Tag: web

PHP finally released 8.2.0 release after 7 release candidates. Here are the new features and how to install guide for all current Ubuntu LTS. PHP 8.2.0 allows to mark a class as readonly, which will add the readonly modifier to every declared property, and prevent the creation of dynamic properties. Moreover, using the AllowDynamicProperties attribute… Continue reading PHP 8.2 Released, How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 via PPA

Remember Midori? The lightweight web browser that was default in Elementary OS and Bodhi Linux revived! Midori was a popular lightweight web browser used the WebKitGTK rendering engine and GTK UI toolkit. The development of the project was however discontinued more than 3 years ago. And, Ubuntu even removed it from system repository since Ubuntu… Continue reading The Lightweight Midori Browser Revived [official AppImage/Deb]

A new monthly release of Firefox web browser to be released soon! Users of Mozilla team PPA should already received the updates. Though it’s not officially announced at the moment of writing, user can however check what’s new in the release via the Github Releases page. And, here are the changes in Firefox 107 according… Continue reading Mozilla Firefox 107 Available to Install via Ubuntu PPA

Mozilla Firefox got a new monthly update recently, with minor new features, performance improvements and some bug-fixes. According to the release note, Firefox 104 adds one more video site, Disney+, for displaying subtitles in the pop-out videos (Picture-in-Picture). When the browser is minimized or occluded, and for background tabs, the UI will now be throttled… Continue reading Firefox 104 Released with Performance & Battery Optimization

The Chromium browser package (Snap version) in Ubuntu Software is missing VAAPI hardware decoding support. Ubuntu developer team is finally working on get the feature back! As you may know, Ubuntu now includes the chromium web browser in the system repository as Snap package that runs in sandbox. However, the package is missing the graphics… Continue reading Chromium Snap Package to Finally Get back VAAPI Hardware Decoding