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Pitivi Video Editor 2020.09 Released, How to Install in Ubuntu 20.04

Last updated: October 14, 2020

Pitivi video editor 2020.09 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and derivatives.

It’s been more than 2 years since the last stable release, Pitivi 2020.09 features a plugin system, easy Ken-Burns effect, developer console plugin, timeline markers, user-interface and workflow improvements, a refactored media library, new keyboard shortcuts, and much more.

How to Install Pitivi in Ubuntu:

The new release has been into Ubuntu 20.10 universe repository. For Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint and other Linux, it can be installed via Flathub repository.

1. Open terminal from system application launcher, then run command to install Flatpak (if you don’t have it):

sudo apt install flatpak

For Ubuntu 18.04, you have to add the PPA first before installing the flatpak daemon:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak && sudo apt update

2. Then add the flathub repository by running command:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

3. Finally install Pitivi video editor:

flatpak install flathub org.pitivi.Pitivi

Uninstall Pitivi Flatpak package:

For any reason, you can remove the flatpak package easily by running command in terminal:

flatpak uninstall org.pitivi.Pitivi

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Linux Kernel 5.9 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: October 12, 2020

Linux Kernel 5.9 was released a day ago. Linus Torvalds announced that:

Ok, so I’ll be honest – I had hoped for quite a bit fewer changes this last week, but at the same time there doesn’t really seem to be anything particularly scary in here. It’s just more commits and more lines changed than I would have wished for.

The bulk of this is the networking fixes that I already mentioned as being pending in the rc8 release notes last weekend. In fact, about half the patch (and probably more of the number of commits) is from the networking stuff (both drivers and elsewhere).

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Linux 5.9 features initial Intel Rocket Lake graphics, NVMe zoned namespaces (ZNS) support, 32-bit x86 Clang build support, initial support for Radeon RX 6000 “RDNA 2” graphics cards, and more.

How to Install Linux Kernel 5.9 in Ubuntu:

The mainline kernel packages for Linux 5.9 (64-bit) are now available for download at the link below:

Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio):

linux-headers-5.9.0-xxxxxx_all.deb
linux-headers-5.9.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
linux-modules-5.9.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb
linux-image-xxx-5.9.0-xxx-generic(/lowlatency)_xxx_amd64.deb

Alternatively you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands ( open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T):

cd /tmp/

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.9/amd64/linux-headers-5.9.0-050900_5.9.0-050900.202010112230_all.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.9/amd64/linux-headers-5.9.0-050900-generic_5.9.0-050900.202010112230_amd64.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.9/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.9.0-050900-generic_5.9.0-050900.202010112230_amd64.deb

wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.9/amd64/linux-modules-5.9.0-050900-generic_5.9.0-050900.202010112230_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Once installed, restart your computer and enjoy!

Uninstall Linux Kernel 5.9:

Restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in boot menu ‘Grub2 -> Advanced Option for Ubuntu’. Then run command to remove Linux Kernel 5.9:

sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-unsigned-5.9.0-050900-generic

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Liferea 1.3.3 Released with Webkits Intelligent Tracking Protection [PPA]

Last updated: October 11, 2020

Liferea, Linux Feed Reader, released version 1.3.3 a few days ago with a lot of improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04.

Liferea 1.3.3 release highlights:

Implement support for Webkits Intelligent Tracking Protection
Add Ctrl + 0 hotkey to reset zoom
Add debug printing of SAX parser errors
CSS color update on theme change without restart
Fixes view mode switch
Default to https:// instead of http://
Progress bar support when loading web pages
Drop CDF channel support
Drop PIE aka. Atom 0.2/0.3 support
Drop RSS namespace “blogChannel” support

Install Liferea 1.3.3 via PPA:

1.) Open terminal from application launcher and run command to add the unofficial PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Type your password when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2.) Then check updates and install the news reader via commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install liferea

or update the old package (if installed) via Software Updater utility:

Uninstall:

As the PPA also contains many other applications, you may remove the PPA either via Software & Updates > Other Software, or by running command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

And remove the feed reader if want via command:

sudo apt remove liferea

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Voice Chat App Mumble 1.3.3 Released with Stability Improvements[PPA]

Last updated: October 7, 2020

Mumble, open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software, released version 1.3.3 a few days ago. PPA updated for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04.

Changes in Mumble 1.3.3 include:

Fix chat box invisble (zero height)
Fix handling of invalid packet sizes
Fix race-condition leading to loss of shortcuts
Link in About dialog is now clickable again
Fix sizing issues in ACL-Editor
PulseAudio now always samples at 48 kHz
Fix server crash due to problems when using PostgreSQL

How to install Mumble 1.3.3 in Ubuntu:

The official release PPA has made the packages for all current Ubuntu releases.

