After a fresh installation of Ubuntu desktop, applications run into problem occasionally and error reporting dialog boxes pop-up. By sending the error reports, you can help developers debugging program crashes. For those who don’t want to see the annoying pop-ups, here’s how to disable Ubuntu Apport error reporting. 1. Open application launcher, search for and launch “terminal”. 2. When terminal ...
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Just one week after the last major KeePassXC 2.3.0 release, the first bug-fix release 2.3.1 was announced earlier today. KeePassXC 2.3.1 added following bug-fixes: Fix unnecessary automatic upgrade to KDBX 4.0 and prevent challenge-response key being stripped Abort saving and show an error message when challenge-response fails Support inner stream protection on all string attributes Fix favicon downloads not finishing ...
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While Ubuntu ships with old versions of transmission BitTorrent client, here’s how to install the latest transmission 2.93 in Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 17.10. Transmission 2.93 is a bug-fix release with following changes: Fix CVE-2018-5702 (dns rebinding attacks against daemon) Fix crash on handshake if establishing DH shared secret fails Fix crash when switching to next tracker during announcement Fix ...
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KeePassXC, KeePass cross-platform community edition, reached the 2.3.0 release hours ago with many great new features! After a short beta phase, we are proud to release KeePassXC 2.3.0. With this release, we reach another major milestone on our journey to providing you with the best and most secure cross-platform password management tool. KeePassXC 2.3 comes with a lot of new ...
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FileZilla ftp client got an update a few hours ago. By releasing FileZilla 3.31.0, a few crash issues were fixed and a new feature was added. Changes in FileZilla 3.31.0 include: Allow trusting all subject alternative names (SAN) in a certificate if the current hostname matches the certificate OS X: Fix file lists becoming inresponsive when a file rename edit ...
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CopyQ, an advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting features, reached 3.2 release a few hours ago with enhancements and various bug-fixes. CopyQ monitors system clipboard and saves its content in customized tabs. Saved clipboard can be later copied and pasted directly into any application. The latest CopyQ 3.2 features: Add option to close main window when unfocused Add script ...
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Gnome MPV is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv, which is a very powerful media player based on MPlayer/mplayer2. The design of GNOME MPV is based on GNOME HIG. Gnome MPV is available in Ubuntu main file archive, however Canonical does not provide updates for the software. So here’s how to install the latest version of Gnome MPV either via ...
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The 3.0 release of VLC media player, code name “Vetinari”, is now available! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04. VLC 3.0 release highlights: Activate hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback! Support 10bits and HDR Support 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisoncics 3rd order Allow passthrough for HD audio ...
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Opera web browser reached new stable 51 release earlier today with browser speed improvements and some new features. We’re happy to introduce the stable version of Opera 51 today. Our new browser comes with internal and practical improvements to help you browse faster and more smoothly. Opera 51 Release Highlights: Improved browsing speed – It’s said Opera 51 is 38% ...
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The latest long-lived NVIDIA Linux driver reached the 390.25 release a few days ago. Now you can install it in Ubuntu via PPA repository. NVIDIA 390.25 adds support for GeForce GTX 1060 5GB and Quadro P620 GPUs. And there are following changes included in the release: Fixed a regression introduced in 390.12 that prevented displays from working normally when running ...
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