{"id":45958,"date":"2024-03-27T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45958"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:22:43","slug":"stellarium-24-1-low-graphics-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/stellarium-24-1-low-graphics-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Planetarium App Stellarium 24.1 Adds Low Graphics Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-38180\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stellarium, the free planetarium app, release version 24.1 a day ago.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The software released version 24.1 this Tuesday that features <b>low-graphics mode<\/b> support, which can be useful for users running into low FPS, freezing,\u00a0 or lagging issues. User can enable this feature either by passing <code>--low-graphics<\/code> or <code>-L<\/code> option when starting it from command line, or by adding the option in the corresponding <code>.desktop<\/code> file for Linux.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45959\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help-700x475.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help-700x475.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-help.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/stellarium.org\/release\/2024\/03\/26\/stellarium-24.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stellarium 24.1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix missing stars when compared to the DSS colored display.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to following the current position in Search Tool\/Position<\/li>\n<li>Ability to set a sub-arcminute lower limit for angular size<\/li>\n<li>Add note on Ephemeris table<\/li>\n<li>Add special case for SIMBAD\/NCP in Search Tool<\/li>\n<li>Add ability to toggle visibility HIPS surveys via scripting engine<\/li>\n<li>Add ability to use comma as decimal separator in Remote Control plugin<\/li>\n<li>Lithuanian translation<\/li>\n<li>Add distance and heliocentric distance info for Solar system objects into scripting engine<\/li>\n<li>Add major axis, minor axis and orientation angle info for DSO into scripting engine and Remote Control plugin<\/li>\n<li>Add code to automatic updating the TLE sources from Celestrack website<\/li>\n<li>Add a tabular view for distances of Solar system objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38182\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy-600x337.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy-600x337.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/stellarium-jammy.webp 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Stellarium 24.1<\/h3>\n<p>Stellarium provides the official packages for all supported platforms via the links in the header of <a href=\"https:\/\/stellarium.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu, users can easily install the Snap package from Ubuntu Software or App Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45960\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241-700x392.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241-700x392.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellarium-snap241.webp 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~stellarium\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stellarium-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official PPA<\/a> contains the packages for Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 22.04. To add the PPA, and install .deb package from it, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium\/stellarium-releases<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt install stellarium<\/pre>\n<p>For choice, there&#8217;s also non-install AppImage (see the website link above), and <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.stellarium.Stellarium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> runs in sandbox and works in most Linux.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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