Darktable, the popular raw image processing software, released new 4.8.1 version few days ago. This is the first minor release for the current 4.8 release series, which contains only bug-fixes. The release fixed the issue that export without high quality sampling but with up-scaling activated, crash when using the -d imageio option, and image jump ..read more

Want to chat with AI models locally without internet connection? Here’s a simple app can do the job in Linux Desktop! It’s Alpaca, a free open-source application written in Python programming language. It uses Ollama as backend to manage and chat with multiple AI models, without needing any API keys. By using GTK4 plus Adwaita ..read more

Linux Mint, the popular Linux Distribution for desktop PC and laptops, finally rolls out the new 22 major release images. Linux Mint 22, code-name “Wilma”, is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It features Kernel 6.8, Cinnamon Desktop 6.2, and supports until 2029. The stable release .iso images were rolled out few days ago on July 21 through the Linux Mint Community page. Most download mirrors have include the new .iso images in their websites. If everything’s going well, the official website should update the download link and announce the release very soon. What’s New in Linux Mint 22 Thanks to th ..read more

Looking for a system monitor, task manager, and service manager app for your Linux Desktop? Try Mission Center! It’s a free open-source application written in Rust programming language, and uses GTK4 + LibAdwaita for its modern user interface that’s well integrated into Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and other Linux with GNOME Desktop. With it, you have a Windows Task Manager look like interface that can monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage with graphs. Mission Center As you can see in the screenshot above, the app has a left side-bar that displays the basic system resource us ..read more

Wallpaper Contest for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10, Oracular Oriole, is open, accept artwork for the 20th anniversary! Like the last wallpaper contest, the artwork submissions are separated into 4 categories. Each category will have 2 winners, and finally 8 mixed images will be included in the Ubuntu 24.10 disc image as optional wallpapers. With Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu is reaching the 20th anniversary. So, this time the contest includes a category that’s specially for the two decade anniversary of Ubuntu. While 3 others are Mascot Theme, Digital / Abstract, and Photography. image by romactu1 ..read more

This simple tutorial shows how to use your Android or iOS Phone as remote input (e.g, touchpad, send command) for Ubuntu and other Linux Desktop. KDE community has an popular free open-source software project called KDE Connect. It enables ability to communicate between your computer (Linux, macOS, and Windows) and mobile devices (Android and iOS) in local network. With it, you can send photos, videos, and files between paired devices, share clipboard, and do remote actions such as: Send remote commands, such as log out, power-off, restart, and custom commands. Use your phone as touchpad for ..read more

Blender, the popular free open-source 3D animation software, announced new 4.2 release few days ago this Tuesday! Blender 4.2 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release with 2 years support for critical fixes. It introduced new EEVEE render engine, which is completely rewritten from scratch. The new engine features screen space global illumination, real displacement, better Subsurface Scattering, much more stable Dithered volumetrics result while navigating the scene, motion blur in 3D viewport, as well as: Virtual Shadow maps, unlimited BSDFs and unlimited number of lights, New Transparent Shadow ..read more

Audacity audio editor announced new major 3.6.0 release few days ago. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. The new release features new Master Effects. By clicking “Effects” button in app window, it will now show you Realtime Effects and Master Effects options for choice. While, the new Master Effects allows to apply effects to the entire project at once. Audacity 3.6.0 also introduced new compressor and limiter effects. Both of which offer a wide range of use cases through the “Factory Presets” menu. The new release also updated the default themes. The new l ..read more

GNOME 47, the next release of the popular Linux Desktop environment, is in alpha stage now! GNOME 47, which is scheduled to be released on Sep 14, 2024, will be the default desktop for next Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora Workstation 41 if everything goes well. The first alpha development released was out a few days ago. Which, introduced accent color support! Ubuntu since 22.04 already has the feature out-of-the-box. Under “Appearance” settings page, there are some big dots with different colors under “Style” section. They are called accent colors. Choose one from there will apply the color to all t ..read more

Linux Kernel 6.10 was finally released a day ago on this Sunday. Linus Torvalds announced on this page: “So the final week was perhaps not quote as quiet as the preceding ones, which I don’t love – but it also wasn’t noisy enough to warrant an extra rc. And much of the noise this last week was bcachefs again (with netfs a close second), so it was all pretty compartmentalized. In fact, about a third of the patch for the last week was filesystem-related (there were also some btrfs latency fixes and other noise), which is unusual, but none of it looks particularly scary.” For Intel/AMD, the ne ..read more