With a new year starting you might be planning to indulge your creativity side this year — and if so, take a look at the latest stable release of open | Continue reading
A saccharine post of colossally cloy sincerity expressed through the medium of words (when I can enter them in the right order), topped with appreciation. | Continue reading
It's big, bold, and controversial – and it's now here. Libadwaita 1.0 has been released. Learn why it's a big deal, and what it could mean for Ubuntu. | Continue reading
Arc Menu GNOME extension just released a new version. It adds a menu layout inspired by Windows 11 (again), plus a standalone mode. Learn more in this post. | Continue reading
Firefox tells me about Mozilla VPN every time I open the browser. In this post I let off some steam about it, and detail how to disable it. | Continue reading
A faster way to toggle settings in GNOME Shell is explored in these mockups from the GNOME design team. Though not final, they hint at an exiciting future. | Continue reading
Fans of the Enlightenment desktop need to check out the new Enlightenment 0.25 release. It includes a new look, fingerprint support, and more. | Continue reading
The Maui Project recently shared designs for a new convergent Linux shell that will work across mobile devices and regular desktops — and it really fires | Continue reading
Big improvements are on offer in the latest release of Darktable, an open source alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Full details on the what and why's inside. | Continue reading
Big performance improvements are on offer in the latest update to Audacity, the open source audio editor, as well as new shortcuts and several UI tweaks. | Continue reading
It's been a good year for Linux distros with plenty of highlights and few surprises throughout the year. But here are my picks for best Linux distro 2021. | Continue reading
A big update to open source graphics app Krita is available. Krita 5.0 includes a huge number of enhancements as well several major new features. | Continue reading
Thunderbird is Ubuntu's default e-mail client but it's not the most well integrated of tools — at least, not by default. For instance, some Linux apps | Continue reading
We look at elementary OS 6.1 "Jólnir", which is available to download. An improved App Center experience and new Alt + Tab switcher is among the changes. | Continue reading
I bought a new 'distro testing' laptop in the Black Friday sale last month (don't get carried away, it cost me £200 and a lot of headaches) but I only | Continue reading
Do you want the aesthetics of i3-gaps but without the i3 bit? If so, that's exactly what the wryly titled 'Useless Gaps' GNOME extension gives you. The | Continue reading
Want to add a falling snow effect to your Linux desktop? Of course you don't, but since it's Christmas you should! Inside are two tools you can use. | Continue reading
If you like App Images and want an easier way to find, download, and update them, check out AppImage Pool. This app is pretty cool — come see! | Continue reading
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is going to be very orange. I didn't want to write about this change quite so soon as a) it's not finished or final and b) the code | Continue reading
First came a GNOME extension reimplementing wobbly windows, then we saw the return of the cool 3D desktop cube effect — now comes the final part of the | Continue reading
Pop!_OS is now available for the Raspberry Pi. The sweetly-named Pop!_Pi is available to download as a 'tech preview' alongside the latest Pop!_OS 21.10 | Continue reading
System76 have slipped in to their Santa suits to deliver Linux users an early festive treat: Pop!_OS 21.10. Yes, the latest version of their Ubuntu-based | Continue reading
Video editing on Linux is in a great place thanks to open source software like Kdenlive. And today it just got even better. Kdenlive is already the go-to | Continue reading
Pull on your testing pants folks 'cos the Linux Mint 20.3 beta is now available to download. Mint hasn't formally announced this milestone at the time you | Continue reading
We look at various ways to customise the GNOME Shell clock. From showing the date through to creating a 'stacked' layout split across two lines. | Continue reading
If you want to move notifications on Ubuntu to a different part of the screen, you can. We look at three way to change notification position in this post. | Continue reading
A 743 word opine on my inability to settle on a colour treatment for a part of the site most people scroll away from pretty quickly. | Continue reading
'Video Trimmer' is a small, supremely-focused editing too for cutting down video clips. It just got a new release with a few new features – details inside. | Continue reading
If you're on the hunt for a reliable, lightweight Linux distro that also looks good you need to check out Zorin OS 16 Lite. Released December 8, Zorin OS | Continue reading
Is this a blog or time machine? I ask because I'm about to launch headfirst into 2009, aka the era of showy, superfluous Linux desktop effects. We've seen | Continue reading
If you're half as forgetful as I am then you'll… —Nope, sorry; I've forgotten where I was going with this, so let's talk about Linux Mint's neat sticky | Continue reading
Mozilla Firefox 95 is now available to download. The latest stable release of this flagship FOSS browser comes with a couple of interesting feature | Continue reading
A new version of the free 3D creation software Blender is out and it looks phenomenal. Blender 3.0 comes with new features and updates like an upgraded | Continue reading
If feels like only yesterday that I leaned back in this chair wondering how best to introduce you all to the 'new' Chromium-based web browser Vivaldi. | Continue reading
Ubuntu runs on all sorts of things, from gateways to games consoles, and now we can add robot dog to the list! Chinese hardware company Xiaomi recently | Continue reading
Switching between open windows in elementary OS 6 has changed. A recent update replaced the distro's flashy (in both senses of the word) alt + tab | Continue reading
a gif of the edge surf game featuring the linux mascot | Continue reading
A new beta build of CutefishOS is available to download. We took a look at this promising (and then Ubuntu-based) distro a few months back and came away | Continue reading
The image editing app Pinta has a new bug-fix release out. Pinta 1.7.1 is intended as the final update in the GTK2-based series, with a GTK3 build (dubbed | Continue reading
Want to log your thoughts and memories without leaving the command line? Well, you can using jrnl, an which, as its vowel-less moniker ably conveys, is | Continue reading
GNOME extensions are an easy way to add new features to the Ubuntu desktop, but with hundreds of add-ons to choose from, where do you begin? Make your | Continue reading
If you're looking for a super fast file search tool for Linux that's similar to Everything Search Engine for Windows, we've got you covered. FSearch is | Continue reading
Thunderbird 91 is being back-ported to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. A security vulnerability affecting the Thunderbird 78.x series both builds | Continue reading
Scrcpy is a super-useful Android mirroring tool for desktop PCs. The tool gains physical keyboards simulation and a high-res app icon in the latest update. | Continue reading
Command line tools might seem nerdy but they are often faster and more resource efficient than 'full fat' GUI alternatives. Plus — as you're about to | Continue reading
The first point release in the GNOME 41 series is now available for download. GNOME 41.1 is billed as a "boring bug fix" follow-up to GNOME 41 release | Continue reading
System76 has revealed it is working a new desktop environment that is not based on GNOME Shell. The US-based company already maintains its own | Continue reading
They often say big things come in small packages, a saying the latest mini PC from German computer retailer TUXEDO proves to be correct. The TUXEDO Nano | Continue reading