Posts from July 2016

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Streamline Your Workflow With These Nifty Nautilus Scripts

Nautilus is a powerful file manager, and by using its built-in shell scripting feature you can really level it up further.

18 July 2016

Imgur-Screenshot Is a Nifty Screengrab and Upload Tool for Linux

I recently began looking for a way to quicken the process of uploading large screenshots to Imgur when I happened across this awesome tool.

16 July 2016

This is a Slick Ubuntu Theme For Windows 10

If you want to make Windows 10 look more like Ubuntu then check out Maverick, a Windows 10 visual style inspired by the Ubuntu Ambiance theme.

16 July 2016

Ubuntu Forums Hacked, 2 Million Users’ Details Stolen

The Ubuntu forums have been hacked and the IP addresses, usernames, and email addresses of over two million users have been "stolen".

15 July 2016

How To Create Quick Animated Gifs of Apps With KGif

KGif is a teeny-tiny tool that creates an animated gif from the active window on your Linux desktop.

15 July 2016
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The Unity Desktop Improves Low Graphics Mode

Compiz updates aimed at improving the performance of Unity in low-graphics mode are coming to 16.04 LTS.

15 July 2016

This Nifty Script Lets You Watch Netflix in Vivaldi Web Browser

Want to watch Netflix in Vivaldi or another Chromium-based web browser on Linux without installing Google Chrome? This script has you covered.

15 July 2016

Get the Look of KDE Plasma 5 on Your GNOME Desktop

Plasma 5 breathed a new look and feel into the KDE desktop using a crisp new theme called 'Breeze' — and now you can get it on GNOME.

15 July 2016

GNOME Maps Hits A Dead End, Can No Longer Display Maps

If you were set to plan your weekend activities using the GNOME Maps application, you'll need to change course.

14 July 2016

Latest Vivaldi Snapshot Improves Proprietary Media Support on Linux

The latest development release of the browser improves proprietary media support on Linux, with specific attention to Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Slackware.

14 July 2016

Using Gedit, Nautilus with Pkexec Will Soon Be Less Hassle

I’m gonna keep this one super brief. Here’s the deal: ‘gksu’ (the once recommended way to run GUI apps as root) was deprecated in favour of ‘pkexec’, a graphical fronted for PolicyKit, several years back. Ubuntu […]

14 July 2016

Professional Photography App ‘Photomatix HDR’ Comes to Linux

One of the most popular HDR photo editing applications is now available on Linux.

14 July 2016