Section: Dev

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Ubuntu 16.10 To Ship with Nautilus 3.20

Nautilus 3.20, and a host of GNOME 3.20 apps, will ship by default in Ubuntu 16.10 'Yakkety Yak', with new versions already available for testing.

2 August 2016
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Rejoice! Arc GTK Theme Will Be Available in Ubuntu 16.10

If you love the Arc GTK theme, but don't love needing to hunt down an install package every time you perform a fresh install, you're going to love Ubuntu 16.10.

1 August 2016

GNOME Maps Is Back On Track Thanks to Mapbox

The desktop GNOME Maps app hit a dead-end earlier this month after the free service it used to display maps changed it usage policy.

31 July 2016
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Ubuntu 16.10 Alpha 2 Is Available to Download Now

The second alpha release of the Ubuntu 16.10 development cycle is now available for download, with Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin and Ubuntu MATE taking part.

28 July 2016
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The Linux Deepin File Manager Is a Thing of Beauty

China-based Linux distro Deepin has shown off its all-new desktop file manager. And to say it's pretty is an understatement.

27 July 2016
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Messaging Service ‘Wire’ Goes Open-Source, Invites Devs to Build Clients

Encrypted text, voice and audio calling service Wire has gone open-source, releasing the code for everything devs need to build their own apps that interface with the service.

25 July 2016

See The Newly Improved GNOME Keyboard Settings (Video)

Keyboard configuration is a crucial part of any modern desktop operating system, and GNOME is working to make its even better.

22 July 2016
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Nautilus Is Adding Native Archive Extraction

Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, is to improve support for extracting zips, tars and other compressed archives.

19 July 2016
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The Unity Desktop Improves Low Graphics Mode

Compiz updates aimed at improving the performance of Unity in low-graphics mode are coming to 16.04 LTS.

15 July 2016

Latest Vivaldi Snapshot Improves Proprietary Media Support on Linux

The latest development release of the browser improves proprietary media support on Linux, with specific attention to Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Slackware.

14 July 2016

Using Gedit, Nautilus with Pkexec Will Soon Be Less Hassle

I’m gonna keep this one super brief. Here’s the deal: ‘gksu’ (the once recommended way to run GUI apps as root) was deprecated in favour of ‘pkexec’, a graphical fronted for PolicyKit, several years back. Ubuntu […]

14 July 2016

Snapd 2.0.10 Improves Usability of Media Player Snaps

Snappy developers have today announced a shiny-new version of Snapd.

11 July 2016