Qt App Update Roundup: Calligra, Haruna, and Kdenlive
A number of Qt-based apps popular with Linux users, not just those running KDE Plasma, recently received updates. Rather than pumping out a post for each, I figured I’d collate them in a single post and save you some time. Plus, they all kind of link: write a video script in Calligra, edit video in Kdenlive, then watch it back in Haruna. Also, if you’re a fan (or even a developer) of Qt or KDE software, do let me know about any new features or updates using the tip form. I’m often asked why I didn’t cover the new release 
#News #AppUpdates #Kde #QtApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/qt-app-roundup-calligra-haruna-kdenlive
Microsoft Hands Mono Over to the Wine Project
Microsoft has handed over Mono, the open-source .NET framework, to the WineHQ project — a move that’s surprising if only as a reminder that Mono exists than anything else. An announcement was posted on the official Mono website earlier, with Microsoft calling the project “a trailblazer for the .NET platform across many operating systems [which] helped make cross-platform .NET a reality and enabled .NET in many new places”. The Wine project is now in charge of the Mono project, and new source repos already online. Microsoft plans to keep the existing repos online (some archived) and says binaries will be available
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/microsoft-mono-project-to-wine
Check Laptop Battery Health in Ubuntu from CLI
Want to check your battery health in Ubuntu from the command-line, no need to install anything extra? If you use Ubuntu on a laptop you likely keep an eye on your battery level from the top bar (enabling battery percentage in the top bar is something I always do after a fresh install), and jump to the Settings > Power panel when a lick more detail is needed. But while that’s great for finding out what your current battery level is, it doesn’t tell you anything about the health of your battery. For that, Ubuntu includes the ‘Power Statistics’ utility.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/check-laptop-battery-health-ubuntu-command-line
This $149 RISC-V Tablet Runs Ubuntu 24.04
DeepComputing has unveiled an new version of its DC-ROMA RISC-V tablet — and this one runs Ubuntu! The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II boasts a 10.1 inch (1920×1200) IPS 10-point touch display, and is powered by the same SpacemiT K1 SoC found in their RISC-V Ubuntu laptop (which launched with a confused set of pricing tiers and availability). That chip comprises eight 64-bit RISC-V cores running up to 2.0 GHz, plus the RVA 22 Profile and 256-bit RVV 1.0 standard to provide “powerful AI capabilities”, and an Imagine Technologies BXE-2-2 GPU, a baseline 800 MHz effort. Memory wise, the base model offers 4GB LPDDR4 RAM.
#Hardware #News #LinuxTablets #Risc-V
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/dc-doma-pad-ii-risc-v-tablet-runs-ubuntu
Ubuntu Pausing SRU Kernel Updates During September
Canonical has announced it will not be shipping stable release kernel updates during September. Critical security and bug fixes will, naturally, be packaged up and pushed out to users, but any routine rollup releases that pop-out between the start of September and the beginning of October will… not. In an e-mail to the Ubuntu kernel team mailing list Canonical’s Roxana Nicolescu explains that the temporary pause is due to a “critical infrastructure change”, writing: This adjustment will allow us to focus on ensuring a smooth and stable transition. Our next SRU cycle will start when the infrastructure is back online. The
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-pausing-sru-kernel-updates-during-september
LibreOffice 24.8 Released, This is What’s New
A new version of the popular open-source office suite LibreOffice has been released. LibreOffice 24.8 builds on the improvements shipped in the LibreOffice 24.2 release earlier this year. That release updated the versioning scheme to a data-based format, which this one follows. The ’24’ denotes ‘2024’, and ‘8’ the month, August. Under the hood, LibreOffice 24.8 rolls up 6 months worth of developments: 5591 commits from 171 developer, 115 of whom are volunteers. These range from bug fixes and security tweaks to UI changes, new features, and ever-important enhancements to interoperability. That’s not all, either as LibreOffice 24.8 is the
#News #AppUpdates #Libreoffice
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/libreoffice-24-8-released-this-is-whats-new
CrowView Note: A Laptop that isn’t a Laptop, Yet is Way More Useful
Ever wished you could use your Raspberry Pi 5, Android smartphone, or mini PC as a laptop? Using the CrowView Note, which launched on Kickstarter last week, you can. From a cursory glance Elecrow’s CrowView Note looks like a regular laptop. It has a 14.1-inch screen, a full-size keyboard, a roomy touchpad, and USB and HDMI ports along the sides (and though you can’t see it, it has a built-in battery too). CrowView Note is an affordable portable monitor with a novel form factor – and as a Pi owner, I dig it But it’s not a laptop. There’s no
#Hardware #News #LinuxLaptops #RaspberryPi
