Posts from January 2018

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Wine 3.0 Released with Direct3D 11 Support

Why yes, dear reader, that is the sound of the year’s finest Wine being served up. After a year ageing in development Wine 3.0 is now available to download. Wine is, for those of you […]

18 January 2018

A Simple Guide to Installing Slack on Ubuntu

Want to install Slack on Ubuntu desktop? Well, you can! The real-time messaging app is available on the Snap Store, or you can download a DEB installer.

18 January 2018

GNOME Photos App Improves Its Editing Tools

The next stable release of GNOME Photos includes a number of core improvements, including new photo editing features. As a Shotwell alternative Photos is …Well, it’s getting there. It handles the basics well enough, letting you import and […]

18 January 2018
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS News

Why Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Use an Older Version of Nautilus

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use an older version of Nautilus so that users can put icons on the desktop. Upstream GNOME has removed desktop support in Nautilus 3.28.

17 January 2018
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Purism Librem 5 Phone Will Use Faster i.MX8 Chipset

Purism has delivered its first progress report on development of the Librem 5 Phone, which it successfully crowdfunded last year. It remains early days for the fledgling Linux phone, but decisions are starting to be […]

17 January 2018
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VirtualBox Guest Additions to be Included in Linux Kernel

Most of us install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Linux virtual machines get the best experience, but now these capabilities are coming to the Linux kernel itself.

17 January 2018
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Have You Taken the Thunderbird Redesign Survey?

Monterail and Thunderbird are now working on the same team. Yes, that Monterail, the Poland-based development company whose stunning Thunderbird mock-up went viral last year, before becoming a real, working Thunderbird theme. “We got in touch […]

17 January 2018
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Listen to Tidal Music on Linux from the Command Line

Tidal subscribers have a new way to listen to the high-fidelity music streaming service while using the Linux desktop. The Spotify rival touts better sound quality and bigger royalty cheques for artists, but it doesn’t provide a desktop […]

15 January 2018

GPD Win 2 – A Pocket-Sized Linux Games Machine?

Dream of owning a pocket-sized Linux games console? Well, your dream just inched a little nearer. Early reviews of the 6-inch GPD Win 2 pocket computer claim that Linux runs “perfectly” — opening up the […]

15 January 2018

Fedora 28 Wallpaper Contest is Now Open for Entries

If you're creative and want to give something back to the Linux community, now's your chance as the Fedora 28 wallpaper contest is open for entries.

12 January 2018
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Nextcloud Talk is an Open Source Alternative to Google Hangouts

Nextcloud Talk is an open source alternative to Google Hangouts. The feature adds audio, video and messaging features to the personal cloud server software.

11 January 2018
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Support for Ubuntu 17.04 Ends This Week

Support for Ubuntu 17.04 ends on January 13. Once end of life Ubuntu will no longer release security updates, critical fixes, or updated packages to users.

9 January 2018