Impression (Linux Image Writer) Now Supports In-App ISO Downloads
Impression is a excellent image writing tool for Linux desktops, and with its latest release it’s become even more useful. How so? By making it easy to download ISO images for a selection of Linux distros directly within the app: You can still download an ISO from elsewhere and use Impression to flash it to a USB, SD card, etc – that’s not changed. But there is a wild connivence factor in being able to open this image writer and, much like the excellent Raspberry Pi Imager tool, pick an ISO to download directly. Other changes in the newest release 
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/impression-image-writer-for-linux-now-downloads-isos-too
GSConnect Now Supports GNOME 45 & Ubuntu 23.10
A new version of GSConnect, the GNOME Shell extension that integrates with KDE Connect, is available — and it supports GNOME 45. GSConnect bridges the gap between GNOME Shell and any Android device that has the KDE Connect app installed, allowing streamline file transfers, mirror notifications, send and receive SMS, access volume and media controls, and more. Now, there aren’t any new features or capabilities in GSConnect v56 but there are worthwhile improvements and finesse to the extension’s existing (and fairly extensive) feature set: You can see the official release notes for GSConnect v56 for more information. GSConnect is free
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/gsconnect-gnome-45-support
Open-Source System Cleaner BleachBit Sees First Release in 2 Years
BleachBit, the popular free system cleaner, has just released a major update — its first since 2021. For those unfamiliar with it, BleachBit is a free and open-source system cleaner available for Windows and Linux, written in Python and GTK. Like other apps of its type, BleachBit can help free space by removing cache, cookies, and other temporary files. It can also be used to securely delete files, wiping unallocated disk space, and ‘vacuum Firefox’s SQLite database’ to (potentially) improve performance. BleachBit 4.6.0 is the first major stable update to be released since BleachBit 4.4.2 in November 2021. It includes a number of
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/beachbit-4-6-0-system-cleaner-update
See Weather Conditions in Ubuntu’s Top Panel with this Extension
Keeping an eye on current weather conditions is something a lot of us do, and there are ample ways to get real-time weather information on the Ubuntu desktop. The GNOME Weather desktop app (available in the Ubuntu repos) is a great tool as not only can you open the app to see weather information for any location you want, but it integrates a 4-day weather forest in the notification shade (calendar applet? never sure what to call it). But if you want to be able to glance at the top panel of your Ubuntu desktop to see the current weather
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/weather-or-not-gnome-extension
Show Your Ubuntu Pride With This New T-Shirt
The French Ubuntu community is celebrating the release of Ubuntu 23.10 in style, with the launch of a brand new t-shirt. Available in a variety of sizes, the charcoal grey shirt carries a custom design featuring a minotaur (of course) in classic dress looking très mantic. An ancient-looking scroll bears the version number in Roman numerals near the neckline, and a similar scroll sits at the bottom to convey the codename. Ubuntu-fr has produced a tie-in tee for each Ubuntu release since 2020, each adorned with bespoke artwork riffing on the release codename. Since it’s no longer possible to buy
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Audacity 3.4 Released with Music Workflows, Time Stretch Tool
A brand new version of Audacity, the open-source audio workstation, has been released. Audacity 3.4 includes a number of new features and improvements, include new music workflows that will greatly enhance the editor’s appeal with musicians. One of the biggest new features in Audacity 3.4 is a new Beat and Beasures grid. This new view makes it easier to align clips to a project’s tempo and rhythm, with options to show subdivisions, and snap clips to the nearest beat. Also included is a new Time Stretch tool. This makes it a breeze to change the duration of an audio clip
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/audacity-3-4-audio-editor
How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’
Looking to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 from Ubuntu 23.04? Good news: you can! If you’re full up-to-date and you have an active internet connection you can upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ directly. There’s no need to download an ISO, flash it to a USB, wipe your existing install, etc. Ubuntu 23.04 won’t reach end-of-life until January, 2024 but anyone still using it after that date will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 to keep getting updates. So why wait? Upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10 is Easy To upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 you must meet all of the following requirements: Wondering if you
