HPLIP 3.18.9, HP developed Linux drivers for HP inkjet and laser based printers, was released today with new Linux Distros and new printers support.
HPLIP 3.18.9 added support for Linux Mint 19 and Debian 9.5. Also there are new supported printers:
HP PageWide 755dn
HP PageWide MFP 774dns
HP PageWide MFP 774dn
HP PageWide MFP 779dns
HP PageWide MFP 779dn
HP LaserJet Pro MFP M148dw
HP LaserJet Pro MFP M149dw
HP LaserJet Pro MFP M148fdw
HP LaserJet Pro MFP M149fdw
HP LaserJet Pro M118dw
HP LaserJet Pro M119dw
HP Scanjet Ent Flow 7500
Download / Install HPLIP 3.18.9 in Ubuntu:
To install the software, download the package “hplip-3.18.9.run” from the link below:
Then open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or search for “terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command:
cd ~/Downloads/ && chmod +x hplip-3.18.9.run && ./hplip-3.18.9.run
Type your user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
Then follow the terminal prompts, answer some questions to build and install HPLIP on your system. When everything is done, plug/re-plug your printers and enjoy!
Hover over the title of pop out video and click back to tab.
Add new option in Settings > Advanced > Browser > User interface for the scroll to the top of the page feature
Add a page zoom indicator in the address and search bar when the zoom level for a page changed.
Easy bug reporting via O menu > Help > Report an issue.
Redesigned about page, and tidied up the settings.
How to Install Opera 56 in Ubuntu:
The Opera team offers snap package (containerised software package), which is always up-to-date (auto-updates itself). And you can simply install it in Ubuntu Software:
Also traditional Opera binary package for Ubuntu is available for download at the link below:
To receive future updates through Software Updater, add the official Opera apt repository via following steps:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the opera repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'
OpenShot video editor 2.4.3 was released a few days ago with animated Masks, nudge, zoom fixes, improved stability, and more.
OpenShot 2.4.3 release highlights:
Masks and transitions can now be modified at any time, and can now use an image or video! This utilizes the grayscale of each frame and converts it into a mask, and can be used to create some really amazing effects.
Threading improvements help prevent crashing around effects (including masks and transitions), and improve performance on many systems.
Save frame button for quickly saving the current preview frame
Huge improvement to language translations (Thanks to Frank Dana – ferdnyc)
Animated Masks: New “reader” property type, initially used by the Mask effect to change the image/video used by transitions and the Mask effect
Add Save Current Frame button.
New translation & language infrastructure and logic.
Gscan2pdf 2.1.6, a GTK tool to produce PDF / DjVu from scanned document, was released today with few quick fixes.
According to the changelog, Gscan2pdf 2.1.6 fixed the issue that application exits on pressing “Start OCR” for Tesseract. In the release, it also fixed opening UDT and unpaper dialog windows.
How to Install gscan2pdf 2.1.6 in Ubuntu:
The official Ubuntu PPA has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe/ppa
Type your password (no asterisks feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade it through Software Updater:
For the first time, you can either install it via Synaptic Package Manager or by running following commands in terminal:
Fix AI ignoring teleport locations when moving leader to leader goals.
Heir to the Throne:
S6: Allow canceling an attack when a move+attack spawns enemy units
S6: Change the trigger for spawning undead reinforcements
S17: Add dialog explaining the lava game mechanic and an easter egg
Liberty, S3: Add story and war drums music
Northern Rebirth:
S12: empty sides are hidden
S13: allied leaders whose death causes defeat won’t leave their keep and
the lich brothers and Krash got more gold
Sceptre of Fire:
S4: a cave entrance has been added.
S5: Gryphon Riders are now available starting form S5 (formerly S3).
S7: it’s now impossible to kill all pursuers.
Secrets of the Ancients: Fix dialog said by wrong unit & revert previous fix
The Hammer of Thursagan: S10: Fix objectives requiring too much of the player
The South Guard:
S2: the case where Deoran is not sent to the Citadel is handled better.
S2: enemy units will no longer neutralize villages instead of capturing or burning them. This also means certain units will no longer be hidden in the Game Stats list.
S4: bodyguards are never spawned next to other units, and always in forest.
S5: zombies have now one castle with two leaders.
S6a: mermen leave after this scenario and will no longer be available.
S7a & S8a: a certain hero may now die.
Under the Burning Suns: New graphics for Eloh.
And various other changes and bug-fixes
How to Install Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.5 in Ubuntu:
The flathub repository contains the Flatpak package of the game. You can install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04 via following steps:
1. (For Ubuntu 16.04 only), open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:
Shutter screenshot tool got a maintenance release a day ago with some bugs fixed. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04.
Shutter 0.94.2 includes following changes since the 0.94 release:
Remove ITmages, Minus, TwitPic upload plugins since the services down.
Fix error in vygme plugin
Add support for Gyazo uploads
Fix insecure perl system calls
Use reverse-DNS style AppStream ID
Convert all JSON modules to JSON::MaybeXS instead of discouraged JSON modules
Fix the issue that right click > “show in folder” results in “There was an error executing xdg-open”
How to Install Shutter 0.94.2 in Ubuntu:
It seems the official Shutter PPA won’t update for the new release packages. So I uploaded the packages into an unofficial PPA with support for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04.
1. Open terminal either from app launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut. When it opens, run command to add the PPA: