Productive Summer Planned for Pitivi Video Editor
Any list of Linux video editors would be incomplete if it didn’t include Pitivi. I have a real soft spot for this oft-overlooked GTK & GStreamer based non-linear video editor. It’s inherently stable, has a clean, ordered UI, and diligently focuses on ensuring the ‘basics’ of video editing (cutting, arranging, simple effects, simple transitions, etc) are catered for. As it’s GTK-based means Pitivi looks right at home on GNOME-based desktops. But soon it will look even nicer as a GTK4 port of Pitivi is getting underway as part of this year’s Google Summer of Code. Under the guidance of GNOME 
#Dev #News #Gnome #Gsoc #GtkApps #Pitivi
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/pitivi-video-editor-gtk4-port-gsoc
Linux Kernel 5.18 Released, This is What’s New
Ahoy, a brand new Linux kernel release is now available to download. Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, announced the release of Linux 5.18 in a short email to the Linux Kernel Mailing List, writing: “No unexpected nasty surprises this last week, so here we go with the 5.18 release right on schedule”. So what’s new? Among the headline changes is the (somewhat) controversial inclusion of Intel Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) driver to the mainline kernel. This driver (to cut a long story short) restricts access to certain processor features if a certificate from Intel isn’t present. Some fear SDSi will
#News #LinuxKernel
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/new-linux-5-18-kernel-features
Ubuntu 22.10 Makes PipeWire Default
PipeWire is the default audio server in Ubuntu 22.10. The latest daily builds of the development release (which is codenamed ‘Kinetic Kudu’) ship with Pipewire in place of Pulseaudio out of the box, no workarounds required. The last time Ubuntu made made a major change to its audio stack was (fittingly) in the last ‘K’-named release, Ubuntu 9.10 ‘Karmic Koala’. Ubuntu trails its distro rivals in adopting this next-gen sound server tech. The roots of PipeWire go back to 2015. The tech was initially conceived as a “PulseAudio for video”, but was later expanded to include audio streams. Fedora adopted
#Dev #News #KineticKudu #Pipewire #Pulseaudio #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/ubuntu-22-10-makes-pipewire-default
HP Team Up With System76 for New Linux Laptop
HP is launching a Linux laptop pre-loaded with Pop!_OS, the Ubuntu-based distro created by System76. The collaboration, which was quietly revealed by System76 CEO Carl Richell on Twitter, is a pretty major one. It is the first time System76 has partnered with another computer company to ship their OS. It’s also the first time (to my knowledge) that a HP Linux laptop will ship with something other than vanilla Ubuntu. Specs for the 14-inch HP Dev One seem pretty sweet, too. HP Dev One: Specs & Price A landing page for the device — this has a ‘sign up to
#Hardware #News #Hp #LinuxLaptops #PopOs #System76
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/hp-dev-one-laptop-pop-os
Canonical is Recruiting Devs for ‘Ubuntu Gaming’ Team
Anyone remember Ubuntu Gamer? It was a spin-off blog we launched way before Steam for Linux was a thing. Oops! But hey, here's something related…
#Community #News #Canonical #Gaming
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/canonical-hiring-gaming-engineer-for-ubuntu
Inkscape 1.2 is Now Available to Download
A major update to open source drawing app Inkscape is now available to download for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Inkscape 1.2 is packed with a variety of new features that designers, artists, and other illustrative innovators are sure to love. Plus, this update features a swathe of stability improvements, performance enhancements, and bug fixes. For many the headline addition in Inkscape 1.2 is support for multiple page documents. A long-standing request from the client’s enthusiastic fanbase, it’s now possible to create standard or custom-size pages within the same document. There’s a brand-new page tool to make managing these multi-doc docs easy.
#Apps #News #Graphicsapps #Inkscape
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/inkscape-1-2-is-now-available-to-download
Scrivano is a New App to Take Handwritten Notes on Linux
If I asked you to name a handwritten note-taking app for Linux chases are you’d namecheck Xournal++. It’s arguably the best one out there as it’s open source, well featured, and a real best-in-class application. But there’s always room for more. Scrivano is a relatively new hand-written note taking app for Linux (and Windows) that could prove itself handy for anyone looking to jot down hand-written notes, draw simple charts and diagrams, mark-up images, and other similarly nimble tasks. The app features four different paper backgrounds: Plain, Lined, Grid, or Dotted. The space between the lines/dots/grid spaces are all configurable
#Apps #HandwrittenNotes #NoteTakingApps #Xournal
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/scrivano-note-handwritten-notes-app-linux
ONLYOFFICE 7.1 is Out With New PDF Viewer, Slideshow Animations + More
Fans of open source office software are in for a treat as a brand new version of ONLYOFFICE is now available to download featuring various improvements.
#Apps #News #Office&ProductivityApps #Onlyoffice
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-7-1-released
We’re Off — Ubuntu 22.10 Daily Builds Available to Download
Download the latest Ubuntu 22.10 daily build to help test the next version of Ubuntu as 'Kinetic Kudu' development kicks into gear and new features added.
#News #DailyBuilds #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/were-off-ubuntu-22-10-daily-builds-available-to-download
NVIDIA Unexpectedly Announces Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
Anyone heading to hell this evening may want to pack some warmer clothes: NVIDIA is finally embracing open source whole-heartedly. In a shock post, NVIDIA announced the immediate release of open source GPU kernel modules for a crop of its current hardware. The move is the first step in a broader open source push by company aimed at “improving the experience of using NVIDIA GPUs in Linux”. And about time too, right? NVIDIA add that Canonical, backers of Ubuntu, plan to ‘package the open kernel modules’ for use in the recent Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release in short order, with other
#Hardware #News #GraphicsDrivers #Nvidia
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/nvidia-unexpectedly-announces-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules
Ubuntu Preview on WSL Brings Ubuntu Daily Builds to Windows
It's now much easier to try Ubuntu daily builds on Windows 10 and 11 using the Ubuntu Preview on WSL app recently added to the Microsoft Store.
