Posts from August 2017

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 1

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 1 Released

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Beta 1 is now available to download alongside new betas of other Ubuntu flavours, including Xubuntu and Ubuntu Budgie.

31 August 2017

LibreOffice 5.4.1 Released with Over 100 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 5.4.1 is now available to download. This is the first minor update since the LibreOffice 5.4 release earlier this month and offers a number of bug fixes and stability improvements. “LibreOffice 5.4.1 represents the bleeding edge […]

31 August 2017
upterm on ubuntu 17.10

Upterm is Part Terminal Emulator, Part IDE

Upterm is billed as a ‘terminal emulator for the 21st century’ — a fairly bold claim. “An IDE in the world of terminals,” claims the Github project page; “Strictly speaking, it’s both a terminal emulator […]

31 August 2017

And Now for Something Completely Different: Broforce

Gearing up for PAX in less than 24 hours – I found myself locking and loading camera equipment like a guerrilla force heading out for battle. That makes the pure OVER9000 of “Broforce” quite an adventure of […]

31 August 2017
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The Skype Redesign Everyone Hates Is Now Available on Linux

The ‘radical’ redesign of Skype that most of the internet seems to hate is now available on Linux — hurrah! But before you get anxious about upgrading I should say that the redesign is not […]

31 August 2017
ubuntu 17.10 development

Ubuntu 17.10 Will Use GNOME Shell 3.26

Most of us expected that Ubuntu 17.10 would manage to with GNOME Shell 3.26 on board — but it’s nice to hear it confirmed. A feature-freeze exception filed pending a package update last week has […]

30 August 2017
gaming on Linux

GNOME Games App Picks up Controller & Keyboard Config

I love the GNOME Games app, it lets me manage and play my collection of retro games  Not the best named app, GNOME Games is the desktop app for managing and browsing your games collection. […]

30 August 2017

Gaming Spotlight: Infinifactory

Nixie Pixel shines a spotlight on Infinifactory, a brain-addling puzzle game from Zachtronics and available to play on Linux.

30 August 2017
firefox csd

Firefox Using Client Side Decoration (Video)

If you've been longing to see some progress on Firefox GTK header bar support you're going to want to feast your eyes on this.

29 August 2017
falcon web browser running on ubuntu 17.04 as a Snap app

That was quick: Falkon web browser is now available as a Snap app

Falkon is the new KDE web browser and KDE Neon is wasting no-time in getting it packaged up as a Snap app for users to help test.

29 August 2017

How GNOME Shell Search Is Improving

GNOME 3.26 improves the appearance of GNOME Shell search results, making better use of screen space to show more results on screen.

29 August 2017
budgie 10.4 on ubuntu

Budgie Desktop 10.4 Released, Here’s How To Install it on Ubuntu

Itching to install Budgie desktop 10.04 on Ubuntu? Well, get ready to scratch as it's now available to install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04.

29 August 2017