Section: Dev

ubuntu news

Ubuntu 18.04 Adds a To-Do App to Default Install

When you boot in to the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 'Bionic Beaver' later this year you'll find a new app is preinstalled by default: GNOME To Do, a personal task manager.

27 January 2018
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It Just Got Easier to Try the Latest WebKit on Linux

If you’ve been itching to toy with the latest development builds of WebKit on Linux you’ll be pleased to know it’s just gotten a bit easier. It’s all thanks to the newly announced ‘Epiphany Technology […]

26 January 2018
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Ubuntu Drops Wayland, Switches back to Xorg

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will come with the Xorg display server enabled by default. Canonical cites stability and reliability concerns over Wayland as reason for the change.

25 January 2018

GNOME Photos App Improves Its Editing Tools

The next stable release of GNOME Photos includes a number of core improvements, including new photo editing features. As a Shotwell alternative Photos is …Well, it’s getting there. It handles the basics well enough, letting you import and […]

18 January 2018
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS News

Why Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Use an Older Version of Nautilus

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use an older version of Nautilus so that users can put icons on the desktop. Upstream GNOME has removed desktop support in Nautilus 3.28.

17 January 2018
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VirtualBox Guest Additions to be Included in Linux Kernel

Most of us install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Linux virtual machines get the best experience, but now these capabilities are coming to the Linux kernel itself.

17 January 2018
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Discover, the KDE Software Center App, is Improving Nicely

Plasma Discover is a KDE software center app that makes it easy to browse, install and remove apps on the Plasma desktop. And it recently got even better.

9 January 2018
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Ubuntu 17.10 Will Be Re-Released on January 11, Will No Longer Brick Laptops

A fixed version of Ubuntu 17.10 will be available to download again from January 11. The updated image will no longer cause BIOS corruption on Lenovo laptops.

7 January 2018
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GNOME 3.28 Removes Option to Put Icons on the Desktop

Developers are removing the option to show icons, folders and files on the GNOME desktop. The feature, part of the Nautilus file manager, is said to be hindering development.

4 January 2018

Red Hat Worries as Amazon Targets Enterprise with New Linux Distro

The launch of Amazon Linux 2 marks Amazon's most concerted foray in to the enterprise yet, a move that is some suggest fear will see it compete against Red Hat.

3 January 2018
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GIMP 2.10 Adds a Dockable Cache & Swap Monitor

A super nerdy new feature will ship in GIMP 2.10, the next major release of the hugely popular open-source image editor. Also Read: What to Expect in GIMP 2.10 It’s called ‘Dashboard’ and it is a […]

19 December 2017
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Bolt Will Tackle Thunderbolt 3 Security on Linux

Ah, you gotta love Red Hat — they’re never not busy working on something that might make our lives a little easier. Latest case in point: Thunderbolt 3. This alternative to USB and other peripheral […]

14 December 2017