Audacity audio editor and recorder released version 2.3.2 a day ago with some improvements and various bug-fixes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher.
Include LAME mp3 encoder (though it’s there in PPA build for long time).
New ‘Select’ button in the track panel to select the whole track.
Audacity mod-script-pipe for driving Audacity from Python now comes with Audacity and can be enabled via preferences.
Type to Create a Label is now off by default.
A plug-in installer for Nyquist now provides a file browser for selecting ‘.NY’ files to install.
And over 20 bugs were fixed in the release.
How to Install Audacity 2.3.2 in Ubuntu:
The unofficial PPA has built the 2.3.2 packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and their derivatives, e.g., Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command:
Razer Chroma integration, enables lighting effects on Chroma-enabled devices.
Option to resize the thumbnails on Speed Dials.
Select the previous, next and related tabs using Quick Commands, keyboard shortcuts, or Gestures.
And improvements, bug-fixes to bookmarks, addressbar, quick commands, tab, etc.
How to Install Vivaldi 2.5 in Ubuntu:
The official Ubuntu .DEB packages are available for download at the link below:
Grab the deb matches your OS, then install it via Ubuntu Software or Gdebi package manager. Or run command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/vivaldi-stable_2.5*.deb
In addition, after installed the .deb package, you can enable Vivaldi apt repository (Softare & Updates -> Other Software) to receive future updates through Software Updater:
The latest stable Linux Kernel 5.1 was released. Linus Torvalds announced last night:
So it’s a bit later in the day than I usually do this, just because I was waffling about the release. Partly because I got some small pull requests today, but mostly just because I wasn’t looking forward to the timing of this upcoming 5.2 merge window.
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On the whole, 5.1 looks very normal with just over 13k commits (plus another 1k+ if you count merges). Which is pretty much our normal size these days. No way to boil that down to a sane shortlog, with work all over.
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Linux 5.1 brings many exciting changes including improved support for Intel Fastbook (enabled by default), Intel 22260 WiFi support, new I/O interface, new ACPI support, Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ support by mainline, and a lot of new hardware support.
How to Install Linux Kernel 5.1 in Ubuntu:
The mainline kernel packages for Linux 5.1 are available for download at the link below:
Depends on your OS type, download and install the packages in turns:
Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio), amd64 for 64bit system, i386 for 32bit system, or armhf, arm64, etc for other OS types.
Alternatively you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands (Ctrl+Alt+T):
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 5.1:
added feature to play track on double click in the history plugin;
enabled mpg123 decoder for Windows;
using album cover from file by default;
fixed lyrics plugin;
fixed API documentation;
fixed issue with read-only mode for FLAC files;
fixed issue with missing properties for some CUE tracks;
fixed shortcuts displaying in context menus under Qt 5.10 or higher (1.3.2 only);
fixed Qt 5.13 support (1.3.2 only);
fixed crash under Wayland session (1.3.2 only);
fixed freezing on some corrupted files in the ffmpeg plugin;
fixed crash on some streams in the ffmpeg plugin;
fixed file type determination by content in the mpeg plugin.
How to Install Qmmp 1.3.2 in Ubuntu:
Qmmp 1.3.2 (and 0.12.2 for qt4) are available to install via its official PPA, for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher, and then run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
Input your password (no asterisks feedback while typing) and hit Enter to continue.
2. If a previous version exists, upgrade Qmmp using Software Updater:
Or run commands to install or upgrade Qmmp and its plugins:
FreeCAD, free and open-source 3D parametric modeler, released version 0.18 recently with Python 3 and Qt 5 support. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 19.04.
One of the annoying issues in the fresh install of Ubuntu desktop is that the default Gnome Login Screen does not support tap-to-click out of the box, which is inconvenient for laptop user without a mouse at hand.
So I’m going to show you how to enable the function (as well as number lock) in the default Gnome Desktop login screen in Ubuntu 19.04.
Get GDM user privilege in terminal:
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app menu. When it opens, run following commands one by one to get gdm user privilege.
1. Run command to switched to root:
sudo -i
Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Run command to allow user gdm to make connections to X server.
xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
3. Finally switched to user gdm in current terminal window via command:
su gdm -s /bin/bash
Update May 2020: For Ubuntu 20.04, you may need to run one more command:
export DISPLAY=:0
Enable Tap to Click:
After previous steps, you can finally enable tap-to-click via gdm user via command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true
You may also enable ‘number lock’ in the terminal window via command:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard numlock-state 'on'
How to Restore:
To restore the changes, first get access gdm user privilege in terminal, and then run commands:
