Posts from November 2016

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Arc theme for Harmony music player

You can re-theme Harmony's built-in dark mode to better match up with the colour palette and styling of the Arc GTK theme.

30 November 2016

GOG Tease a December Reveal (Spoiler: It’s a Winter Sale)

I love a good tease, me. A proper slow reveal, ramping up the hype and puffing up expectations — and Good old Games (better known to most as GOG.com) is duly indulging me. As picked up […]

29 November 2016
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This Is The Release Date for Ubuntu 17.04 ‘Zesty Zapus’

If you've been wondering when Canonical will release the 'Zesty Zapus', wonder no more: the release date for Ubuntu 17.04 is set for April 13, 2017.

29 November 2016
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4 Snap Apps You Can Install on Ubuntu Right Now

In the mood to read a quick round-up of a some popular desktop Linux apps that are now available to install as Snappy apps?  Me too, so I wrote one. For the purposes of this post (read: cos i’m lazy) […]

29 November 2016

Gluqlo is a Flip Clock Screensaver for Linux

Looking for a nifty screensaver for Ubuntu? Check out Gluqlo, a Linux version of the popular Fliqlo screensaver for Windows and OS X. Ubuntu no longer bundles a screensavers with the default build. Instead, when you leave your […]

28 November 2016
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Alduin is an Open-Source Desktop RSS Reader for Linux

On the look out for a clean, modern and open-source desktop RSS reader app for Linux? I know I am, so I was excited to come across Alduin. Alduin is a simple RSS (and Atom) feed aggregator that’s billed […]

27 November 2016

Distrowatch Rankings Compared: 2006 vs 2016

A redditor has compared Distrowatch popularity rankings from 2006 to 2016 (or, more accurately, the last twelve months).  And it makes for an interesting comparison, touching on some general trends in Linux, though is, I guess, apropos of nothing. […]

27 November 2016

Shotwell, Anatine & Vivaldi See New Releases

Not really meriting a post in their own right, but certainly deserving of mention, is a round of recent updates to 3 apps we regularly write about. Among them… Shotwell 0.25.1. Shotwell 0.25.1 is the latest “unstable” snapshot of the image organiser-come-photo […]

25 November 2016
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Meet the Pinebook, a $89 ARM Laptop That Runs Ubuntu

The Pine64 Pinebook is an ARM laptop priced from $89. It can run Android, ChromiumOS and various flavours of Linux, including Ubuntu.

25 November 2016
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Intel Graphics Installer 2.0.3 Out, Supports Ubuntu 16.10

The Intel Linux graphics driver tool has been updated to support Ubuntu 16.10 and Fedora 24.  The Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux v2.0.3 offers up the latest Intel 2016Q3 graphics stack. You’re not misreading things. The […]

25 November 2016

Mcomix Is An Ace Desktop Comic Book Reader for Ubuntu

MComix is a simple, easy-to-use comic book reader for Ubuntu and other Linux desktops. It supports CBR, CBZ, and other comic formats.

24 November 2016
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NeoFetch: See System Information from the Command Line on Linux

Terminal-based system information tools are unashamedly geeky — and yet undoubtedly useful, too.

23 November 2016