Posts from October 2016

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How to Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB with Etcher

If you want to do a clean install of Ubuntu 16.10 when it lands next week, or install it on a different computer, then a bootable flash drive is the way to go. That’s in my […]

3 October 2016
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Quickly Paste Frequently Used Text With This Indicator Applet

Are there chunks of text you regularly use? ASCII artwork you often send? Long terminal commands you traditionally type out in full?

3 October 2016
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Ubuntu 16.04 Available in Latest Insider Update to Windows 10

The latest insider build of Windows 10 makes Ubuntu 16.04 available to users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

3 October 2016
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Ubuntu Software Can Now Show Screenshots of Snap Apps

Ubuntu Software is now able to show app screenshots for desktop Snap apps, just like it can for apps in the standard Ubuntu archive and in PPAs.

3 October 2016
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Purism Want To Make a Truly Open-Source Linux Phone

Would you buy a truly open-source phone running nothing but free software? If you would, Purism want to know the sort of hardware specs you'd expect to get from it.

2 October 2016
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How to Quickly Convert Comic Book files to PDF on Ubuntu

Want to convert crb or cbz to PDF on Ubuntu? Reader Rumesh986 has created a simple bash script that does exactly that.

2 October 2016
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Instagraph Adds Photo Filters and Image Editing Tools

Filters, cropping and direct messaging are among the latest improvement arriving in an update to Instagraph, the unofficial third-party Instagram app for Ubuntu Touch. Instagraph 0.0.3 adds much-missed image manipulation tools. You can now crop photos, make […]

2 October 2016
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How to Install the Papirus Icon Theme for KDE

The Papirus GTK icon theme is my favourite icon set, and the one you’ll spot most often in screenshots on this site. But did you also know that it’s available for KDE Plasma desktop too? That’s right. If […]

1 October 2016