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/crowview-note-make-raspberry-pi-laptop
A Newer, Cheaper Raspberry Pi 5 is Available
Launched less than a year ago, the Raspberry Pi 5 has proven widely popular with single-board computing fans and Linux ARM enthusiasts thanks to its increased performance, memory, and PCIe bus for expansion. But until now the Raspberry Pi 5 has only been available in two variants: a $60 model with 4 GB RAM, and a $80 model with 8 GB RAM. Ample memory for resource-intensive workloads (like running a full Ubuntu desktop), but not everyone needs or wants that much memory, at the increased cost, for simpler projects. Which is why the Raspberry Pi has introduced a new $50
#Hardware #News #RaspberryPi #SingleBoardComputers
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/newer-cheaper-raspberry-pi-5-2gb-ram
Sync Your Gravatar to User Account in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Do you like the idea of using the same profile picture for your Ubuntu user account as you use on Gravatar? If so, there’s a GNOME Shell extension that syncs your Gravatar profile picture to your GNOME Shell user account. It currently only supports GNOME 46, so if you’re using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS you can try it out. Not familiar with Gravatar? Gravatar is a cross-platform avatar service owned by Automattic, makers of WordPress (but WordPress isn’t required to use it). You sign up with an e-mail address, set a profile image, and supported websites and apps where you use
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/sync-gravatar-gnome-shell-user-account
Mozilla’s New Logo Brings Back the Classic Dino Mascot (Kinda)
A new Mozilla logo appears to be on the way, marking the company’s first major update to its work mark since 2017. And that logo, which incorporates the internet protocol “://”, has grown to become rather synonymous with the company (albeit not as iconic as the red dragon). Now, Mozilla’s new logo is not yet confirmed. But German blogger Sören Hentzschel, an avid watcher of all things Mozilla, recently noticed that a different Mozilla word-mark accompanying the (unchanged) Firefox logo on Mozilla’s ‘Nothing Personal’ webpage: Some digging uncovered a number of recent code commits readying and referencing a refreshed word-mark
#News #Design #Mozilla
How to Install Thunderbird DEB on Ubuntu 24.04 (Not Snap)
Do you want to try the latest Thunderbird 128 release but don’t want to use the snap package available in Ubuntu? Your first thought might be to run sudo apt install thunderbird to install the DEB version of Thunderbird from the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS repos. But like Firefox and Chromium, the Thunderbird DEB package in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is a transition package. When you install that package it installs the Thunderbird snap (and reinstalls snapd, if that has been removed). So in this guide I’m going to show you how to replace the Thunderbird snap with a DEB version from
#HowTo #Thunderbird
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/install-thunderbird-deb-not-snap-in-ubuntu-24-04
Ubuntu 24.10 Includes ‘Warty’ Anniversary Easter Eggs
Ubuntu 24.10 is released in October and will mark the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. So it’s only fitting that the release offer a few ‘easter eggs’ in honour if its past. And there’s nothing as retro-Ubuntu than the colour brown, right? In a nod to the first ever Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 4.10 ‘Warty Warthog’, Ubuntu 24.10 will include a ‘warty brown’ accent colour1 for users to tinge their systems with. Ubuntu 24.10 includes the GNOME 47 desktop, and among the new features in GNOME 47 is accent colour support. “Er, doesn’t Ubuntu already have that?”, you ask. Yes, it does
#News #Ubuntu24_10 #Warty
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-10-anniversary-easter-eggs
Proton VPN Browser Extensions Now Available for Free Plan Users
Proton, the company behind a suite of privacy-focused services, has made the Proton VPN Chrome and Firefox extensions available to those with a Proton Free plan. Prior to now, only users who subscribed to a paid Proton VPN tier were able to use its official web extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (plus other Chromium-based browsers). The change is big news. We’re excited to announce that Proton VPN’s browser extensions will now be available to everyone with a Proton Free plan. Now that they’re available for free, they make it easier for people worldwide to protect their privacy and
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/proton-vpn-browser-extensions-available-to-free-users
First Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Point Release Delayed By 2 Weeks
The first Ubuntu 24.04 point release won’t be released this week, as initially planned. Ubuntu developers had been aiming to release Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on Thursday, August 19th, but has been delayed due to ‘high-impact upgrade bugs’. As a result, Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is now due for release on Thursday, August 29th, two weeks later than initially planned. Those already using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS don’t need to be concerned since point releases are just ‘refreshed’ installer images that integrate all of the updates released to 24.04 LTS since its debut back in April. However, the first point-release in a new
