Section: Apps

Here you can discover the latest Linux apps, software and system utilities to use on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and related distributions, from office suites and music players to dev tools and CLI scripts for getting things done.

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Manage Passwords Securely in Ubuntu with KeePassX

I recently tried out some secure password managers to try and find something not only secure, but also easy to use and cross-platform.

12 October 2013

‘Corebird’ – New GTK3-based Twitter App In Development

Corebird is a new Twitter app with an interface reminiscent of Twitter's official app for OS X.

11 October 2013

Music App ‘Musique’ Adds Album Sorting, Gapless Playback and Playlist Tweaks

It's a good week for music fans on Linux. Following the recent update to Banshee comes a new release of the lightweight Qt music player Musique.

9 October 2013

Native Trillian Linux App Hits Beta, Boasts Tight Ubuntu Integration

Is the Trillian for Linux Beta any good? We've gone hands on to see what it's like - and while we're impressed there's a one glaring issue...

8 October 2013

Latest Release of Banshee Media Player Adds Symbian Sync

Banshee 2.9.0, the first release of the popular music app in 12 months, brings bug fixes, Symbianc device music sync & GTK3 support.

8 October 2013

E-Mail App Geary Gets New Look, New Features

Alongside an update to Shotwell 0.15 comes a new version of Geary - the popular open-source desktop e-mail app.

4 October 2013

Shotwell 0.15 Released, Adds Color Adjustment Pasting, Various Fixes

Shotwell, the premier photo management app for Linux, has just seen a new update pushed out by Yorba, the development team behind it.

4 October 2013
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VLC 2.1.0 Update Released With New Audio Core, Early 4K Video Support

A new version of the popular open-source media player VLC is now available for download.

26 September 2013

Indicator-Synapse Brings Spotlight-Like Search Bar to Linux

Take a semantic Zeitgeist-powered application/file launcher and bind it to the panel. What do you get? Something worth putting in the spotlight, that's what.

12 September 2013
Typecatcher downloads google fonts

Use Typecatcher to Install Google Web Fonts on Ubuntu

If you want access to a wider selection of fonts in Ubuntu there’s easy way to add a tonne — and in this post I show you how. Google Fonts provides web developers and designers with hundreds of […]

29 August 2013

First Look at Brackets for Linux – The Open Source Editor from Adobe

Adobe’s open source editor has finally come to Linux after months of hard work by the community. We've given it a quick overview to give you a taste of Adobe's latest efforts.

17 August 2013

Ubuntu Touch Styled Lockscreen App for Android

Here's something for the impatient but excited Ubuntu Touch fans amongst you: an Ubuntu Touch lock-screen for Android.

11 August 2013