BleachBit 4.1.1 was released a day ago as the new Beta release for the next major 4.2.0 release.
Compare to the previous beta, BleachBit 4.1.1 brings support for cleaning Slack (messenger), and Chromium installed via Snap package.
BleachBit 4.1.1 changes since the latest stable release:
Clean Slack (messenger).
Clean Pale Moon.
Clean Zoom.
Fix bug that not cleaning Chromium browser installed as Snap.
Fix bug that not deleting whole Firefox URL History.
Fix that cleaning LibreOffice erase all its extensions.
How to Get BleachBit 4.1.1:
The deb packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, as well as packages for Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Windows, and source code are available to download at the link below:
There will soon be a package for Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. Until then, use the 20.04 deb package.
Grab the .deb package for your Ubuntu edition, open & install file with either ‘Software Install’ or ‘Gdebi package installer’ if installed.
OpenRazer, open-source driver and user-space daemon to manage Razer peripherals on Linux, released version 2.9.0 a few days ago with new Razer devices support, improvements, and bug-fixes.
The new release also adds read support for idle_time and low_battery_threshold, ability to configure the battery notification frequency, screensaver monitor support on Xfce, improved fake driver support, and more.
Polychromatic – OpenRazer GUI
How to Install OpenRazer 2.9.0 in Ubuntu:
The software has an official PPA so far contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openrazer/stable
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. (Optional) Also add Polychromatic PPA, if you fancy a graphical front-end, by running command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:polychromatic/stable
3. Finally refresh your system package cache and install the drivers and GUI tool via commands:
LiVES, a free and open-source video editor and VJ tool, released new major version 3.2.0 with new features, performance and resource usage improvements, and tons of other changes.
After 2 years of development, Flightgear 2020.3 was released as the latest stable version of the flight simulator. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and derivatives.
This tutorial shows how to install the latest Beta release of GIMP 3.0, so far GIMP 2.99.10, in Ubuntu 20.04 using the official flatpak package.
What’s New in GIMP 2.99.10 compare to current stable:
GTK+3 user interface
Native Wayland and HiDPI support.
Major refactoring and cleanup
New plug-in API
Plugins now possible with Python 3, JavaScript, Lua, and Vala
More (color) space invasion
Render caching available for better performance
Clone-type tools on multiple layers
JPEG-XL file format support.
Pinch gesture on canvas for zooming
New Paint Select tool in the playground
New generic dialog generation and metadata support API for export plug-ins
Multi-threaded JPEG2000 decoding
GIMP 2.99.10 is available to install via Flatpak package in the “beta” branch of the official Flathub repository. You can open terminal and run following commands one by one to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 21.10.
1. Install Flatpak framework if you don’t have it (For Ubuntu 18.04 and even 16.04, add this PPA first).
3. Finally install GIMP 2.99.x via command (for single user only):
flatpak install --user flathub-beta org.gimp.GIMP
Once installed, launch it from ‘Show Applications’ menu and enjoy! In the case, I have GIMP 2.10 (via deb) and GIMP 2.99.x (via flatpak).
NOTE: If you installed both GIMP flatpak stable and beta packages, only one will be visible in app launcher. To make beta version visible, run command:
flatpak make-current --user org.gimp.GIMP beta
And to make stable version visible, replace beta in the command with stable.
On Mac OSX Bluefish deals better with the new permission features.
Improved syntax highlighting for several programming languages.
Bluefish now works fine with Enchant2 for spell checking.
Install Bluefish via PPA:
UPDATE: as Klaus Vormweg’s PPA is no longer exist, I uploaded the 2.2.12 packages into this unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 18.04. For Ubuntu 22.04, the latest package is already available in system repository.
1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching from ‘Activities’ overview.
Prefer installing Chromium web browser via deb over the snap package? Linux Mint 20 now includes the browser and keeps it updated in its own repository for both Ubuntu based and LMDE editions.
Since Ubuntu 20.04, chromium browser in the main repository is a dummy package. It’s redirected to the SNAP (containerized software package) when you trying to install it.
The Linux Mint team argued against this change and removed the package from its main repositories.
When it starts replacing packages for no good reason though, when it starts harming our interaction with upstream projects and software vendors and reducing our choice, it becomes a threat.
Now the Chromium browser is back to the official repositories for both Linux Mint and LMDE. And it’s a deb package built by the Linux Mint team.
How to Install Chromium Deb Package in Ubuntu 20.04:
Though there’s already an Ubuntu PPA that maintains the deb package, the one from Linux Mint is available for choice:
Just click the button below, download the deb package, install it and you’re done!
Note: For Ubuntu grab the package with “ulyana” in filename. For Debian download the one with “debbie” in filename.
Add the Linux Mint repository & receive updates:
You can add the Linux Mint repository, so you’re able to receive the package updates through Software Updater.
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the Linux Mint 20 upstream repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana upstream" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint.list'
2. Download and click install the key (its “linuxmint-keyring_2016.05.26_all.deb” so far):
3. Set the priority to make Ubuntu only install chromium from Linux Mint repository.
Run command to create and open the configuration file in text editor:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences.d/mint-ulyssa-pin
When it opens, paste below lines and save the file.
# Allow upgrading only chromium from Ulyssa repository
Package: chromium
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 500
# Never prefer other packages from the Ulyssa repository
Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 1
4. Finally check updates and install the web browser:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium
Note the package is chromium rather than chromium-browser.
To remove Linux Mint repository:
Simply go to Software & Updates -> Other Software tab and remove the repository line.
Pithos, native Pandora Radio client for Linux, released version 1.5.1 a day ago with minor bug-fixes and improvements.
Pithos is much more lightweight than the Pandora.com web client, and integrates with desktop features such as media keys, notifications, and the sound menu. The latest v1.5.1 release highlights include:
Add Quit to the app menu
Remove the limit of 95 stations
Handle Enter keypress in stations search
Fix app menu keybindings failing to work
Fix syntax error on Python 3.8
Fix an exception on newer versions of pygobject
Fix album art downloads in Flatpak
MPRIS: Fix media keys failing to bind on KDE
How to Install Pithos 1.5.1 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint:
If you’re OK with the containerized flatpak package. Pithos 1.5.1 has been made into flathub.org for most Linux systems.
For those prefer .deb package, the unofficial PPA is available for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20, Ubuntu 22.04.
1. Open terminal and run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
2. Then check updates and install the client:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pithos
How to Remove Pithos:
To remove the PPA, either go to Software & Updates -> Other Software or run command in terminal:
Kodi media center released one more update for the 18.x “Leia” a day ago, with a quick workaround to the third-party HTTP2 and SSL changes that impacted internet access from Kodi by scrapers, streaming addons, etc.
Okay, one more roll of the “Leia” die, although this one is really driven by circumstances beyond our control. Technical changes by Cloudflare caused significant issues with HTTP access to any site using them – metadata sources, for example – and we need to put in a quick workaround before everyone gets too upset; while 19.x “Matrix” is close, it’s not close enough to leave these issues unaddressed. So, as we’re building that new code, we thought that we might as well fix a couple of other regressions while we’re here.
