Section: Dev

the dekko email client snap app

How to Install Dekko Email Client on Ubuntu Desktop

Dekko for Ubuntu Touch¹ may be going nowhere, but the re-written, Snap-based version is already starting to shine. And better yet: it’s available for testing right now. Development Snap builds of Dekko are available in the beta and […]

27 January 2017
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Ubuntu OTA-15 Will Let Ubuntu Touch Users Access HTTPS Sites Again

Canonical is working on OTA-15 for Ubuntu Phone and tablet — but it won’t contain new features.

23 January 2017
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What Spotify Takes Away, the Open-Source Community Brings Back…

One of my favourite bands has just released a new album, which means I now have 11 new songs to learn the words to before I go see them play next! Older versions of the official […]

22 January 2017
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KDE Neon Has Stylish New Install Wizard

KDE Neon has adopted distro-agnostic Linux installer ‘Calamares’ its unstable developer edition. Calamares replaces the Canonical-developed Ubiquity installer as the default graphical installer used when installing the Ubuntu-based OS on a new machine. The stylish install wizard is already in […]

22 January 2017

Mesa 13.0.3 Headed to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? (Update: Sadly Not)

Mesa 13.0.3 will shortly be available to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users to install, without needing to add any additional PPAs.

20 January 2017
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This Dev Is Working on a Way to Run Android Apps on Ubuntu Phone

Ubports developer Marius Grispgård has revealed that he's working on a way to run Android apps on Ubuntu Phone using Sfdroid.

19 January 2017
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Shotwell Photo Manager 0.25.3 Released

Photography fans will be pleased to hear that a new bug-fix release of photo management app Shotwell is now available to download.

18 January 2017
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What To Expect In GIMP 2.10

The GIMP is our favorite image editing app for Linux, and this year it’s set to get even better. The development team behind the hugely popular open-source project this week shared word about ‘what’s next for GIMP‘ in 2017. Included […]

15 January 2017

Ubuntu’s Converged Terminal App Is Starting to Take Shape

Last August Canonical shared design mockups of a new, converged Terminal app it wants to offer on its new Unity 8 desktop. Now the app exists. The current development version is not perfect, polished or feature complete, but it is looking more like the […]

12 January 2017

Does Ubuntu Budgie Need a New Logo?

Now that Ubuntu Budgie is an official Ubuntu flavor we're excited to see what developers plan to do this cycle — but could that mean a new logo?

11 January 2017

It’s About To Get Easier to Enable Low Graphics Mode on Ubuntu

Unity low graphics mode on Ubuntu will soon be easier to enable thanks to a new option added to the Unity Control Center app.a

11 January 2017
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Firefox Developer Edition Gets Flatpak’d

Some great news for fans of distro-agnostic app distribution: Firefox Developer Edition is now available to install as a Flatpak!

5 January 2017