Section: Download

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Heron Animation, Free Stop Motion Software for Linux

Looking for free stop motion animation software? If so, check out Heron Animation. Entirely free to download and use, Heron Animation works like other stop motion apps: it takes a series of pictures from a connected camera and […]

7 December 2016

How To Quickly Find Emoji from the Command Line

Want a quick way to search for emoji on Linux? Sure you do, cos these little pictographic blighters have risen to become a common way to express nuanced sentiment or context within conversations.  To help, try the simply named emoj. […]

5 December 2016
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CLI System Tool ‘Neofetch’ Gets a Big Update

Neofetch 2.0 has been released, and is available to install on Ubuntu. The CLI system info tool adds bug fixes, cleaner code, and improved ASCII handling.

2 December 2016
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Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0 Alpha Is Now Available to Download

Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0 alpha is now available for download and testing. Based on Ubuntu 16.04, Trisquel 8.0 also ships with the MATE 1.12 desktop.

1 December 2016

Gluqlo is a flip clock screensaver for Linux desktops

Looking for a nifty screensaver for Ubuntu? Check out Gluqlo, a Linux version of the popular Fliqlo screensaver for Windows and Mac OS X. You might be looking for one because Ubuntu no longer includes screensavers in its […]

28 November 2016

Shotwell, Anatine & Vivaldi See New Releases

Not really meriting a post in their own right, but certainly deserving of mention, is a round of recent updates to 3 apps we regularly write about. Among them… Shotwell 0.25.1. Shotwell 0.25.1 is the latest “unstable” snapshot of the image organiser-come-photo […]

25 November 2016
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Intel Graphics Installer 2.0.3 Out, Supports Ubuntu 16.10

The Intel Linux graphics driver tool has been updated to support Ubuntu 16.10 and Fedora 24.  The Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux v2.0.3 offers up the latest Intel 2016Q3 graphics stack. You’re not misreading things. The […]

25 November 2016

2 Handy ‘Places’ Indicators for the Ubuntu Unity Desktop

If you miss the old Places menu that Ubuntu used to shipped with here are 2 indicator applets that bring it back to the Ubuntu desktop.

20 November 2016

Temps is a Beautiful Open Source Weather App

Checking on the weather isn’t hard: you just stick your head out of the window. But when the weather is unpredictable, or to keep an eye on its plans for the coming days, we turn to weather […]

9 November 2016

Meet Meow, a Purfect GNOME Menu Editor

If you love using GNOME Shell but wish that it was easier to create and customise folders in the App View, here's an app that might help.

1 November 2016
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Papirus Icon Theme Scores Big October Update

The Papirus Icon pack has been updated with new icons for 0ad, Sound Juicer, Harmony music player, and Skype for Linux Alpha and many, many…

27 October 2016
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Deezer, Hype Machine Plugins Added to Harmony Music Player

Like a Spice Girls' solo career, I'll keep this post wonderfully short: a new version of the Harmony music player is available to download.

27 October 2016

OverGrive is a Google Drive Desktop Client for Linux

If you’re looking for a way to sync your Google Drive to your Linux desktop, the following app may be worth a look. It’s called OverGrive and it’s a closed-source, paid application. But don’t let that […]

27 October 2016

Awwh, This Linux Wallpaper is Adorable

It's a desktop wallpaper. With a penguin. Using a terminal. In the dark. And it's adorable.

26 October 2016

Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors Now Available for Download

Filing out alongside the final stable release of Ubuntu 16.10 is the rest of Ubuntu’s extended family. That means download links for community flavors, including Ubuntu MATE 16.10 and Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, are now live. The colorful set of spins each have their own […]

13 October 2016
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Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download

After 6 months of development you can finally download Ubuntu 16.10, the latest stable release of the world's most popular desktop Linux distribution.

13 October 2016
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Kdenlive 16.08.2 Released, Here’s How To Install It on Ubuntu

Kdenlive 16.08.2 has been released. The update is the second ‘bug fix’ release in the Kdenlive 16.08 series, which made its debut back in August. It solves a number of ‘keyframe related problems as well as improvements to […]

13 October 2016

Indulge Your Nostalgia With This Ubuntu Timeline Wallpaper

It's Ubuntu 16.10 release week, so why not indulge your nostalgia for releases past by making this Ubuntu timeline wallpaper your desktop background?

11 October 2016