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Dustin Tungilik MacDonaldThis year, I finally used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qbittorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qbittorrent</a> and it is amazing. I was fine before with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transmission</a> and then <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ktorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ktorrent</a>. But after adding search plugins to Qbittorrent I can't go back. I am using the qbittorrent-tak <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snap</a> version. It works great. I was using the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a> version at first, but then it just stopped launching - even after an unrelated reboot. I will use Snaps or Flats, whichever works the best but, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> have been just working when given the chance.

OMG! Ubuntu!Mousam is a Stat-Packed Weather App for LinuxBeing a Linux nerd I rarely go outside —that’s a joke— but knowing what the weather is doing beyond the basement walls —still a joke— is useful (if only because it often gives me an excuse to stay at my desk compiling my own kernel — not a joke). Scores of Linux weather apps, widgets, and add-ons exist. These put current temperature, conditions, and (usually) near-term forecasts within easy reach, or permanently on show. And that’s all the weather data most of us need or care about knowing – ‘will I need a jacket?’, ‘will it rain today?’, ‘can I :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/mousam-modern-weather-app-for-linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/mousam-modern-weather-app-for-linux</a>

OMG! Ubuntu!Intel’s NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap StoreCanonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components :sys_more_orange: including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver and compiler”. Or to put it another way: everything needs to harness the AI inference accelerators now built-in to the latest Intel Core Ultra processors (‘Meteor Lake’ and above). The catch (for now) is that the Intel NPU Driver snap is currently in beta, ergo rock-solid reliability isn’t currently a given. It should also go without saying (but I’ll :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ai</a>/Ml <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/intels-npu-driver-for-linux-is-now-available-on-the-snap-store" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/intels-npu-driver-for-linux-is-now-available-on-the-snap-store</a>

OMG! Ubuntu!Parabolic, The Open-Source Video Download App, Issues Big UpdateThere are plenty of ways to download videos from well-known video streaming sites on Ubuntu but I find Parabolic the easiest, least hassle option out there. For those yet to hear about it, Parabolic is a GTK4/libadwaita app for Linux (or a Qt one for Windows) that offers what it describes as a ‘basic frontend’ to yt-dlp. All sites supported by yt-dlp are supported in this app. Paste in a URL, validate, and download. Parabolic lets you download multiple videos simultaneously and save them to popular video or audio formats; sign-in with account details (if needed) and see the credentials to :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/AppUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppUpdates</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Parabolic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parabolic</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/parabolic-video-downloader-for-linux-updated" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/parabolic-video-downloader-for-linux-updated</a>

OMG! Ubuntu!Ubuntu’s New Security Center Readies Stable ReleaseUbuntu’s new desktop Security Center app is gearing up for its first stable release, along with a background tool called Prompting Client. I first reported on the creation of Security Center earlier this year and it hasn’t changed a great deal since then. Underlying code has been improved, and the Flutter UI made to look more like Yaru/GTK, but in terms of what it does, not much! The Snap Store description for the app describes it as “Security Center UI for the desktop”, which doesn’t say a great deal about the purpose or why a user might want to install :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canonical</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntus-new-security-center-readies-stable-release" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntus-new-security-center-readies-stable-release</a>

OMG! Ubuntu!Chromium Fan? Canonical and Intel Team Up for Hardware Accelerated BuildIf you run Ubuntu on a laptop or PC with 7th-generation Intel chips or later and you’re a fan of the Chromium browser, Canonical has something for you. It has partnered with Intel to create a Chromium snap that boasts hardware accelerated video decoding and encoding. Thus, the bespoke build offers better performance and extends battery life for Kaby Lake (7th Gen) and newer platforms when using VP8, VP9, and H.264 codecs. And those codecs are pretty ubiquitous in online content. So what’s the “catch? Well, for the moment this souped-up snap is a “beta” and not 100% ready for :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chromium</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/HardwareAcceleration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HardwareAcceleration</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Snaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Snaps</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/chromium-snap-hardware-acceleration-beta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/chromium-snap-hardware-acceleration-beta</a>

OMG! Ubuntu!MusicPod is a New Music, Podcast, and Radio Player for UbuntuA new all-in-one music, radio and podcast player is in development for Ubuntu, called MusicPod. Though MusicPod not an “official” Ubuntu app it is being developed under the umbrella of the Ubuntu Flutter Community, who also maintain that Fluter-based software app we previewed last summer which Ubuntu may use in a future release. The app is built in Flutter and uses Flutter’s “Yaru” design elements to effect a look that’s similar to the GTK theme of the same name but, y’know, without being an actual GTK app. So what can it do? MusicPod Fluter App MusicPod can play local audio :sys_more_orange: <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dev</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Flutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flutter</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/MusicPlayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicPlayers</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Musicpod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musicpod</a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/SnapApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SnapApps</a> :sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app</a>

Tech News WorldwideMusicPod is a New Music, Podcast, and Radio Player for Ubuntu <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/musicplayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicplayers</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/MusicPod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicPod</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/snapapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snapapps</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/flutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flutter</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dev</a>

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