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Macast DLNA Media Renderer: Easily Cast Videos, Music And Pictures From A Phone To Your Computer

Logix September 16, 2021

Macast is a new free and open source tool to use your computer as a DLNA media renderer, so you can cast videos, pictures and music from yo...

How to Install Oracle Java 17 LTS On Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint Or Pop!_OS Via APT PPA Repository

Logix September 15, 2021

Oracle Java 17 LTS has been released recently, and is now available to install from the Linux Uprising Oracle Java PPA on Ubuntu, Debian, a...

Bootable USB Creator Ventoy Gets A Native GUI For Linux

Logix September 14, 2021

Ventoy , a tool for easy bootable USB drive creation (simply copy the ISO to the USB), has been updated recently with a native GUI for Linux...

JamesDSP For Linux Is An Audio Effect Processor For PipeWire Or PulseAudio (Equalizer, Bass Boost, More)

Logix September 13, 2021

JamesDSP for Linux is an open source Qt audio effect processor for PipeWire and PulseAudio . Use it to enhance the music you listen to by a...

OpenSnitch Application Firewall 1.4.0 Adds eBPF And nftables Support, Allow/Block Lists

Logix September 10, 2021

OpenSnitch , a Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall for macOS, had a major new release today. The latest OpenSnitch 1.4.0 ad...

plocate Is A Much Faster locate (Drop-In Replacement For mlocate)

Logix September 09, 2021

locate is a Unix tool used to find files by name on the filesystem, which uses a prebuilt database of generated files (created using update...

Ubuntu's Yaru Theme Gets Official Support For Xfce

Logix September 08, 2021

Yaru , the default Ubuntu (GNOME) GTK theme, has received an update which adds support for Xfce (Xfwm4). Here's how it looks and how to...

Draw Using Your Laptop Touchpad To Sign PDFs And More With FingerPaint

Logix September 02, 2021

FingerPaint is a simple tool for Linux that allows drawing using the laptop's touchpad. It supports all X11 desktop environments and GN...

Show WebP Thumbnails In GTK Applications (Nautilus, Thunar, Etc) Using WebP GDK Pixbuf Loader Library

Logix September 01, 2021

I was looking for a way to get WebP image thumbnails in GTK applications (especially Nautilus / GNOME Files), and most solutions I found we...

exatorrent Is A New Self-Hostable BitTorrent Client Featuring A Responsive Web Interface, Streamable Torrents

Logix August 26, 2021

exatorrent is a new cross-platform self-hostable BitTorrent client written in Go. It's made with servers / seedboxes in mind, but you c...

OpenShot Video Editor 2.6.0 Released With New Computer Vision / AI Effects, Audio Effects, More

Logix August 25, 2021

OpenShot , the free and open source Qt video editor for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and MacOS, had a new major release which adds new computer ...

Add A News Ticker To Your Desktop With TICKR (Scrolling News Feed Widget)

Logix August 25, 2021

TICKR is a news ticker desktop widget - a feed reader that displays news headlines as a small scrolling text line (ticker) on your desktop,...

How To Enable Hibernation On Ubuntu (When Using A Swap File)

Logix August 24, 2021

This article explains how to enable hibernation using systemd on recent Ubuntu releases when using a swap file (which is default for Ubuntu ...

GitUI 0.17 Adds The Ability To Compare Commits, New Options Popup (Terminal UI For Git Written In Rust)

Logix August 23, 2021

GitUI , a fast terminal user interface for Git written in Rust, available for Linux, macOS and Windows, had a new release yesterday which ad...