Ubuntu 19.04 support ends on January 23, 2020. Canonical recommend that anyone still running the 'Disco Dingo' upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 'Eoan Ermine'. | Continue reading
CES 2020 was a little light on consumer-grade Linux tech but the Ubuntu powered Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition took pride of place over at the Dell stand. | Continue reading
Changing theme in Ubuntu is harder than it should be and, call me a revolutionary, but I think that needs to change. Once upon a time it was easy to | Continue reading
Firefox 72 is now available to download. The latest release of the web browser improves tracking protection and enables picture-in-picture video on Linux. | Continue reading
The NCSA Mosaic web browser helped to kickstart the web as we know it. Now, thanks to Snaps, you can install the Mosaic browser on Ubuntu & other distros. | Continue reading
Standard Notes, the encrypted, open source note taking app, is now available as a Snap application on the Snapcraft store. This makes it super easy to | Continue reading
The desktop Telegram app for Windows, macOS and Linux system has received a small new year update. Headline change: videos shared in chats now start | Continue reading
There are lots of exciting plans in store for KDE Plasma this year, including a redesigned default theme and replacement for the beloved 'Kickoff' app launcher! | Continue reading
Proton Calendar is a private calendaring solution from the makers of ProtonMail that uses end-to-end encryption of all events, titles and dates created. | Continue reading
Dell is marking the tenth anniversary of the "Project Sputnik" range of Linux laptops with an updated 13-inch Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition model. | Continue reading
Here are five new years resolutions for Linux users and fans of open source software. Take advantage of the new year and make some positive changes. | Continue reading
As I've mentioned previously: the PinePhone Linux phone has me super excited. And one of reasons why I'm so gaga over this gadget rather than, say, the | Continue reading
Below are 10 of Ubuntu's most defining moments from the past decade. With the leading desktop Linux distribution about to enter a brand new decade — along | Continue reading
Our poll to find the best Ubuntu release of the past ten years has concluded. In this post we reveal the Ubuntu version readers crowned their winner. | Continue reading
The business card belongings to systems engineer George Hilliard is extra special but it's also a Linux PC! His Linux business card is novel and unique. | Continue reading
The Latte Dock v0.10 development release adds floating panel support and two new visibility modes, letting you add an iOS-style dock to KDE Plasma desktop. | Continue reading
Learn how to install gThumb on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and related distributions to take advantage of the app's great photo organisation and image editing tools. | Continue reading
This year looks like it'll be a bumper one for Linux fans, so in this post we share 5 crazy predictions for Linux and open source software in the coming year. | Continue reading
Darktable 3.0 is now available to download. This version of the open source RAW image editor improves the GUI, adds new modules, and supports Google Photos. | Continue reading
SuperTuxKart 1.1 is available to download. The open source kart racing games gains better online multiplayer, a new arena, and beta release for iOS devices. | Continue reading
Alpine Linux 3.11 has been released and alongside Linux kernel 5.4 and updated packages comes "initial support" for KDE and GNOME desktops. | Continue reading
This early review of the PinePhone (developer edition) has left me excited for the $149 Linux phone. The software needs improving but the potential is there. | Continue reading
Peppermint 10 Respin is now available to download. This update to the lightweight Linux distro is based on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and includes Linux kernel 5.0. | Continue reading
Kdenlive 19.2 includes a powerful new audio mixer, support for master effects, and delivers major performance improvements, like faster rendering time. | Continue reading
The MintBox 3, which was announced back in July, has gone on sale. The fanless desktop PC is manufactured by established PC maker CompuLab and comes | Continue reading
KDE launch two community competitions, one for video one for a wallpaper, both of which tout devices from Tuxedo Computers and KDE-branded swag as prizes. | Continue reading
You've decked the halls, now deck your desktop out with one of these 12 Christmas wallpapers. This stunning selection showcase this season's festive cheer. | Continue reading
Krita, the open source graphics editor with a tonne of good will behind it, just got a $25,000 cash boost from Epic MegaGrant to help fund future development. | Continue reading
Join us as we look back at the best Linux distro releases of 2019 — and spoiler: they're not all Ubuntu based! 😉 See, this might be a blog about | Continue reading
The Librem 5 Linux phone was already a pricey pitch at $699, now Purism has now announced that the cost is going up even further. Fresh from unveiling a | Continue reading
WhatsApp Santa Claus an updated wish list cos Life is Strange 2 for Linux is being released this Thursday, December 19. The episodic adventure video game | Continue reading
No, that isn't Santa you can hear rattling down the chimney but a new version of Linux Mint! Landing just in time for Xmas, Linux Mint 19.3 "Tricia" is | Continue reading
I think that Ubuntu needs a better default image viewer — and in this post I'm going to try and explain why! Eye of GNOME is no where near as features as | Continue reading
A new version of the ArcMenu GNOME Shell extension is now available from the GNOME Extensions website (EGO). ArcMenu 38 touts a couple of really | Continue reading
Google appears to be denying Linux users access to many of its popular services based on their choice of web browser. Scores of Reddit users reporting | Continue reading
If you've yet to check out the Ubuntu-based Zorin OS Linux distro, you just got a couple more reasons to. Zorin OS 15.1 is the first point update to the | Continue reading
A major update to VirtualBox, open source virtualisation software for Windows, macOS and Linux, is now available to download. VirtualBox 6.1.0 includes a | Continue reading
With the end of the year, and indeed the decade, fast approaching I've been spending my time looking backwards, getting all misty-eyed and nostalgic about | Continue reading
Canonical has announced it will be a 'featured sponsor' of WSLConf, taking place at Microsoft HQ in March next year. WSLConf is the first Linux-related | Continue reading
With Gradio sidelined and its successor Shortwave yet to broadcast a stable release, you might be looking for a way to listen to radio stations on the | Continue reading
Ubuntu turned 15 years old this year and is still going strong — but what next for the leading desktop Linux distribution? Well, to find out Canonical has | Continue reading
KDE Plasma 5.18 comes with a new emoji selector tool. Plasma desktop users can press a keyboard shortcut to access the emoji picker. | Continue reading
If you've got your eyes on Purism's Librem 5 phone, but have worries about the supply chain of parts used to make it, Purism has news. The company is | Continue reading
Firefox's picture in picture video playback feature makes it easy to multitask while watching video. Learn how to use picture-in-picture on a Linux desktop. | Continue reading
Baby it's cold outside — and inside too, as I've set an artic cool winter scene as my desktop background. And on the off chance you might be pining to do | Continue reading
Disney+ has added support for Linux desktops like Ubuntu and Fedora. The video streaming service "just works" in modern web browsers like Google Chrome. | Continue reading
Canonical has launched a "premium" version of Ubuntu called Ubuntu Pro — but before you panic: it's not for the desktop. "Ubuntu Pro can be purchased, | Continue reading
Firefox 71 is now available to download — and this update arrives with some pretty interesting new changes in tow. Firefox 71 includes native MP3 decoding | Continue reading