Posts from February 2017

Trojita Is a Super Fast Desktop Email Client for Linux

We go hands on with Trojita email app on Ubuntu, seeing how it compares to Thunderbird, and show you how to install it on Ubuntu, no PPA required.

22 February 2017

Make Your KDE Desktop Look like Unity with this Plasma Theme Pack

Ever looked at your KDE Plasma desktop and wished it looked a little more …like the Ubuntu Unity desktop? If you have — and hello all 3 of you, by the way — be sure to check […]

22 February 2017

Simple Screen Recorder Is Now Available as a Snap App (Updated)

SImple Screen Recorder, a popular screen recording app for Linux desktops, is now available to install as a Snap app from the Ubuntu Store.

21 February 2017

Peek Gif Recorder Gets Updated, Now Available from a PPA

Peek, the nifty animated gif screen capture app for Linux desktops, has been updated. Peek 0.9 reduces the size of temporary files, adds a resolution downsampling option (to help the app use fewer resources when rendering your […]

21 February 2017

How To Enable Nautilus Client-Side Decorations on Ubuntu

We show you how to enable client-side decorations in Nautilus on Ubuntu, and you don't need to switch to a different desktop environment to do it!

21 February 2017

Cerebro is an Open Source OS X Spotlight Equivalent for Linux

Cerebro is a Spotlight alternative for Linux, Windows and, bizarrely, macOS. Billed as an ‘open-source productivity booster with a brain’, Cerebro is an Electron app able to run across multiple platforms. It’s an extendable, open-source alternative to Spotlight and Alfred on […]

21 February 2017

Meet the Ubuntu Powered Augmented Reality Helmet

An Ubuntu powered augmented reality (AR) helmet will be on show at Mobile World Congress, 2017.

21 February 2017

Do You Like Linux Apps That Use Client Side Decorations? [Poll]

For this week's poll we want to know your thoughts on client side decorations on Linux. Do you appreciate apps that use them or actively avoid them?

20 February 2017

Ubuntu 17.04 Will Ship with GNOME 3.24

For first time in a long time, Ubuntu will include the latest GNOME release, GNOME 3.24 which is due for release in March, 2017.

20 February 2017

GPD Pocket Crowdfunder Passes $1 Million Mark

GPD Pocket, a 7-inch ultra-mobile PC available pre-loaded with Ubuntu, has received over $1,000,000 in user contributions in under a week.

19 February 2017

A Minimal Chrome OS Theme for Tint2

I used to (and sort-of-still-do, I guess) run a sister site focused on Google Chrome, Chromecast and Chromebooks, i.e. the Chrome ecosystem. As such I am a fan of Chromebooks and Chrome OS, a Linux-based distribution […]

19 February 2017

How To Use the Hidden GNOME Shell Extensions Prefs App

Did you know that GNOME Shell hides a really useful GNOME Extensions configuration app? The gnome-shell-extension-prefs utility lets you configure and tweak preferences of your favourite GNOME extensions without needing to go to the ‘Installed Extensions’ page of the official […]

19 February 2017
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