Section: Dev

chromium with gtk3 support

Chromium Rolls Out Enhanced GTK3 Theme Support

Chromium is sporting greater GTK3 support in its latest daily development snapshots. Developers have begun building the browser with proper GTK3 theme integration enabled by default. I know: hardly ground breaking, but as Chromium (and its more […]

21 March 2017
google chrome may soon use native linux notifications

Chrome Could Start Using Native Notifications on Linux

Google Chrome could soon use native notifications on Linux desktops. A bug report asking for the browser to use a Linux desktop environment’s notification system was filed late last year but recently become active again. Google Chrome (and […]

17 March 2017
new firefox themes

These are the New Themes Shipping in Firefox 53

Firefox 53 includes two brand new 'compact themes', designed to take up fewer pixels on the screen and give web content more room to show.

10 March 2017
plasma 5.8 desktop screenshot

Lockscreen Media Controls, Improved Touch Experience coming in KDE Plasma 5.10

Lock screen media controls are one of several productivity improvements in Plasma 5.10, which is due for release at the end of May.

9 March 2017
Ubuntu Development

Canonical Launches New Ubuntu Tutorials Website

Canonical has launched a new Ubuntu tutorials website to help make 'development and devops activities on Ubuntu machines' easier.

8 March 2017
GNOME News app

News is a Promising New RSS Reader for the Linux Desktop

It’s been a little while since we last heard anything about News, a GTK RSS reader app for the GNOME desktop. But, a few weeks ago, the feed reader app’s developer shared a short video of how the […]

6 March 2017
kde kube mail app

Kube, a new KDE email/PIM app, sees first tech preview release

KDE Kube mail is new email app for the KDE desktop, and has just made its first official release, albeit as a technical preview.

5 March 2017
8bitdo controller

GNOME ‘Games’ App Scores Better Video Output, More Libretro Cores

The first stable release of the GNOME Games app arrives later this month, and these are the various improvements it will bring to Linux retro gaming fans.

3 March 2017
GNOME nightlight

GNOME’s New Night Light Feature Aims to Help You Sleep Better

We take a look at GNOME Night Light, a blue light filter that is included in the GNOME 3.24 desktop and adjusts the color temperature of the display.

28 February 2017
apps

Snap URL Support Is Coming to Ubuntu Software

The little screenshot nestled to the left of this text contains something that makes us very happy. It’s a change-log for GNOME Software that mentions handler support for opening Snappy URLs is on the way. Why do we […]

16 February 2017
GNOME MAPS

Transit Route Planning Is Coming to GNOME Maps

Transit routing features are headed to GNOME Maps, the open-source desktop map app for Linux. GNOME developer Marcus Lundblad detailed the upcoming changes, which will include the ability to reverse routes, in a blog post. […]

16 February 2017
ubuntu 14.04 tile

You Can Now Install Snap Apps on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Snappy, Canonical's new app distribution and package management system, is now available to users running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

1 February 2017