Do you know how many keys you press a day, or how far your mouse has travelled recently? Habits is a free app for Linux that tells you this and more. | Continue reading
Check out the GNOME 3.36 wallpaper in all its ice-cool glory. Three new versions of the Adwaita background will ship in GNOME 3.36 and we preview them here. | Continue reading
Fontpreview is a command line font preview tool for Linux systems. It uses fuzzy search to locate installed fonts and imagemagik to display font previews. | Continue reading
Flatseal is a GUI app that makes it easy to manage Flatpak app permissions on a per-app basis. Free software, Flatseal is available to install from Flathub. | Continue reading
A new version of the Arc Menu GNOME extension has been released. Arc Menu v41 includes 3 new layouts, widget integration, and 'desktop' shortcut creation. | Continue reading
Developers are hoping to get ICU 66 packaged up in Ubuntu 20.04. The update adds support for Unicode 13, due for release in March. | Continue reading
Choqok back in 2012 I've been listening to 2010 era pop punk all day so when I saw an update from Choqok in my RSS reader I legitimately had to double | Continue reading
elementary OS 5.1.2 is available to download. The point release offers updated .iso media with Ubuntu 18.04.3 HWE installed, which includes Linux 5.3. | Continue reading
Ubuntu 20.04 will be based around the Linux 5.4 kernel, and not the recent Linux 5.5 release. The decision, confirmed on the Ubuntu kernel mailing list, | Continue reading
RawTherapee v5.8 introduces support for CR3 data (on cameras that support it), plus improved handling for camera models, better memory usage, and more. | Continue reading
Ubuntu Kylin's UKUI desktop is getting a Qt revamp, with a look that will rival the Deepin desktop. This video of UKUI 3.0 Start menu preview shows more. | Continue reading
Pine64 is back with a new single board computer, the HardROCK64. It costs from $35, features a six-core ARM processor, and has lots of ports and expansion. | Continue reading
A new version of Lumina desktop, a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment built around plugins, is available to download. We recap the new changes. | Continue reading
Pine64 plan to sell PinePhone cases online. The fitted hard shell cases will be available in several colours and feature cut outs for camera and speakers. | Continue reading
Lightworks 20 features an improved interface and new options, including H.265 video decoding, auto-rotation of smartphone video, and more. | Continue reading
Using the Cinnamon desktop environment on a high-resolution display? If so, you may be pretty excited to hear that fractional scaling support is on the way. | Continue reading
A video demo of Ubuntu Touch aka Ubports on the PinePhone has been uploaded to YouTube by Ubports' Marius Gripsgård to showcase its support. | Continue reading
The Regolith desktop softens the edges around the i3 window manager — and in its latest release it goes even further. Regolith Linux softens the edges of | Continue reading
It sometimes feel like everyone in the world use WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to converse but plenty of other, more 'open' chat protocols exist — like | Continue reading
PhotoFlare is a free photo editor for Windows and Linux that lets you apply filters, add text to images, and more. Think Microsoft Paint, but more powerful. | Continue reading
LibreOffice 6.4 is the latest stable release of the open source productivity suite and contains a number of new features and key improvements. The | Continue reading
How well does Ubuntu 19.10 run the HP Dragonfly Elite (2019) laptop? Well, based on Jim Salter's personal experience in this review, it runs great! | Continue reading
Want to stress text your Linux system? Then check out GTKStressTest, a new open source app designed specifically for the task. The goal of | Continue reading
Linux 5.5 features a host of changes and worthwhile improvements, and this post we spotlight the best of them! Serving as the latest stable version of the | Continue reading
Okay, so this isn't strictly related to Linux per se — though a tangential link exists because Microsoft Edge is coming to Linux — but the following photo | Continue reading
The new Plasma 5.18 LTS wallpaper has been unveiled. The geometric design, which appears to resemble a beach scene, is available to download in 4K. | Continue reading
Rocket League is ending support for Linux and Steam OS. Psyonix, the development team behind the popular cars-meets-football game announced the end of | Continue reading
The Telegram messaging app has added advanced poll options and message scheduling to its desktop client, which is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. | Continue reading
The Ubuntu slideshow installer has been updated in Ubuntu 20.04 to include updated screenshots, new icons, and refreshed theming. | Continue reading
A fix for blurred backgrounds on Ubuntu and GNOME Shell is on the way. A patch from Ubuntu dev Daniel Van Vugt tackles OpenGL downscaling of large images. | Continue reading
Most of us are familiar with the idea of streaming music and content on our phones, thanks to services like Spotify and Netflix — but what about apps? | Continue reading
KDE developers are keen to 'learn' more about how people use the Plasma desktop, the hardware they run it on, and the features they enable. | Continue reading
The Amazon web app has been a part of the Ubuntu desktop for the past 8 years — now Ubuntu has decided to part with it. I don't expect many Ubuntu users | Continue reading
MNT Reform is an open source Linux laptop free of binary blobs and running entirely on open source software. It's developed by Berlin-based MNT Research. | Continue reading
Xubuntu 20.04 includes a dark theme, a recoloured version of the Greybird GTK theme. The new Greybird Dark version will also work on other DEs, like MATE. | Continue reading
How to give your desktop a cyperpunk makeover on KDE Plasma, complete with live video wallpaper, neon themed icon set, and a futuristic Plasma theme. | Continue reading
Make Linux Mint look like Windows 7 with this ace theme pack from B00merang project. It's easy to install and transforms the look of the Cinnamon desktop. | Continue reading
The end of Windows 7 support leaves hundreds of millions of PC users stranded on an unmaintained system that's vulnerable to hacks, malware, and viruses. | Continue reading
A new free and open source monospace font has been released by software development powerhouse JetBrains. Their typographic creation is called (surprise) | Continue reading
Xfce 4.16 will look a little different to long time users when it arrives later this year, as the popular desktop environment is adopting client side | Continue reading
KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS is the latest version of this popular Linux desktop environment. We look at the new features and improvements this release offers. | Continue reading
If you were plucky enough to pre-order a PinePhone Brave Heart edition last month you may be interested to know that devices start shipping from January | Continue reading
Ubuntu isn't alone in exploring major theme changes of late, with GNOME 3.36 set to debut with its own visual improvements in tow. As spotlighted by Alex | Continue reading
Major improvements to Ubuntu's default 'Yaru' theme are coming in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The community team who work on the Yaru GTK theme recently spent a | Continue reading
Behold the best Linux distros for Windows 7 users, as picked by our readers. From lightweight Linux distros to systems perfect for power users. | Continue reading
Official Windows 7 support ends on January 14, 2020 for regular desktop users and no further security patches or exploit fixes will be released for free. | Continue reading
The Unity desktop is no longer the jewel in Ubuntu's crown, but the much-loved shell is still out there, sparkling. And no, I don't just mean on the | Continue reading
The Cawbird Twitter client for Linux has a new release out. No major new features are added, but there a couple of notable improvements to check out. | Continue reading