PyCharm python IDE 2018.2 was released yesterday. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04. PyCharm 2018.2 release highlights: Fully supports pipenv: easily create projects with pipenv, create a pipfile, and have PyCharm update it for you when you install packages. Improved support for …
Sigil epub ebook editor 0.9.10 was released earlier today with new features and various bug-fixes. According to the changelog.txt, Sigil 0.9.10 adds following new features: allow plugins to supply their own icon (plugin.png 48×48) for use on the Quick Launch Toolbar icons extend plugin interface to …
Microsoft PowerShell Core now can be easily installed in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04 via Snap package. PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. It was announced on MSDN blogs: “The goal of PowerShell …
How to get device name of USB device on Ubuntu? Command to list USB devices in Ubuntu or on Linux, find USB Device name. This post describes how to find the /dev name of my USB device. By default, when a storage devices is plugged into …
Looking for how to create desktop slideshow in Ubuntu 18.04? Here I’ll show you some best wallpaper changing software for Ubuntu Linux. 1. Shotwell For just the basic automatic wallpaper changing feature, you don’t need to install any software. Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, …
Install Krita on Linux Ubuntu using Appimage or Krita Lime PPA. Krita is an open source painting program for Linux Systems. Krita 4.0.4 is the last stable release and the release contains several bug fixes and improvements: Krita 4.0.4 Krita team releases Krita 4.0.4, a bug …
This quick tutorial is going to show you how to change the transparency level of the Gnome 3 desktop top panel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, though It’s easy to configure top panel transparency via a Gnome Shell extension called Dynamic Top Bar. With the extension, you …
When you want to find or install a Snap app you’re supposed to head to Ubuntu Software, which is part of the default Ubuntu desktop. But if I’m being honest Ubuntu Software sucks. It’s slow. The layout isn’t great for discovery. And Ubuntu’s instance on listing …
Install Wine 3.6 on Ubuntu Linux via Terminal commands. The Wine development release 3.6 is now available for users. It brings support for PNG format icons, support for 1D textures with more infrastructure for high DPI support and OLE data cache improvements. Apart from these changes, …
This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest Pidgin internet messenger 2.13.0 in Ubuntu 18.04. Pidgin 2.13.0 was released a few months ago with better support for dark themes and various bug-fixes. While Ubuntu 18.04 ships with an old version in its main repository, you …
RedNotebook is a free cross-platform desktop diary and journal software written with Python and GTK+3. It lets you format, tag and search your entries. You can also add pictures, links and customizable templates, spell check your notes, and export to plain text, HTML, Latex or PDF. …
This quick tutorial shows you how to install the latest GNU Octave in Ubuntu 18.04 (or Ubuntu 16.04), while the Ubuntu repositories only provide an old version. Since there’s no stable PPA contains the latest Octave packages, Flatpak package is the easiest way to get the …
This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install the latest version of Remmina remote desktop client in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04. Remmina is the default GTK+ remote desktop client shipped with Ubuntu desktop. It currently supports RDP, VNC, SPICE, NX, XDMCP, SSH and …
Full featured LaTeX editor TeXstudio 2.12.10 was released silently today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04, and/or Ubuntu 14.04. No release note, no changelog. I can only find following words about TeXstudio 2.12.10: bug fixes fix structure view with Qt …
Eclipse 4.8 Photon was released a week ago. You can now install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04 easily via snap package. Eclipse Photon release highlights: Full Eclipse IDE user experience for building, debugging, running and packaging Rust applications. Expanded C# editing and debug …
Upgrade and install Linux Kernel 4.18-rc3 on Ubuntu Systems. Linux 4.18-rc3 Kernel is released with Linux Kernel 4.18-rc3 was announced by Linus Torvalds. He writes: I’m back at home, over jetlag, and back to the usual “Sunday afternoon” release schedule. So there it is, in all …
Recently I was trying to install an application using the apt command on Ubuntu when I encountered the following error: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? In …
Problem mounting exFAT disk on Ubuntu The other day, I tried to use an external USB key formatted in exFAT format that contained a file of around 10 GB in size. As soon as I plugged the USB key, my Ubuntu 16.04 throw an error …
The launcher at the left hand side in Ubuntu is a handy tool for quickly accessing applications. When you click on an icon in the launcher, the application window appears in focus. If you click again on the icon of an application already in focus, …