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-23-10
Papirus Icon Pack for Linux Gets Fresh Update
Papirus, the popular icon pack for Linux desktops, has received a new update for November 2023. The latest version adds icons for a slew of Linux software, including apps distributed on Flathub, as well as a redesigned icon for GNOME Console and a revamped animated spinner glyph. The following apps, games, and utilities pick up icons in Papirus v20231101: Flathub app coverage extends to include icons for: As mentioned, there’s a redesigned icon for GNOME Console (plus a new symbolic icon), and a revamped animated spinner glyph (this is often shown during loading actions in GNOME apps). Plus, Papirus boosts
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/papirus-icon-pack-november-2023
Ubuntu 24.04 Daily Builds Now Available for Download
Daily builds for Ubuntu 24.04 are now available for download. Development on Ubuntu 24.04 ‘Noble Numbat’, which will become the next long-term support (LTS) release upon its official release in April 2024, kicked off last week. There’s nothing “new” to see or hear about as of writing (Nov 1) but that will change in the coming weeks and months. What are Ubuntu Daily Builds? Ubuntu daily builds are pre-release versions of Ubuntu generated every day as a ‘snapshot’ of progress. They are intended for developers and testers who want to try out the latest features and changes in Ubuntu before
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/ubuntu-24-04-daily-builds-available
NVIDIA Linux Driver Now Supports Night Light Feature in GNOME
NVIDIA has released a new driver for Linux that adds support for the Night Light feature in GNOME. Night Light is a feature that reduces the amount of blue light emitted from your display, which can (studies show) help to improve sleep quality, and reduce eye fatigue. It’s available out-of-the-box in all Linux distributions which use GNOME (including Ubuntu), and accessed from the Settings app. The Linux x64 NVIDIA Display Driver 545.29.02 release notes mention various Wayland-related improvements (and much needed they are too, from what I hear) including support for virtual reality displays, support for running in XWayland, and a
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/gnome-night-light-nvidia-support
Decibels is a Linux Audio Player Designed for Non-Music Files
Want playback a lecture or meeting you recorded, transcribe an interview, or play a podcast episode without adding it your music library? Check out Decibels, an audio player for Linux written in Typescript and GTK4/libadwaita. While Decibels can play music files, it is not designed for that purpose. It is more of a non-music, multi-purpose audio player to play single files in, rather than managing a library of recordings, handling playlists, or showing you tags, metadata, album artwork, and other fluff. Some may ask, “Why not just use a regular music player?” and they would have a point. If you
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/decibels-audio-player-for-linux
Mozilla’s New Repo Brings Firefox Nightly Deb Builds to Ubuntu
Mozilla has announced a new apt repository to make it easier for users to install Firefox Nightly builds on Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distributions. The Deb packages in the new repository are said to offer ‘multiple benefits’ compared to Snap and Flatpak builds. First, the Deb packages are compiled with optimisation to improve performance. Second, the binary is “hardened” with all security flags enabled. Third, updates are delivered directly from source, which is faster than waiting for them to be packaged via other channels. For those unaware, Firefox Nightly builds are intended primarily for developers as they contain bleeding edge
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/firefox-nightly-deb-packages-mozilla-apt-repostiory
Linux 6.6 Kernel Released with Major New Features
A new version of the Linux kernel has been released — and, as ever, it delivers the goods. Linux kernel 6.6 is a big update that deliver a diverse array of improvements, including a new CPU scheduler that promises to improve performance and reduce latency, a new memory-friendly eventfs subsystem, and new drivers for a slew of gaming hardware. Plus, like most kernel updates, developers are preparing for the future by shipping ‘initial work’ and early bring up to support host of upcoming hardware, including new CPUs and GPUs from Intel. Linus Torvalds announced the launch of Linux 6.6 in
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/linux-kernel-6-6-new-features
Discord is Now Verified on Flathub
