News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Scrcpy, Android screen mirroring and controlling app, released version 2.7 few days ago.
Scrcpy is a popular free and open-source application for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It can mirror the Android screen on PC, and allows to control the device with keyboard and mouse.
With the new 2.7 release, user can now use game controllers (e.g., PS4/PS5, or XBox gamepad), which are connected into the computer, to play Android games.
Scrcpy on Ubuntu
Linux Kernel 6.11 was released! Linus Torvalds announced it 2 days ago on Sunday:
“I’m once again on the road and not in my normal timezone, but it’s Sunday afternoon here in Vienna, and 6.11 is out.
The last week was actually pretty quiet and calm, which is nice to see. The shortlog is below for anybody who wants to look at the details, but it really isn’t very many patches, and the patches are all pretty small. Nothing in particular stands out – the biggest patch in here is for Hyper-V Confidential Computing documentation. …”
Oracle finally announced the release of new major VirtualBox 7.1.0 after almost 2 years since the last feature release.
The release introduced a new logo icon with flat design, and re-fined the UI with modern look and feel. The Preferences and VM Settings dialog now include Basic and Expert tabs that will show/hide some extra settings.
It improved the font in Settings/Preferences to make the text more easy to read, as well it provides a “Search Box” in the dialog for searching settings. And, each VM now has new splash screen at very beginning of startup.
VirtualBox VM startup splash
Audacity audio editor announced 3.6.2 release a week ago, then version 3.6.3 a day ago with a quick-fix.
As you may know, Audacity 3.6.0 introduced new compressor and limiter effects, replacing the old ones. For those who prefer the classic effects, the new point release added a “Legacy” effects section, under “Effects” menu, that contains the old Limiter, Compressor and Classic Filters.
Ubuntu 24.10, code-name Oracular Oriole, is coming in next month. Now, the default as well as optional wallpapers are out!
As before, the default wallpaper for Ubuntu 24.10 is made up of mascot (a songbird this time) in center and gradient background. The file is always named “warty-final-ubuntu.png”, and features 4K (3840×2160) resolution.
NOTE: The images in this post are optimized for fast loading. Scroll down for the download link!
Ubuntu 24.10 Wallpaper (scroll down for download link)
Mozilla announced the new Firefox web browser 130.0 release this Tuesday!
The new Firefox release introduced “Firefox Labs” page in Settings, allowing to try out experimental features which are in development and evolving, which could impact how the web browser works.
So far, it includes AI chatbot allowing to chat with ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, HuggingChat, and Le Chat Mistral. Though few of them need login first.
Ubuntu 24.04.1, the first point release of the current Ubuntu LTS, was announced last night on Aug 29.
The release includes updated CD images. The livecd-rootfs build system re-enables ability to build HyperV desktop images, and allows to build iso installer images that would install Ubuntu Core Desktop to target device.
The new release also fixed various upgrade issues. It now prevents upgrading from desktop systems installed with TPM-backed FDE. It fixed that the upgrade breaks iptables-persistent and netfilter-persistent usage, and removed the XFS /boot upgrade check. It as well fixed many other upgrade issues, including hang due to search for obsolete software, and long time delay when installing gnome-remote-desktop 46.
JetBrains announced the new 2024.2 release of its PyCharm IDE just a few days after the release of IntelliJ IDEA.
The new release introduces significant improvements to the AI Assistant. It enhances cloud-based code completion with faster and more accurate suggestions, and features better UX including syntax highlighting for suggested code, and option to accept suggestions incrementally.
The AI now uses the latest GTP-4o model, supports chat references and semantic search. It features AI integration in the Terminal tool window, and AI-assisted VCS conflict resolution.
JetBrains announced the new 2024.2 release of its IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment (IDE).
The release uses new clean and modern UI as default, while classic one is available as plugin. For Linux, it auto-places window controls to left or right depends on your desktop settings. And, it switched to JetBrains Runtime 21 with enhanced security, performance, as well as Wayland rendering support.
Scrcpy, the free open-source Android screen mirroring app, released version 2.6 (then 2.6.1 with quick fix) a few days ago.
Scrcpy is an app works on Linux, Windows, and macOS, allowing users to remote access and control their Android screen from PC/laptop, either wirelessly through TCP/IP in same network or wired with USB cable.
It uses Android Debug Bridge (adb) to communicate with Android device. Nothing needs to be installed on Android side, but it needs to enable developer mode for USB debugging option which is required by adb.
