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Elementary OS “Juno” Beta is Now Available to Download

The first elementary OS Juno beta is now available to download! Elementary OS 5.0 Juno¹ is the next major version of this popular Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Juno will ship with access to […]

3 July 2018

Is Adwaita Icon Theme Finally Getting a Revamp?

The Adwaita icon theme is the default icon theme of the GNOME desktop and …Well, it is what it is. Adwaita is not generally considered to be the best icon theme for Linux but it’s perfectly […]

29 June 2018

Shotwell 0.29.3 Released with Face Recognition Feature

A new unstable snapshot of Linux photo manager software Shotwell has been released. Shotwell 0.29.3 brings a number of improvements to the fore, enhancing the user interface and overall stability of the application. But it’s the […]

25 June 2018

GNOME Plans to Move App Menus Back Inside App Windows

Application menus in the GNOME Shell desktop environment may be about to move. GNOME developers have proposed moving app menu entries back inside applications windows, in to the “hamburger menu” that most modern desktop apps use. “This […]

25 June 2018

GNOME Web Browser is Adding a Reader Mode

An experimental reader mode will ship in the next version of GNOME Web, aka Epiphany. The feature is already available to try in the latest development builds of the GTK Webkit-based web browser, released this […]

22 June 2018

Ubuntu Suru Icon Theme Now Covers More Filetypes

Work on the new Ubuntu icon theme is beginning to pick up steam. As you may know, developers plan to revamp the look and feel of Ubuntu for its next release by shipping the new […]

21 June 2018

CodeWeavers Demo a Windows app Running on a Chromebook using Linux and Wine

As you may know Google is bringing Linux apps to Chromebooks — but did you realise that the feature could pave the way for Windows apps, too? Yup, we’re talking Wine, the Windows software compatibility that is […]

12 June 2018

Winepak Could Make it Easier to Install Windows Apps on Linux

It might soon be easier to install your favourite Windows apps on Linux, thanks to a fledgling new project. It’s called Winepak and, as you might guess from the name, it’s focused on packaging Wine applications as Flatpak […]

12 June 2018

Coming Soon: Wacom Firmware Updates on Linux

You’ll soon be able to install Wacom firmware updates on Linux. Red Hat’s Richard Hughes shares word on work he’s done with Wacom engineers to support Wacom’s custom update protocol on Linux. At present, Wacom advise their […]

9 June 2018

Red Hat is Working on Linux Support for the Dell Canvas

Linux support for the Dell Canvas graphics tablet/display and dial accessory is underway thanks to a collaboration between Red Hat and Dell developers.

2 June 2018

Linux Mint 19 Beta Is Now Available to Download

The Linux Mint 19 beta download will be available to test at the start of next week, the Linux Mint project lead has said.

1 June 2018

LXQt 0.13 Arrives with Minor Improvements

LXQt 0.13 is available to download. It's the latest version of the LXQt desktop, which aims to provide an elegant, resource friendly 'next-gen' LXDE.

24 May 2018
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