1. Open terminal either from system application launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, paste below command and hit Enter:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mumble/release

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue adding the PPA.

2. If an old release was installed, simply upgrade Mumble via Software Updater:

Or run commands one by one in terminal to check updates and install the chat utility for gamer:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mumble mumble-server

Uninstall Mumble:

You can purge the PPA which also downgrade the VoIP chat app to the stock version via command:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:mumble/release

To simply remove mumble, either use system package manager or run command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove mumble mumble-server

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Python 3.9.0 Released, How to Install via PPA in Ubuntu

Last updated: October 6, 2020

Python programming language 3.9.0 was released with new features and optimizations. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04 via PPA.

Python 3.9.0 is the first version default to the 64-bit installer on Windows. Windows 7 is unsupported.

Python 3.9.0 release highlights:

Module State Access from C Extension Methods
Union Operators in dict
Type Hinting Generics In Standard Collections
Flexible function and variable annotations
Python adopts a stable annual release cadence
Relaxing Grammar Restrictions On Decorators
Support for the IANA Time Zone Database in the Standard Library
String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes
New PEG parser for CPython
Garbage collection does not block on resurrected objects;
os.pidfd_open added that allows process management without races and signals;
Unicode support updated to version 13.0.0;
when Python is initialized multiple times in the same process, it does not leak memory anymore;
A number of Python built-ins (range, tuple, set, frozenset, list, dict) are now sped up using PEP 590 vectorcall;
A number of Python modules (_abc, audioop, _bz2, _codecs, _contextvars, _crypt, _functools, _json, _locale, operator, resource, time, _weakref) now use multiphase initialization as defined by PEP 489;
A number of standard library modules (audioop, ast, grp, _hashlib, pwd, _posixsubprocess, random, select, struct, termios, zlib) are now using the stable ABI defined by PEP 384.

How to Install Python 3.9.0 in Ubuntu:

1.) Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, or by searching for ‘terminal’ from system application launcher.

When terminal opens, run command to add the “deadsnakes” team PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2.) Then run commands to refresh system package cache, and install Python 3.9:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install python3.9

3.) Once successfully installed, check your system Python versions (python –version):

4.) (NOT Recommended) To use Python 3.9 as the default python3, run commands:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 1

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.9 2

For Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04, replace python3.8 in the code with system’s default python3 version..
And you can then switch between the two Python3 versions via command:

sudo update-alternatives --config python3

NOTE: Due to known bug, terminal won’t open if you changed python3 symlink. An workaround is recreate a symlink via command (Replace python 3.8 with your system default python3 version):

sudo rm /usr/bin/python3; sudo ln -s python3.8 /usr/bin/python3

Uninstall:

To uninstall the Python3.9 packages, run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove python3.9 python3.9-minimal

To remove the Deadsnakes PPA, launch Software & Updates and go to Other Software tab, then remove the repository line and close the window.

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GIMP Image Editor 2.10.22 Available to Download [PPA]

Last updated: October 5, 2020

GIMP image editor 2.10.22 available to install in Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04, though it’s not officially announced at the moment.

GIMP 2.10.22 was ready to download in its website last night. Release highlights in the new release inlcude:

HEIF support improvements: optional exporting with high bit depth, AVIF importing and exporting
Multiple improvements in Corel PaintShop Pro support
“Sample merged” now available in GEGL operation tool options
“Sample merged” is now enabled by default for color picking
The option enabling OpenCL support has been moved to the Playground tab in Preferences
Matting Levin is now the default engine of Foreground Select tool as it performs a lot better
New progressive performance logs and dashboard updates
Verbose debug now shows Flatpak info when relevant
Various bug fixes

How to Install GIMP 2.10.22 in Ubuntu:

The GIMP flatpak is recommended for Linux, and you can get it in flathub repository.

For those prefer installing deb package via apt, the unofficial PPA contains the packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04.

There’s known issue of the PPA packages: translations won’t install, so GIMP will always work in English.

1.) Open terminal from system application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2.) If an old version of GIMP .deb package was installed, upgrade it via Software Updater (Update Manager) utility.

or run apt commands in terminal to install GIMP:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install gimp gimp-gmic

If an old version was installed, it’s recommended to run sudo apt upgrade which will also update the required babl, gegl libraries.

How to Restore:

To restore GIMP to the stock version in main Ubuntu repository, run command to purge the PPA:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp

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Folder Comparison and Synchronization App FreeFileSync 11.2 Released

Last updated: October 4, 2020

FreeFileSync 11.2, folder comparison and synchronization software to create and manage backup copies of all your important files, was released a few days ago.

