The new MPV release added NVIDIA RTX Video HDR support, which can be enabled by using --vf=d3d11vpp=nvidia-true-hdr option. And, HDR is now natively supported when using direct rendering (DRM) and dmabuf-wayland on Linux.
The release added new clipboard property with native backends for Windows, macOS, and Linux on Wayland, allowing for native clipboard access, which is useful for scripting.
The on-screen control now offers right-click menu options. User can now right-click on play/pause button to choose whether loop current playback or not, and right-click on volume icon to select audio device.
Right-click on volume icon to choose audio device
MPV 0.40.0 also introduced mpv:// protocol, which can be used to start mpv from web browser or anything that would trigger url handler for given protocol.
Other changes include Windows support in umpv helper script, support for HDR metadata, as well as:
- Add select.lua options for watching history, edition, DVD/Blu-Ray titles.
- New positioning.lua script for cursor-centric zooming and drag to pan
- Support for wp-color-management-v1 protocol and support xdg-activation on Wayland.
- Update console.lua with persistent command history
- New
--playlist-extsand--archive-exts - And more. See the github releases page for details.
How to Install MPV 0.40
MPV does not provide official packages. It however offers links to the source code, and unofficial Windows, macOS, and Linux packages in its website via the link below:
For Ubuntu 22.04 (without libmpv), Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10, I’ve built the new release package into this unofficial PPA with amd64 (AMD/Intel) and arm64/armhf (e.g., RasPi) platforms support.
To add the PPA and install mpv 0.40 from it, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands below one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/mpv
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mpv
(Optionally) you may remove the PPA by using command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/mpv
And remove the mpv package if you want via command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove mpv
Just a week after the 3.0.0 major release, GIMP announced the first maintenance update for the 3.0 series on this Sunday.
The new image editor release fixed more than a dozen of bugs, improved the official installers, updated translations, and introduced 2 new download mirrors for users from India.
