Oracle Virtualbox reached 5.2.4, the second maintenance release for the 5.2 series with various high resolution display improvements, Gnome shell login issue fixed, and various audio fixes.
Virtualbox 5.2.4 release highlights:
Adjusting desktop file for X11 window managers
arious high resolution display adjustments
Audio: fixed SB16 volume handling
various audio fixes
fixed a problem where OHCI emulation might sporadically drop data transfers
fixed screen corruption when the Linux host screen changes and a virtual machine window is maximized
Fixed a hang at the GNOME Shell login screen with 3D enabled
How to Install Virtualbox 5.2.4 in Ubuntu:
1. If you’re still running with VirtualBox 5.1.x, open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from application launcher. Remove old Virtualbox via command:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-5.1
2. Download & install the latest Virtualbox package from the link below:
3. If you’ve added the Oracle VBox repository, you can directly install the 5.2 release from Synaptic Package Manager or via apt command, after removing the old version.
To add the repository, do:
Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'
Depends your Ubuntu edition, replace xenial (for Ubuntu 16.04) with trusty (for 14.04, Mint 17.x, eOS 0.3), or artful (for Ubuntu 17.10).
Setup the keyring so to trust the updates from the repository:
MKVToolNix 19.0.0 “Brave Captain” was released a few days ago. The source code repository, bug tracker and wiki have been moved to GitLab.
MKVToolNix 19.0.0 release highlights:
mkvmerge will now consider the first key frame within 1ms of the requested value to be eligible for splitting.
the GUI will now save and restore the widths of columns in tree and list views.
when closing or reloading a modified file, the GUI will now focus the first element that’s been modified before asking the user for confirmation regarding discarding unsaved changes.
The nineteenth maintenance release of GnuCash 2.6 stable series was announced 2 days ago. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.
Bugs fixed in GnuCash 2.6.19:
Disabling OFX, AqBanking or python-bindings support cripples the dist build target
FTBFS with libdbi 0.9.0-5 on Debian: DBI error
Set Invoice/Bill items date correctly from imported CSV
A better way to handle MySQL’s 0000-00-00 invalid date indicator.
Fix python build and test errors on Mac.
Add translator hint comments to C and glade files.
Improve type of bank accounts in SKR03
Stop testing GObject’s handling of invalid parameters
How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via Snap in Ubuntu:
For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, GnuCash now is available as Snap package (run in sandbox).
Simply search for and install it from Ubuntu Software (need login with Ubuntu One account).
Or open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap:
snap install gnucash-jz
The snapped package co-exists with traditional application. To remove it, run command:
sudo snap remove gnucash-jz
How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via PPA in Ubuntu:
For those who prefer traditional packages, you can install GnuCash 2.6.19 from the unofficial PPA, since the getdeb repository has not been updated for a period of time.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:
MuPDF, a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer, reached 1.12.0 release recently. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and their derivatives.
MuPDF 1.12.0 release highlights:
LCMS2 library for color management.
CMYK rendering with overprint simulation.
Spot color rendering.
Reworked structured text API.
Faster text searching.
New semantic XHTML output format.
New layout preserving HTML output format.
Improved non-AA rendering with new scan converter.
How to Install MuPDF 1.12.0 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint:
Besides building the tool from source, there’s an unofficial PPA with the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for “Terminal” from start menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type in password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when it asks and hit Enter.
2. Then install mupdf and mupdf-tools packages either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running following commands in terminal:
GIMP 2.9.8, a new unstable release, an intermediate state on the way to the next GIMP 2.10, was released.
GIMP 2.9.8 introduces on-canvas gradient editing and various enhancements while focusing on bugfixing and stability.
Blend tool now features on-canvas gradient editing: adding, shifting, removing color stops, shifting midpoints and converting them to color stops, assignging colors to color stops, changing blending type for midpoints.
Faster color library
The 2018.0 release of the open-source Hugin Panorama photo stitcher reached the first beta release a day ago.
Changes in Hugin 2018.0 include:
Several improvements for optimizer tabs (mark deselected images, allow changing optimizer variables for all selected images at once, option to ignore line cp)
hugin_stacker: New tool to stack overlapping images.
Hugin: Added option to disable auto-rotation of images in control point and mask editor.
Nona, verdandi and hugin_stacker can now write BigTIFF images (for files >4 GB).
Added expression parser to GUI: This allows to manipulate several image variables at once. (This is the same as running pto_var –set from the command line.)
Add user-defined assistant and expose it in the GUI. It allows to set up different assistant stategies without the need to recompiling. Provide also some examples (scanned images, multi-row panoramas with orphaned images, single-shot panorama
cameras).
Download Hugin 2018.0 Beta:
The source tarball, Windows and Mac OS packages are available for download at the link below:
For Ubuntu, Hugin Packages team offers three PPAs, though the Beta build is not available at the moment.
