Matroska tools MKVToolNix 17.0.0 Released (How to Install)

MKVToolNix 17.0.0 “Be Ur Friend”, a new release of the free and open source Matroska libraries and tools, was release yesterday with new features, enhancements, and various bug-fixes. MKVToolNix 17.0.0 release highlights: The word “timecode” has been changed to “timestamp” everywhere it was used in MKVToolNix. mkvextract’s command line interface has been changed to allow […]

How to Record Desktop Using VLC

The most popular open-source media player VLC is also capable of screen casting and you can use it to record desktop in Linux and other systems. Though there are plenty of open source applications available for recording desktop or screen casting which we have covered in various articles, it is always good to use VLC […]

Mailspring is a Powerful New Open Source Email App

Mailspring E-Mail Client Mailspring is a Nylas fork created by one of the apps original developers. It’s said to be ‘faster’ and ‘leaner’ than the version its based. ‘The JavaScript sync engine has been replaced by native C++ core’ Mailspring keeps many of the useful features that made Nylas Mail popular, but improves the foundation they sit on. […]

Geary 0.12 Released, Here’s How To Install It on Ubuntu

A big update to the open-source email client Geary is now available to download. Geary 0.12 is the first major update to the popular Linux mail app since Geary 0.11, which was released back in May 2016. Avid fans of the client will find a number of enhancements on offer, including several improvements to the rich text composer, Yahoo! […]

Gscan2pdf 1.8.7 Released – Install Gscan2pdf on Ubuntu

Gscan2pdf 1.8.7 released. Install Gscan2pdf on Ubuntu Linux and also learn how to use Gscan2pdf. The gscan2pdf is a GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents. Scanning is handled with SANE via scanimage. PDF conversion is done by PDF::API2. TIFF export is handled by libtiff (faster and smaller memory footprint for multipage files). […]