Audacity audio editor released version 3.3.3 a day ago. The new release fixed the Filter Curve EQ and Graphic EQ scaling when resizing the dialog. Previously, resizing it only cause large blank area while leaving EQ unchanged. The release also fixed audio.com upload flow. It added track title field which is required for upload, and audio.com link is opened immediately upon upload. However, anonymous uploads that was disabled in the last release is still NOT allowed. How to Install Audacity 3.3.3 in Ubuntu Linux Option 1: AppImage Audacity offers official AppImage package available to downlo ..read more

The KeePass password manager released version 2.54 few days ago. Here are the new features and PPA repository for all current Ubuntu releases. KeePass 2.54 now uses the enforced configuration file for the triggers, global URL overrides, password generator profiles and a few more settings. See more about enforced configuration. As well, there’s now new ‘Enforced Options’ dialog for storing certain options in the enforced configuration file. User can open it by going to menu 'Tools' -> 'Advanced Tools' -> 'Enforce Options'. The ‘Print’ and ‘Export’ command in most report dialogs now requ ..read more

The free and open-source DJ mixing software, Mixxx, announced the beta version of the next major 2.4 release series a few days ago! The new Mixxx 2.4 added support for saving loops as hotcues, and native Apple Silicon support for better performance on M1, M2, etc., devices. The release also features explicit sync leader support, new controller mapping scripting engine (ES2016 support), new “all-shaders” scrolling waveforms for much better UI performance, new Quick Effect selector and effect chain buttons. Other changes include: background color for quick cover art preview cover art fetcher t ..read more

The Bluefish text editor just got a new bug-fix release today! It’s Bluefish 2.2.14, that fixed crashes when deleting backup files on close, when closing some of the dialogs in flatpak app, and when the CSS language file was loaded on a 32-bit system. Furthermore, the release fixed zencoding functionality with python3, added option to store the scope of the search dialog to the session or project which was removed in 2.2.12 release. Also, it improves the speed of the bookmarks code. Bluefish 2.2.14 How to Install Bluefish in Ubuntu Bluefish is available in Ubuntu repository, but always old ..read more

For Ubuntu 23.04, Fedora 38 and other Linux with GNOME 44, there’s now an extension allows to change display name of audio output devices from the top-right aggregation menu (aka Quick Settings). By default,  the speakers and headphones in the sound output sub-menu is a bit too explicit, that are not very clear to understand. To make the menu easy to read, you may rename them to just “headphones”, “built-in speaker”, or whatever that you want. 1. To install the extension, first open Ubuntu Software, search and install “Extension Manager”: Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu 22.04+ 2 ..read more

Want to let “Open in Terminal” context (right-click) menu option work for another terminal emulator? Here’s an extension to do the similar job for Nautilus. When right-clicking on either a folder or blank area in file manager, there’s an “Open in Terminal” menu option to launch system default terminal with that folder as working directory. The option in Ubuntu so far is provided by the built-in gnome-terminal package. Meaning no way to use the option for another terminal emulator. However, there’s an extension can add similar option to open terminal from in-side folder. And not only for Gnome ..read more

This simple tutorial shows how to install brave browser via the new apt source policy in Ubuntu 23.04 & 22.04. Due to security issue, Debian changed its policy for adding apt sources. Ubuntu is changing the rules too. Since Ubuntu 22.04, it uses more secure key files with digital signature for system repositories and PPAs. In Ubuntu 23.10 (in development at the moment),  it now uses deb822 .sources file instead of the previous .list file for third-party repositories. And, the new source files include ‘Signed-by’ section to specify the key file. Step 1: Install curl command line down ..read more

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For developers who want to prepare their project for the latest Python releases, here’s how to install Python 3.12 in all current Ubuntu releases. Python 3.12 now is in Beta development stage. It features more flexible f-string parsing, new type annotation syntax for generic classes, support for the Linux perf profiler, and many performance improvements, but removed the distutils package and wstr from Unicode. See more about Python 3.12. How to Install Python 3.12 Python is easy to install in Ubuntu by either using the popular Deadsnakes PPA or building from the source. Choose either one that ..read more

RedHat announced the release of Podman Desktop 1.0 general availability (GA) on Tuesday. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases. Podman Desktop is a container management tool.  It provides a simple and user friendly user interface to easily create, manage, and deploy Podman, Docker, Lima, Openshift Local, Kind, etc containers and complex container configurations all in one place. The app provides out-of-the-box Kubernetes environment based on Kind, allowing to create a multi-node Kubernetes cluster on local machine, and test applications without having to install and co ..read more