Posts from April 2017

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Ubuntu Plans To Switch to Wayland By Default

Ubuntu plans to ship Wayland in place of X.Org Server by default. Word of the display server¹ switch won’t surprise many. Mir, Canonical’s home-spun alternative to Wayland, had been billed as the future of Ubuntu’s convergence play. But […]

18 April 2017

Minwaita GTK Theme Puts GNOME’s Adwaita on a Diet (Updated)

If you like the look of the overall look of the Adwaita theme that the GNOME uses with but don’t like the size of its title bars, here’s a theme that may be of interest. It’s […]

18 April 2017

The Wire Linux client is now available to install from a secure repo

Encrypted messaging service Wire is now available to install on Ubuntu (and related distros) from a secure repository that offers verified packages.

18 April 2017

Poll: Have You Tried GNOME Shell As a Result of Recent Ubuntu News?

Have you installed, tried or used GNOME Shell as a result of the recent Unity bombshell news? That's what we're asking you in this week's reader poll.

18 April 2017

Here’s How to Sync GNOME Extensions Between Different Installs

You can sync GNOME extensions between machines using your Google account. All you need is the GNOME Shell integration extension.

17 April 2017

How to Totally Uninstall Unity 8 from Ubuntu

With Unity 8 development dead-ended by Canonical there remain few compelling reasons to keep the Unity 8 desktop session installed on Ubuntu.

17 April 2017

Enjade Wants to Recreate the Unity Desktop on KDE Plasma

Enjade is a new project that aims to recreate the Unity desktop experience atop KDE Plasma, including features such as the Unity Dash.

17 April 2017

It’s Now Super Easy to Make Ubuntu Look like Windows

It's easy to make Ubuntu look like Windows 10 on Ubuntu 17.04 thanks to UKUI, a MATE-based desktop environment created by Ubuntu Kylin.

17 April 2017

How to use Twitter Lite as a Desktop Twitter Client

Twitter Lite, the social networking service’s new web-based mobile app, works fantastically on the desktop. If you use Google Chrome on Linux, and you happen to be a big Twitter user, here’s a neat little tip. […]

16 April 2017

The Pandora Linux App ‘Pithos’ has been Updated

A new version of Pithos, a native Pandora Radio client for Linux, is now available to download, and includes MPRIS tracklist and playlist support.

14 April 2017

This Short Video Tells You Everything You Need to Know about Snappy

A new video published by the developers behind Snappy gives a concise introduction the distro-agnostic technology and why you might want to use it.

14 April 2017

That Sleek Ubuntu Desktop Mockup Is Now A Real Working Theme

Jovan Petrović's stunning Ubuntu 18.04 desktop concept is now a real working theme for GNOME Shell, and it's available for you to download.

14 April 2017
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