Changes in FreeFileSync 11.2 include:

Improved grid layout with file icons hidden
Improved rendering of inactive and disabled grid items
Remember last user-selected paths for file and folder pickers
Fixed folder name hidden in “item name” view type
Fixed determination of unsupported trash folder (Linux)
Fixed copying broken symlinks (macOS)
Fixed default action when pressing Enter in popup dialogs
Fixed default popup dialog size (macOS)
Use localized start of week for %WeekDay% (Linux, macOS)
Swap sides using CTRL+W instead of F10
Show confirmation dialog before swapping sides

How to Install FreeFileSync in Ubuntu:

The software offers official Linux package (portable tarball contains executable and most run-time libraries) available to download at the link below:

Simply grab the Linux package, extract, and run the executable. You may also read this step by step guide to create an app launcher for this program.

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Pale Moon Web Browser 28.14 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

Last updated: October 1, 2020

Pale Moon, an open-source Goanna-based web browser, released version 28.14.0 (and 28.14.1 with quick fix) with stability and security improvements.

Pale Moon 28.14.0 release highlights:

Updated the browser identity code for website security to more clearly indicate website status.
Updated unofficial branding to be more generic and more clearly separate unofficial builds from Pale Moon as a product.
Added a preference (signon.startup.prompt) to give users the option to ask for the Master Password the moment the application starts.
Changed the way download sources are displayed to always use the actual domain downloads are from.
Implemented the CSS flow-root keyword.
(Re-)implemented percentage-based CSS opacity values according to the updated spec.
Implemented the last few missing bits for a standards-compliant implementation of JavaScript modules.(preloading, resource: scheme, etc.)
Implemented the ResizeObserver DOM API.
Updated script handling inside SVGs to only run scripts if they are enabled and permitted, avoiding a potential XSS pitfall.
Updated the MediaQueryList interface to the updated spec.
Removed support for the archaic and non-standard <marquee> element.
Removed some leftovers and cleaned up the Windows widget code.
Security issues fixed: CVE-2020-15676 and CVE-2020-15677
Unified XUL Platform Mozilla Security Patch Summary: 2 fixed, 1 defense-in-depth, 7 not applicable.

How to Install Pale Moon via apt repository:

The opensuse repository offers the new release packages for Debian, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 16.04.

1.) Open terminal from your system application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the repository for Ubuntu 20.04:

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list

Depends on your Ubuntu edition, replace xUbuntu_20.04 to xUbuntu_18.04 or xUbuntu_16.04.

2.) Download and install the repository key by running command:

wget -O - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -

Also replace xUbuntu_20.04 in the commands depends on your Ubuntu edition.

3.) Finally refresh system package cache and install the web browser by running 2 commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install palemoon

Uninstall:

To remove the apt repository, launch Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab:

To remove the web browser, open terminal and run command:

sudo apt remove palemoon

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OBS Studio 26.0 Released with Initial Virtual Camera Support [PPA]

Last updated: September 30, 2020

OBS Studio 26.0, free open-source streaming and recording program, was released with many new features, improvements, and numerous bug-fixes.

The new released added Virtual Camera feature, allowing you to use the OBS output as a camera in other apps. So far, it’s only for Windows.

Other changes include:

Add a Source Toolbar to access to relevant controls for selected source.
Add media controls on the source toolbar.
Ability to take screenshots of the previews, sources, or scenes with hotkeys
Add percentage toggle to the volume controls in advanced audio properties
Add more audio capture support for BSD operating systems
Add option to disable antialiasing for text sources
Add a right-click context menu option to projectors.
See here for more details.

How to Install OBS Studio 26.0 in Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04:

The official PPA offers the latest release packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04:

1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for “terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then either upgrade OBS Studio from an existing version via Software Updater, or run command in terminal to install the software:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install obs-studio

Once installed, launch the software from your system application launcher and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To remove the software, either use Synaptic package manager or run command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove obs-studio

To remove PPA repositories, launch Software & Updates and navigate to ‘Other Software’ tab.

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HPLIP 3.20.9 Released, Still Not Install in Ubuntu 20.04

Last updated: September 30, 2020

HPLIP 3.20.9, HP print, scan, and fax drivers for Linux, now is available to download.

~~Though the release note is not ready at the moment of writing~~, HPLIP 3.20.9 package is already available to download in its website.

New printers supported in the release:

HP LaserJet MFP M234dw
HP LaserJet MFP M234dwe
HP Color LaserJet Managed MFP E57540dn
HP Color LaserJet Managed Flow MFP E57540c
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M578dn
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M578f
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M578c
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M578z
HP Color LaserJet Managed E55040dw
HP Color LaserJet Managed E55040dn
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M554dn
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M555dn
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M555x

This release also added support Linuxmint 20, OpenSuse 15.2, and Debian 10.4

How to Get HPLIP 3.20.9:

1. To install the software, download the package “hplip-3.20.9.run” from the link below:

2. Then open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command to give executable permission: