Posts from 2016

Analyse Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength on Ubuntu With This Script

Wifi signal strength can vary from room to room so knowing where the best spot to pitch up when snagging the latest 1.5GB Ubuntu .iso is valuable information. There are several apps available on Linux that […]

7 August 2016

Bq Say They “Don’t Have Any Plans” For New Ubuntu Phones

Bq say they "don't have any plans" for new Ubuntu Phones — but is this reason to be worried? We don't think so, and here's why.

7 August 2016
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Choqok Lives — Qt Twitter App Sees First Update in Over a Year

There's a brand new version of Qt Twitter app Choqok on the way — and it's loaded with new features.

7 August 2016
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Nocturn Is a Cross Platform Twitter App With a Clean Design

Nocturn is a simple desktop Twitter app for Mac and Linux built using React, Electron and JavaScript. I know what you’re thinking: “Not another electron app!?” but this one is at least a bit different to […]

6 August 2016
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Yes, Someone Has Ported The Arc GTK Theme to Windows

Last month we featured an Ubuntu theme for Windows 10 called Maverick — and a lot of you were pretty bemused by it. That theme aimed to bring the familiar look of Ubuntu and its […]

5 August 2016
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Give VLC A Dramatic New Look With These Dark Skins (Including Arc)

VLC is often described as being the most versatile media player — and that doesn’t solely apply to its’ ability to play almost any file format you can chuck at it! The default look of VLC […]

5 August 2016

Mozilla Has Axed Firefox Hello, Will Remove It From Installs Next Month

Firefox Hello becomes Firefox Goodbye, as Mozilla announce they've discontinued the WebRTC feature and plan to remove it from the browser starting next month.

5 August 2016
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Ubuntu 14.04.5 Released, This Is What’s New

Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS has been released. It is the fifth and final point release of the Trusty Tahr.

4 August 2016
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Snapd 2.11 Released With New Commands, Interfaces

A shiny new version of snapd, the service that powers Canonical's 'Snap' packaging format, is now available.

4 August 2016

This App Sets the Bing Image of the Day as the Wallpaper on Linux

Bing — no booing, folks — isn’t the web’s best search engine, but there’s no denying that it has a striking visual presence. And this is largely down to its use of stunning high-resolution imagery as its background — […]

4 August 2016

How To Access Your Google Drive in Ubuntu

Want to access your Google Drive files natively on the Ubuntu desktop? You can, and here's how.

4 August 2016
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This is Why The ‘Snap Find’ Command No Longer Works on Ubuntu

It's no longer possible to see a list of Snap apps at the command line by running the 'snap find' command. This is why.

4 August 2016