Posts from 2016

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The GNOME 3.24 Release Date Is Set

GNOME 3.24 is to be released on March 22, 2017 — providing that development goes to plan between now and then, of course!

5 October 2016
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Unity 8 Desktop Session Arrives in Ubuntu 16.10

The latest updates to Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak add a Unity8 desktop session to the Ubuntu login screen.

5 October 2016
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Frogr Flickr Uploader for Linux Is Now Available as a Flatpak (Updated)

Like most people living in 2016 I don’t use Flickr. But if I did, I’d probably use Frogr to manage and upload my photos.  Frogr is one of a few apps that I’ve written about across all 7+ years […]

5 October 2016
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KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS Released, This Is What’s New

KDE has announced the release of the first Plasma desktop LTS (long-term support).

4 October 2016

Don’t Spit Feathers: Corebird 1.3.3 Released With Bug Fixes

A bug fix release of Corebird Twitter client is now available to download, and features improved support for Twitter's new longer tweets.

4 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 Windows 10 Insider Update

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