Fancy throwing $599 at the promise of a Linux tablet that can rival the Apple iPad? Now's your chance. After months of teasing one, Chinese company | Continue reading
Dash to Panel now works with GNOME 40. The latest update to the perennially popular GNOME Shell extension introduces full support for the rejigged GNOME | Continue reading
if Firefox's fancy new look has left you feeling frustrated and out of sorts check out this trifecta of tweaks, all of which help tame the browser's new UI. | Continue reading
There's a new open source desktop environment angling for your attention called CuteFish. Now, let me be clear: this project is very much a work in | Continue reading
A new stable version of the Vivaldi web browser is available to download with an new built-in translation feature. Vivaldi 4.0's translation capability is | Continue reading
KDE Plasma 5.22 has been released, following a successful bout of beta testing last month. This uplift of the free, open source desktop environment | Continue reading
If you're an eager open-source music producer, a standout content streamer, or a fan of System76 then this week's Linux Release Roundup is sure to be of | Continue reading
Linux Mint 20.2 is making it easier to bulk rename files, and to find files using the Nemo file manager. These improvements will ship in the next release. | Continue reading
Rocking an AMD Ryzen mobile CPU? If so, check out a new AMD Controller app from Spanish Linux computer company Slimbook. “The Slimbook AMD Controller app | Continue reading
A brand new version Mozilla Firefox is out, and it boasts a brand new look. Firefox 89 refreshes its user interface with new colours, new tabs, new icons, | Continue reading
A new development release of JingOS, the Linux-based tablet distro inspired by iPadOS, is available for testing. If you took the JingOS 0.8 release for a | Continue reading
Entroware Poseidon is a high-end desktop PC running Ubuntu. The computer packs Intel's 11th gen processors, with various configuration options offered. | Continue reading
It's never nice to write about a promising open source project retreating from its ambitions, but that's precisely what's happened to Glimpse. Glimpse's | Continue reading
Ubuntu has moved its IRC infrastructure from Freenode to the new Libera Chat platform, following changes to the management of the Freenode company. | Continue reading
The DMCA notice concerns an Ubuntu ISO Preface: I am not a lawyer. Yet I am fairly certain that you can't get a DMCA takedown from your ISP for | Continue reading
Good news for open source creatives as Inkscape 1.1 has been released! This update to the open-source vector graphics editor comes with a number of new | Continue reading
The first stable release of Sublime Text 4 is now available to download. Sublime Text 4 comes packed with a wealth of workflow improvements, user | Continue reading
Tetris turns 35 on June 6, so to mark the occasion we show you how to play Tetris in the terminal on Linux desktops like Ubuntu. It's quick, easy and fun! | Continue reading
It's been a busy few weeks for Linux laptops, with new devices from StarLabs and TUXEDO being announced. Not wanting to be left out is UK-based computer | Continue reading
Chromebooks are versatile things as owners of modern devices able to install and run progressive web apps, Android apps, and even desktop Linux ones too. | Continue reading
A Linux laptop with a super sharp 3k screen? I'm listening! Don't get me wrong, FHD isn't terrible (and it's not like fractional scaling is super perfect | Continue reading
1Password is now officially available on Linux! The app entered beta last year but is now considered stable enough for everyday use by Linux users, | Continue reading
'Ubuntu First Steps' is a new tool for tweaking Ubuntu. The GTK app provides options to customise the Ubuntu dock, desktop icons, and install more apps. | Continue reading
Google Chrome on desktop isn't the fastest, so news that devs working on the browser will port a speedy Android feature to desktop builds is good news. | Continue reading
Most of us consider an 'upgradeable laptop' to mean one that lets you add a stick of RAM or offer room for an extra SSD — but hardware startup Framework | Continue reading
KDE developers have just released the first beta of KDE Plasma 5.22. This beta arrives ahead of the planned stable release of KDE Plasma 5.22 on June 8, | Continue reading
You can finally upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 from 21.10 as the bug blocking the process has now been resolved — hurrah! In case you've been living somewhere | Continue reading
Oh boy, I made a mistake today and published an article subject to an embargo too early. Totally on me; I was so fixated on making sure I published at the | Continue reading
System76 is best known for selling Linux laptops and developing the Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS distro, but keyboards? Today (May 12) is launch date for the | Continue reading
Bodhi Linux 6.0 is available to download based on Ubuntu 20.04.2. The update includes many Moksha desktop improvements, new apps, and a new Linux kernel. | Continue reading
Huawei is launching a new ARM laptop in China — and it comes preinstalled with a Linux-based OS. While ARM laptops aren't new — it was possible to buy | Continue reading
Want to see more of the JingPad A1 Linux tablet? If so, JingOS developers have heard you! In this clip they shows off the first tablet from the factory. | Continue reading
A redesigned version of the KDE Connect Android app is rolling out now on the Google Play Store. KDE Connect 1.17, which will likely come to F-Droid | Continue reading
Zorin OS 16 beta, desktop Twitter app Cawbird, and a effect-laden update to the best open source video editor around — it's our latest Linux roundup! | Continue reading
UK tech company StarLabs has unveiled a new Linux-powered laptop: the StarBook Mk V. The 14-inch notebook even offers a choice of open source firmware. | Continue reading
Microsoft Edge for Linux is now in beta. Yup, you read that right: beta. In the six months since its Linux debut, Microsoft has dutifully updated Edge for | Continue reading
Warpinator runs on Android Linux Mint's Warpinator file transfer tool is now available for Android devices, including Chromebooks. The tool makes it | Continue reading
Spotify announced a redesign of its desktop app at the end of March, and the revamp has finally found its way to my Linux desktop — and maybe yours, too! | Continue reading
I dig GNOME 40 and its rejigged layout, and while its horizontal app switcher and use of border radius isn't to everyone's tastes —sharp intake of | Continue reading
Running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? Hopefully you're not as it reached end of life on April 29,2021. What does that mean? Bluntly: no more security updates, and no | Continue reading
You can now download the Ubuntu 21.10 daily builds to help test and track development of the next stable Ubuntu release, codenamed Impish Indri. | Continue reading
I'm gonna keep this brief as I'm (barely) recovering from a tooth abscess, but I couldn't not mention that development on Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish Indri' has | Continue reading
Still waiting to see that Ubuntu 21.04 upgrade prompt? Well, you're not alone — and it's not coming anytime soon. Turns out there's a pretty severe bug in | Continue reading
The Linux 5.12 kernel has been released, albeit a week later than original scheduled. Linus Torvalds announced the release on the Linux kernel mailing | Continue reading
It's not your eyes, it's not your monitor, and it's certainly not Ubuntu: this does indeed look a bit different today. Admittedly it's nothing major, but | Continue reading
Geary 40 has been released. In this post we look at what's changed in this release, as well as the new features that developers have added. | Continue reading
Got questions about the Ubuntu desktop? Want to probe the minds of the people who make the distro that millions of people use daily? Today's your chance! | Continue reading
NextCloud users considering an upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 might want to hold off for a few days as the NextCloud package in Ubuntu is currently broken. | Continue reading