Discord, the phenomenally popular chat platform, is now verified on Flathub. For years, a Discord Flatpak app has been available on Flathub albeit without any official association, approval, or contribution from Discord itself. However, that’s finally changed. Being verified on Flathub means an app is published “by its original developer or a third party approved by the developer”, according to Flathub documentation. Verified apps show a checkmark on the Flathub store page to let users know the software in question is legit. This means users who install Discord from Flathub on Linux can be certain that the Discord app they
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/discord-flatpak-now-verified-flathub
The Best Wallpaper Changer Extension for Ubuntu
Looking for an easy-to-use desktop wallpaper slideshow tool for Ubuntu? The distro doesn’t have a feature to automatically change the desktop background built-in. And while changing your wallpaper manually isn’t difficult I know I often suffer choice paralysis when trying to decide which flippin’ picture to set! Using a desktop wallpaper changer is a great way to keep your desktop fresh and interesting, show off your personality, or even make you more productive (yes, there’s been studies looking at this). Such tools automatically cycle through images on your computer or from online sources. Lots of Linux wallpaper changer apps exist,
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/best-wallpaper-changer-extension-for-ubuntu
Microsoft is Attending Next Week’s Ubuntu Summit
If you’re rocking up to the Ubuntu Summit in Riga, Lativa next week you’ll find yourself in the company of Microsoft. Yes, the makers of Windows (and one-time arch enemy of Linux) has announced it’s going to be at the Ubuntu Summit. Why? These days Microsoft loves Linux and open source, and has a healthy working relationship with Canonical, makers of Ubuntu. We’re a long way from the days of that phrase, folks. Microsoft isn’t going there to be a passive spectator, wandering the corridors between talks looking a bit sheepish. It’s holding talks and workshops to showcase the “Windows
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/microsoft-is-attending-the-ubuntu-summit
Ubuntu 24.04 ‘Noble Numbat’ is Now Open for Development
Ubuntu 24.04 development has officially started – and a codename officially confirmed! Last week I invited you you share your Ubuntu 24.04 codename predictions. Several of you suggested the numbat, a small, marsupial anteater native to Australia, as the next release mascot and it seems Ubuntu devs were of the same mind as Ubuntu 24.04 is codenamed ‘Noble Numbat’! Congrats to all those who guessed it! In an e-mail sent to the Ubuntu development mailing list Canonical’s Utkarsh Gupta kicked off proceedings, writing: “We’re pleased to announce that Noble Numbat is now open for development. Auto-sync has been enabled and
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-24-04-development-open
Linux Mint 21.3 to Feature Experimental Wayland Support
Linux Mint 21.3, the next major release of the popular Ubuntu-based Linux distro, will include experimental Wayland support in the Cinnamon desktop. Wayland is a modern display server protocol developed to ‘solve’ many of the shortcomings present in Xorg, a decades old tech at this point. Wayland is more efficient and more secure than X and is now widely used by many leading Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation. Adding Wayland support to the Cinnamon desktop isn’t an easy task, so Mint says it does not expect Wayland will replace Xorg as its default display manager “any time soon”
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/linux-mint-21-3-experimental-wayland-support
Ubuntu 24.04 Release Date Set for April 25, 2024
The next long-term support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 24.04, is scheduled to be released on April 25, 2024. Launchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, lists this as the Ubuntu 24.04 release date, though it is, as always, subject to change. Other important dates in the Ubuntu 24.04 release schedule include Ubuntu 24.04 feature freeze (the point past which no major new features are added without request and approval) on February 29, 2024. Ubuntu 24.04 beta will be released on April 4, 2024 to allow for a solid few weeks testing to ensure that the next long-term support release is
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-24-04-release-date-set-for-april-25-2024
Ubuntu Gets Mentioned in Official Doctor Who Spin-Off Series
What do trans-dimensional time and space machines, sonic screwdrivers, and the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system have in common? They’re all used in the Doctor Who universe! Ubuntu is no stranger to the worlds of Doctor Who. The enigmatic character of Joshua Naismith used the distro to control the ‘immortality gate’ featured in the final episodes of the 10th Doctor’s run (which aired back in 2009). Now, like the 10th Doctor’s actor, the distro has made a reappearance! During a conversation between characters in an episode of Doctor Who: Redacted (an official audio drama spin-off about the hosts of a podcast
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-mentioned-doctor-who-redacted