#Dev #News #Canonical #Microsoft #Windows #Wsl #Wsl2
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/ubuntu-preview-on-wsl-brings-daily-builds-to-windows-desktops
How to Disable UI Animations in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
For a quick and effective way to make Ubuntu feel instantly faster you can disable UI animations. In fact, turning animations off in Ubuntu is a guaranteed way to get the best performance from the system on older and lower spec’d computers. Many desktop effects, while pretty, require beefier system resources to run. Desktop animations in Ubuntu —heck, any major end-user OS serve a purpose. They can often be over the top but they’re not entirely pointless. They help make the desktop feel more fluid and graceful in use. But this can come at a cost: speed — though more
#HowTo #Gnome42 #Ubuntu22_04Lts #UbuntuBasics
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/disable-animations-in-ubuntu-22-04
KDE Connect is Now Available for iPhone & iPad
An official KDE Connect mobile client is now available on the Apple App Store. The addition of this official iOS app means folks with an iPhone and/or iPad can benefit from a deeper set of integration between their mobile devices and their Linux desktop. Features of KDE Connect for iPhone include: Shared clipboard Share files and URLs to your computer from any app. Virtual touchpad Remote presentation remote Run commands on your computer from your phone Sadly the KDE Connect iOS app doesn’t offer 1:1 feature parity with the Android client I’ve used in the past. This is (as you’ve
#Download #News #Apple #Gsconnect #Iphone #KdeConnect #Qt
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/kde-connect-iphone-app-available
Neat: ‘deb-get’ is like apt-get, but for 3rd Party Ubuntu Apps
Most of us are intimately familiar with how great apt is for installing software on Ubuntu using the command line. But chances are there are apps you wish you could apt install, but you can’t. Google Chrome is my main one (hey, I like it, let me be). Every time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu or a derivative Pop!_OS or Linux Mint, I have to go out of my way to go get it. Now, it’s easy to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu: go to the Chrome website, download the latest .deb installer, then sudo dpkg -i install
#Apps #Download #MartinWimpress
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/use-deb-get-to-install-popular-linux-apps-on-ubuntu
Firefox 100 is Now Available to Download 🥳
Mozilla Firefox 100 is available to download. The new release includes new site theme options, subtitles in picture-in-picture mode, and Linux bug fixes.
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox #Mozilla
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/firefox-100-available-to-download
Open Source Video Editor Kdenlive Gains 10-Bit Color Support
If you’re feeling creative this week be sure to check out the latest release of open source video editor Kdenlive. Kdenlive’s development team has announced the release of Kdenlive 22.04. This is a major update that carries more than 300 commits. While its devs say this release is ‘mostly focused on stability and polishing’ there are a couple of new features you’ll want to know about. The biggest ‘new’ feature in Kdenlive 22.04 is support for full range 10-bit colour. This is a pretty huge advancement that will definitely help the non-linear editor find favour with indie filmmakers. The drawback
#News #Kdenlive #QtApps #VideoEditors
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/open-source-video-editor-kdenlive-gains-10-bit-color-support
Rhythmbox 3.4.5 Improves Its Support for Podcasts
Rhythmbox 3.4.5 is available to download. It includes big improvements to podcast downloading, playback, and management plus a raft of smaller tweaks.
#News #MusicPlayers #Podcasts #Rhythmbox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/rhythmbox-improves-podcast-plugin
Steam is Now on the Snap Store — And You Can Help Test It
A Steam Snap app is now available for testing. Following an announcement at LAS Canonical says it’s “going all in” to improve the Linux gaming on Ubuntu. As part of that effort they want to simplify and smooth out the bumps currently involved in getting a gaming setup set up on Ubuntu. Canonical says it’s ‘going all in’ to improve gaming on Ubuntu And top of their list is bringing Steam to the Snap Store. The new Steam Snap app is packaged by Canonical and not Valve (no word on whether Valve is interested in officially supporting it if it’s
#Gaming #News #SnapStore #Snaps #SteamForLinux
Pine64 Prepping a Pair of Wireless Ear Buds Powered by Open Source
Could Pine64 emerge as an open source analog to Samsung? With the announcement of yet-another piece of hardware, it seems so! A pair of high-end in-ear wireless headphones called PineBuds are on the horizon. These includes features most would expect in 2022, like ambient and environment noise cancellation, and a lengthy battery life. The earbuds will also be end-user flashable, opening up a world of possible uses. But first things first: as with other products produced by Pine64 the story starts with developers. “The approach we’ll be taking is similar to how we handled the PineTime and the Pinecil.
#Hardware #News #Pine64
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/pine64-open-source-pinebuds-wireless-ear-buds
Ubuntu 22.10 ‘Kinetic Kudu’ is Open for Development
And we’re off — development is now open for Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu”. “We’re pleased to announce that kinetic is now open for development. auto-sync has been enabled and will run soon”, writes Ubuntu’s Brian Murray in his starting-pistol post to Ubuntu’s main development mailing list. “As usual, we expect a large influx of builds and autopkgtests in this initial period, which will cause delays. Please help fixing any breakage that occurs,” he adds, somewhat ominously! Art this stage in development there isn’t much “new” stuff to mention, much less see. But if you’re into bug hunting then honestly: this
#Dev #News #KineticKudu #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/ubuntu-22-10-development-opens
