News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Shortwave, the modern free open-source internet radio player, finally adds background playback support!
Shortwave is an internet audio player designed for GNOME Desktop, though it also works in most other Linux desktops and even Linux phones.
The app features a station database with over 50,000 stations, custom library, automatic recognition of songs, recording, and play audio on network devices (e.g. Google Chromecasts).
Scribus, the popular free open-source desktop publishing software, announced new 1.6.3 version on Wednesday!
This is a maintenance release that contains primarily bug-fixes, though there are also a few new features included in the release.
RetroArch, the popular free open-source front-end for emulators and game engines, released version 1.20.0 a few days ago.
The new release added illuminance sensor support for Linux users. Meaning you can play Boktai with real light, just as intended. While, it’s also working on sunlight and camera support.
This tutorial shows how to search and print which files contain your specified text or string in Ubuntu and other Linux in command line, with examples.
Search file or file content is an important skill for Linux administrator. I’ve shown how to use locate command to search files through the keyword in its file-name, path, and file type.
Here I’m going to show you how to search files if you know any text or string they contain.
Midori web browser announced new 11.5 release recently with some exciting new features.
Midori was a popular lightweight web browser that was default in elementary OS and Bodhi Linux. It’s now a free open-source Firefox derived browser developed by Astian Foundation, and licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL).
The browser released new 11.5 recently, changed its app icon from a green lizard to new flat design logo that IMO feels better.
A new monthly release of Mozilla Firefox web browser, version 134.0, is out today! Though, it’s not yet officially announced at the moment of writing.
According to the Mozilla Github releases page, the new Firefox release added support for touchpad hold gestures for Linux.
Meaning kinetic scrolling (aka momentum scrolling or inertia scrolling), the continuous scrolling after lifted fingers from touchpad, can be interrupted by placing two fingers on the touchpad.
Want to beatify your Steam app window in Ubuntu or other Linux. Here’s a free open-source project to do the job in GNOME.
It’s Adwaita for Steam, a skin to make Steam look more like a native GNOME app. With it, the title and tool bars will be merged into a compact GNOME Client-Side Decoration style header bar.
Along with rounded window corners extension, it will look just like a native app.
Steam with Adwaita skin
This is a step by step guide shows how to set the priority of certain packages, launchpad PPAs, and/or other apt repositories in Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and their based systems.
Besides using the default system repositories, we can also install additional packages from third-party or software’s own repositories.
For example, user may update LibreOffice office suite via the Ubuntu PPA, install Spotify, Google Chrome, Edge from their own repositories, or install tons of media apps from deb multimedia repository in Debian.
For Linux with GNOME, there’s now new configuration tool to tweak advanced settings in this desktop environment.
It’s Refine, a free open-source tool that uses GTK4 + LibAdwaita for a modern UI to tweak desktop settings in Fedora Workstation, Arch, Manjaro Linux, etc with vanilla GNOME Desktop.
NOTE: Ubuntu is marked as “Unsupported Environment”. Some settings MAY not work as intended. User needs to confirm “Accept the Risk and Continue” for using the app in Ubuntu. See this bug report for details.
Stunt Rally, free open-source rally style racing game, updated to version 3.3 a few days ago with new features.
Stunt Rally is a 3D racing game with Sci-Fi elements and own Track Editor. It features 232 tracks in 40 sceneries and 33 vehicles, allowing users to play either in single mode or multiplayer and split screen for up to 6 players.
