News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games in Linux, macOS, and BSD, released new stable 11.0 version yesterday!
The new version finally fully supports the new WoW64 mode for running 32-bit Windows applications with 64-bit libraries on the host.
Firefox 147.0, the new monthly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download.
The new version is postponed by almost one week, but introduced many exciting new features.
Auto-CPUFreq, the CPU speed & power optimizer and power saving tool for Linux, released new 3.0.0 version yesterday.
The new version of this free open-source application added graphical and command line options to override the CPU turbo boost, and config file option to specify battery device manually.
Linux Mint 22.3, code-name Zena, is available to download after almost one month of beta testing.
The new version of this popular Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based distribution features Kernel 6.14, Cinnamon Desktop 6.6.4, redesigned start menu (aka application menu), and new tool to configure the boot menu.
Budgie, the independent free open-source desktop environment, released new 10.10 version today.
This is the final feature release in the 10.x series, as the dev team has formally put it into maintenance mode, and focus on the development of the next Budgie 11.
RustDesk, the free open-source alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk, released new 1.4.5 version today.
The new version of this Rust written remote desktop software introduced new relative mouse mode, which is useful for first-person shooting and 3D applications, e.g., AutoCAD.
Visual Studio Code 1.108, the December 2025 version of this free open-source code editor, was released yesterday.
The new version introduced experimental Agent Skills support, to customize the agent behavior for specialized tasks.
For users who prefer the classic Gnome Screenshot tool, there’s now an extension to make it work again in Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora Workstation 43, and other Linux distributions with GNOME 49.
Gnome Screenshot was the default tool to take screenshots in Gnome desktop environment since 2011. It’s also the default screenshot tool in Linux Mint 21/22 Cinnamon.
For users who are still using Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, the official support will end soon in the next week!
User may choose to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quakka with support until July 2026, then upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, or go back to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with standard support until 2029 and extended security maintenance until 2034.
For developers and those who need most recent or different but non-default Python versions, Ubuntu now has an “official” backport PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Ubuntu has Python pre-installed, but it won’t update the major version number. It has Python 3.10 for Ubuntu 20.04, Python 3.12 for Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 26.04 so far defaults to Python 3.13.
