News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Want an AI chatbot in Ubuntu Desktop? There’s now an extension can do the job by adding Gemini AI into GNOME Panel.
Gemini, formerly known as Bard, is an AI chatbot developed by Google. It’s initially released last year in 2023, and available in 239 countries for 46 languages. The AI chatbot is a proprietary software, but available in both free and paid versions.
If you want to try out the Gemini AI, then this is a step by step guide shows you how to do the trick in Ubuntu Desktop.
Flowblade video editor released new major 2.14 version few days ago with exciting new features!
Flowblade is a free open-source multi-track non-linear video editor for Linux, that features built-in G’Mic Tool, batch encoding, and GPU accelerated (Vaapi and NVENC) video encoding.
The new major 2.14 version was released last Friday. It features initial USB jog/shuttle support, so far with following 3 devices support:
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The popular Kodi media player (formerly XBMC) finally discontinued its official PPA for Ubuntu users.
Meaning that there’s no official Kodi .deb package any more. Users are recommended to use Flatpak package instead!
Ubuntu PPA is a popular way to host up-to-date versions of software packages in .deb package format. And, Wolfgang Schupp has been maintaining the Kodi Team PPA for many years for Ubuntu users. The last version stuck at Kodi 20.2, though there are still add-on updates now and then.
Now, the developer team officially announced the discontinuation of the PPA:
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This is a step by step guide shows how to install Blender app in Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop.
Blender is a popular free open-source 3D graphics software works in Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
Ubuntu includes the software package in system repository, but always old as you know. The upside is that it supports all platforms, including x86_64 (AMD/Intel), arm64 (e.g., Raspberry Pi), ppc64el (IBM Power platform), RISC-V 64, and s390x (IBM zSystems and LinuxONE).
For Ubuntu user on x86_64 (AMD/Intel) computers, the latest version can be installed through following packages:
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install (or uninstall) Flatpak App Package, including local .flatpakref file, in Ubuntu 24.04.
Flatpak is an universal package format that can be installed in most Linux with a sandbox environment. It’s a free open-source project developed by Flatpak Team, which has closer relationship to GNOME and Red Hat.
As a competitor, Ubuntu has its own universal Snap package runs in sandbox. Flatpak is NOT supported out-of-the-box in Ubuntu, but easy to enable!
This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install and use TeamViewer in Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop.
TeamViewer is a popular German remote desktop access and remote control software that works in Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS/iPadOS.
It’s a proprietary software that provides paid versions, as well as free license for personal use. For Linux, TeamViewer provides support for x86/x64, and arm64/armhf devices support. It’s a good choice for users who don’t know how to setup remote desktop sharing.
Remote Control Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop via TeamViewer
Fedora Linux announced the Beta release of the next version 40 one day ago on Tuesday!
Fedora is a popular free open-source Linux Distribution owned by Red Hat, which acts as an upstream release for CentOS Stream and RHEL. It features Iot, Cloud, Server, CoreOS, and Workstation defaults to GNOME (and other Desktops as spins).
Like Ubuntu, Fedora has 2 releases every year, but each has only about 13 months support! The next is Fedora 40, which now is in Beta stage!
Fedora 40 Workstation Beta
Blender, the popular free open-source 3D creation software, announced new 4.1 major release this Tuesday.
Blender 4.1 introduced new geometry nodes, including Index Switch, Musgrave, Split to Instance, Sort Elements, Rotate Rotation, Active Camera. It replaces mesh “Auto Smooth” option with a modifier node group asset, adds support for Blackbody shader node, new Manage panel in Geometry Nodes modifier.
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Stellarium, the free planetarium app, release version 24.1 a day ago.
Stellarium is a free open-source desktop app for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
The software released version 24.1 this Tuesday that features low-graphics mode support, which can be useful for users running into low FPS, freezing, or lagging issues. User can enable this feature either by passing --low-graphics or -L option when starting it from command line, or by adding the option in the corresponding .desktop file for Linux.
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GNU Emacs editor released new 29.3 as an emergency bug-fix release this Sunday.
The new release intended to fix several security vulnerabilities described below:
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