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/first-ubuntu-24-04-lts-point-release-delayed
Thunderbird 130 Beta Includes a Tray Icon for Linux
The first Thunderbird 130 beta release is out, and when running it on Linux there’s a very obvious new feature: a tray icon! In the Thunderbird 130 beta release notes the ‘what’s new’ section lists “added Linux system tray icon”, and what’s mind-blowing about the addition is that it developers a feature request first filed on the Mozilla bug tracker a staggering 25 years ago! Tray icons are a bit old hat, but they remain useful on systems that don’t handle background apps in an intuitive or familiar manner. Thunderbird for Windows has a system tray icon/applet, but the e-mail
#News #AppUpdates #Beta #Thunderbird
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/thunderbird-beta-linux-tray-icon
Fastmail & Mailbox WebDAV/CalDav Fixes Coming to Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users experiencing issues setting up Fastmail and mailbox.org providers in GNOME Online Accounts to access cloud files, calendars, and/or contacts will be pleased to hear a fix is inbound. Both aforementioned services support WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV, making it easy for users to access their cloud files, calendar and contact information through others apps and services (like desktop and mobile apps). GNOME 46 features added a generic WebDAV provider to GNOME Online Accounts (GOA), making it possible for users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to sign into any WebDAV-supported service through (GOA) to allow desktop apps to fetch/read
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/ubuntu-24-04-fastmail-mailbox-webdav-fixes
Canonical Announce Major Ubuntu Kernel Change
Every been miffed when reading about a major new Ubuntu release only to learn it does not include the latest Linux kernel? Well, that’ll soon be a thing of the past. Canonical has announced a major change to its kernel selection process for future Ubuntu releases. An “aggressive kernel version commitment policy” pivot means it will now seek to ship the latest upstream kernel code at the time of a new Ubuntu release. Which is a huge change. It effectively means every new Ubuntu release (the ones that come out in October and April) will include the latest upstream Linux
#News #Development #LinuxKernel #Ubuntu #Ubuntu24_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/canonical-announce-major-ubuntu-kernel-change
3-in-1 Linux Convertible Laptop Unveiled by TUXEDO
TUXEDO Computers has unleashed their latest Linux laptop, the InfinityFlex 14 — as you might have guessed from the name, it flips and folds. The company touts their dextrous new device as ‘the first 3-in-1 Linux convertible’, with its 360-degree hinge1 allowing the touch-enabled 16:10 display to be flipped back into tablet mode and folded into ‘touch monitor’ mode for, er, watching movies I guess. TUXEDO InfinityFlex 14 supports active style via the Microsoft Pen Protocol 2.0. A pen isn’t not included with the device, so buyers need to add one during checkout. Bundling one in would make the InfinityFlex
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/3-in-1-infinityflex-14-linux-laptop-tuxedo
You Can Now Download Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha with COSMIC Desktop
You’ve heard about System76’s new COSMIC desktop environment, you’ve seen screenshots and and WIP video clips of it, but now it’s time to take it for a test flight. The first alpha release of the COMSIC desktop is out, and so is the Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha, which comes pre-loaded with COSMIC making it easy to download an ISO, flash it to a USB, booting it up, and trying COSMIC yourself. Pop!_OS 24.04 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the latest long-term support release of Ubuntu. And while this new version of Pop!_OS sits atop the same technical underpinnings as Ubuntu
#News #CosmicDe #DistroRelease #Pop!_Os
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/you-can-now-download-pop_os-24-04-alpha-with-cosmic-desktop
Firefox 129 Released with New Tab Wallpapers & Reader View Tweaks
Mozilla Firefox 129 is now available download, and comes with a couple of features customisation fans are sure to enjoy. It’s been 4 weeks since Firefox 128 dished out a unified cookie, cache n’ data clearing experience, the ability to translate portions of text on a web page, and introduced a new privacy-respecting ‘alternative to user tracking’ API. Does Firefox 129 improve on all of that? Of course it does — for more details, scroll on! Mozilla Firefox 129: What’s Changed? I’ll kick off with the most eye-catching new feature in Firefox 129: new tab wallpapers! I previewed this feature back in
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/firefox-129-released-adds-new-tab-wallpapers
