For those prefer Deb package to the containerized Snap or Flatpak package, Emacs text editor 27.1 now is available to install via an Ubuntu PPA for all the current releases.
GNU Emacs 27.1 was released more than 1 month ago. Thanks to Kevin Kelley, you can now install it in Ubuntu via this PPA repository.
The PPA package features:
native support for JSON
support for ACLs
support for libgmp
support for enhanced text rendering through Cairo and HarfBuzz
remove ImageMagick support
remove xwidgets support for Ubuntu 16.04.
1. Open terminal either from system application launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) if it asks and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then refresh system package cache and install the editor via 2 commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install emacs27
If you want, you can install the text-only user interface via sudo apt install emacs27-nox.
The PPA also contains emacs26 and emacs25 packages for choices.
(Optional) To uninstall the PPA, either go to ‘Software & Updater -> Other Software’, or run command:
Flameshot, powerful yet simple to use screenshot tool, released version 0.8.0 with new editing tools, improvements, and many fixes.
Flameshot 0.8.0 added the popular requested circle counter tool. It added a button in left-side of screen to open the sidebar, which was previously only accessible by hitting Space on keyboard.
The blur tool has been replaced by pixelate tool. If the “thickness” is 0 or 1, the old blur behavior is preserved. If the thickness is increased past 1 the image will pixelate by the thickness.
Other changes include:
Allow enter key to copy image to clipboard
Add support for saving as JPG and BMP files.
Add line thickness to side panel
Add option to close after capture (buggy at the moment.)
Add option to auto copy URL after upload
Fix capture after pressing ctrl + S during textarea input
Add more translations.
Add Snap and Flatpak packages
How to Install Flameshot 0.8.0 in Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04:
Go to the release page at the link below, scroll down, and select download an installer package:
For Ubuntu 20.04, grab the “flameshot_ubuntu_0.8.0-1_amd64.deb” package. Then install it by either GDebi, or running command in terminal:
cd ~/Downloads && sudo apt install ./flameshot_ubuntu_0.8.0-1_amd64.deb
For older Ubuntu releases, grab the .Appimage – single executable to launch the screenshot tool, .snap or .flatpak – universal Linux packages run in sandbox.
Celluloid, formerly Gnome MPV, released version 0.20 a few hours ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04 via PPA.
Celluloid is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv media player. The latest 0.20 release features:
Make it possible to activate context menu when the playlist is empty.
Prevent constant resizing of the seek bar due to timestamp label resizing as its value changes.
Only show a single error dialog when a large number of errors occurs in rapid succession.
Add menu item for opening folders.
Adjust position of UI elements of modal dialogs in non-CSD mode to be more consistent with CSD mode.
Add support for loading external video tracks.
Make playlist shuffle toggleable.
Make arrow key bindings work with arrow keys on numpad.
How to Install Celluloid 0.20 in Ubuntu 20.04:
Celluloid media player is available to install via Flatpak package in Flathub repository.
For those prefer apt repository, the formerly Gnome MPV PPA has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20.
1.) Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xuzhen666/gnome-mpv
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2.) Then install the media player via command:
sudo apt install celluloid
For Ubuntu derivatives, you may need to run sudo apt update to refresh package cache first.
Uninstall Celluloid:
To remove the media player, open terminal and run command:
Oracle Java 15 was released a few days ago. The installer script has been made into PPA for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and their derivatives.
See the release note for what’s new in Oracle Java 15.
The “Linux Uprising” team ppa has made the installer script, which automatically downloads and installs Oracle JDK 15 package, and sets Java 15 as the default Java version (setting JAVA_HOME, etc.) on 64-bit Ubuntu based system.
1.) Open terminal and run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.
2.) After adding PPA, refresh system package cache and install the script:
Opera web browser 71 was released one day ago. The new version features more options for tab searching and history searching, custom shortcuts for Messengers & Workspaces.
Opera 71 release highlights:
Add Show more (Show less) button in ‘Search in tabs’ result.
Add date filtering to the history searching options.
Add Delete History Below button to delete history items you’ve found.
Ability to create your own keyboard shortcut for each messenger or workspace.
For GNOME fans, there’s now a GTK 4 BitTorrent client that has a stylish user interface looks native in Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation or other Linux with GNOME desktop.
The software was originally written in Vala as a GTK3 app. By the 2.0 release (in beta at the moment), it’s rebuilt from scratch using Rust. Along with libadwaita library, it has an adaptive UI that fits well in small displays (e.g., Linux mobile or tablet).
Fragments adaptive UI
Fragments is based on Transmission, the out-of-the-box BitTorrent client in Ubuntu. Besides deep integration with GNOME desktop, the key features so far include:
Automatic clipboard detection. Click or copy a magnet link, it will handle the downloads automatically.
Control remote Fragments or Transmission sessions.
Say you have a Linux machine running as a ‘download server’ either with desktop environment or not. After setting up the remote access functionality in Transmission GTK or CLI, user may use Fragments’ menu option ‘Add Remote Connection‘ to remote control the server via RPC protocol.
Fragments add remote session
Once connected, the header-bar turns purple and it displays ‘Remote Control “Name”‘ as subtitle indicates that you’re in control of the remote session. A little server icon appears in header-bar, allows to switch between local and remote sessions.
As well, it displays statistics about current session, such as overall network usage, and allows to select encryption type and toggle dark mode, and more.
How to Install Fragments in Ubuntu & other Linux:
The software is available as Flatpak package. Open terminal by searching from ‘Activities’ overview screen. When it opens, run following commands one by one:
1.) Install Flatpak framework if you don’t have it installed via command:
sudo apt install flatpak
2.) Add flathub, the main repository hosts a large list of flatpak packages:
Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.14 was released one day ago as the latest maintenance release for the turn-based strategy game.
In the new release, translations for add-on titles and descriptions now are used in Add-on client when available, and provided via Add-on server at upload time in the .pbl.
Other changes in Wesnoth 1.14.14 include:
Translation updates.
5p – The Wilderlands: Player 5’s units are sorted when cycling through them with the »n« key.
Fixed disabled buttons using the pressed highlight color.
Made wmllint recognize [remove_time_area] in order to avoid spurious warnings about unit ids.
Files created by the scenario editor include a boilerplate warning about hand-editing them.
How to Install Wesnoth 1.14.14 in Ubuntu:
The latest Wesnoth package is available as Flatpak package for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, and most other Linux desktops.
1.) If you’re first time installing a Flatpak package in Ubuntu, setup your system by running commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
Wine 5.17, a new development release of the compatibility layer allows to run Windows apps on Linux and Mac OS, was released with new features and various bug-fixes.
Still more restructuration of the console support.
Various bug fixes.
How to Install Wine 5.17 in Ubuntu:
Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, or by searching for ‘terminal’ from system application menu. When it opens, run following steps one by one.
1.) Run command to enable 32 bit architecture (if you haven’t already):
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.
2.) Install the repository key by running command:
(Optional) After successfully installed Wine 5.17, you may remove the PPAs by launching Software & Updates utility and navigating to Other Software tab.
