News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
For NVIDIA users, Ubuntu finally backported the latest NVIDIA 570 driver for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 24.10 desktop.
NVIDIA 570 is so far the latest production branch driver for Linux that was initially released in February.
The driver features variable refresh rate (VRR) support on multiple monitors, systemd suspend-then-hibernate sleep method, application profile to improve performance on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
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The 1.21.0 release of the popular free open-source RetroArch game emulator frontend is available to download!
The new RetroArch release introduced 2 new camera drivers to use. Previously, it uses V4L2 (Video for Linux 2) the kernel-level framework to interact with cameras. Now, user can choose to use ffmpeg multimedia framework with high-level functionalities, such as format conversion, filtering, and transcoding, or use pipewire for minimal latency.
Mozilla Firefox 138.0 is available to download today after 9 beta releases. Here are the new features in this monthly release.
The Firefox 138.0 announcement is not ready at the moment of writing, though the download link is out. According to the Github releases page, the new Firefox release enhanced profile management support.
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qBittorrent, the free open-source Qt-based BitTorrent client, announced new major 5.1.0 release on this Sunday.
The new release added a feature that was requested almost 9 years ago. It’s the ability to drag’n’drop items from torrent content widget into another applications, e.g., VLC for video playback.
Mixxx, the free open-source DJ software, released new 2.5.1 version one day ago.
Although this is a first minor update for the 2.5 branch, it includes new features such as mapping support for several new MIDI controllers. They include:
Installing Grub-Customizer in Ubuntu 25.04 from PPA will output “Depends: policykit-1 but it is not installable” issue. Here are quick workarounds until it’s fixed upstream.
As the name says, Grub-Customizer is a graphical application to configure the Grub boot-loader, such as set default boot entry, edit boot menu, and add kernel parameters.
Want to protect from accidentally invoking power-off commands, or prevent multi-user or public use computers from being shutdown or restart by non-admin users? This tutorial may help by either hiding the power-off menu or adding password request.
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Auto-CPUFreq, automatic CPU speed & power optimizer, released version 2.6.0 with some new features and many bug-fixes.
For those who don’t know about auto-cpufreq, it is a free open-source Linux app, which can monitor and automatically manage CPU speed according to battery state, CPU usage, temperature, and system load.
For Ubuntu 24.10 users who are going to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 25.04, the upgrade channel was temporarily suspended due to bugs!
Ubuntu 25.04, code-name Plucky Puffin, is the latest Ubuntu version that was officially released in last week! As Ubuntu 24.10 has only 3 months support, it’s usually recommended to upgrade to the newer Ubuntu 25.04.
UPDATE: All bugs have been fixed! And, the upgrade channel re-opened.
This time, however, it’s better to wait for a few days until the developer team fixed the issues!
Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, released new 1.6.4 version yesterday.
This is a maintenance release for current 1.6 stable release series. It features only some bug-fixes and few minor new features.
