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Those wanting to install the latest Oracle Java 16 (released recently) on Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux distributions based on these, like Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, etc., can now do so using the Linux Uprising PPA. Oracle JDK 16 will receive a minimum of two quarterly updates, before being followed by Oracle JDK 17 in September 2021.

Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) now officially supports Widevine, allowing its users to stream content from popular websites such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Go, Disney+, Spotify, Pandora and more, using its default Chromium web browser.

I've mentioned fzf a few times in the articles on Linux Uprising, but I've never actually written about it. fzf has been part of my workflow for a long time, and is an amazing tool which you should know about.

Using this, you'll be able to install macOS in a QEMU virtual machine (via Docker), and run the macOS Catalina or Big Sur desktop, or boot to the OSX shell.

Czkawka is a fast application to find (and remove) duplicate files, invalid symlinks, similar images, and more.

This article explains how to get sound (PulseAudio) to work on WSL2 under Microsoft Windows.

ytfzf is a script to search, download and play YouTube videos by making use of mpv and youtube-dl under the hood

croc is a free and open source command line tool for secure file transfers between computers. It uses relay-assisted peer-to-peer transactions and end-to-end encryption via password-authenticated key exchange.

RNR File Manager (RNR's Not Ranger) is a new terminal file manager for Linux that combines features of Midnight Commander and Ranger in order to provide the best of both worlds, while also offering a robust file copier.

Did you know Evernote has a private beta application for Linux desktops? I didn't, and I didn't see an announcement about this anywhere, but today I stumbled upon it. From what I could find, this appears to have been released for at least 1 month.

Quite a few applications were updated recently, and this article covers the changes in these new releases. There's also a brand-new GNOME Shell extension for multi-touch gestures on X11. Read on to find out more!

Ever wanted to get notified when a long-running process / command has finished, not only on your desktop but also on your phone? Noti can do that.

0 A.D. Alpha 24 Alpha 24 Xšay?rš? has been released over the weekend, after almost 3 years since the previous release.

NoiseTorch is a real-time microphone noise suppression application for Linux that can filter out unwanted background noise like the sound of your mechanical keyboard, computer fans, trains and so on.

The application can synchronize with services like Tiny Tiny RSS, Inoreader, Nextcloud News, and with the latest 3.9.0 version released today, Feedly and services supporting the Google Reader API (The Old Reader, Bazqux, Reedah, FreshRSS, etc.).

This article explains how to install Fildem GNOME Shell global menu and HUD on Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch Linux / Manjaro.

This article explains how to install the default GNOME Shell theme, Adwaita, on Ubuntu 20.04, 20.10 and 21.04 (hint: it's trickier than you would think).

Newer ASUS laptops support limiting the battery charge level, which helps prolong battery life. This article explains how to set a battery charge threshold for ASUS laptops on Linux.

OpenRGB is a free and open source application to control RGB lighting for a multitude of devices, independent of the manufacturer.

Archbox is a set of scripts that make it easy to install Arch Linux inside a chroot environment on other Linux distributions, and integrate it with your existing Linux installation.