Section: News

Ubuntu 20.04 WSL

Microsoft Make it Easier to Install WSL on Windows 10

Microsoft is making it easier to install WSL on Windows 10 on systems where the feature isn't currently enabled. Fittingly: it now takes a single command.

17 June 2020

Small Things that Bug Me in Ubuntu: The Blank Snap Folder

I had to take new screenshots for our list of the best GTK themes this weekend and in doing become acutely aware of how much the "Snap" folder bugs me.

15 June 2020
pinephone postmarketOS community edition

PinePhone Community Edition with postmarketOS Now Available to Buy

It might not be Ubuntu related but I figured a bunch of you will be interested in knowing that a second PinePhone Community Edition will go on sale shortly, this one pre-loaded with postmarketOS.

15 June 2020
entangle software

Entangle 3.0 Improves Tethered DSLR Shooting on Linux

Entangle 3.0 has been released with a modest set of improvements including the ability to flip image previews. The update is available from Flathub.

15 June 2020
plasma 5.20 icon task manager

KDE Plasma Switches to Windows-style Icon-only Task Bar

With work on KDE Plasma 5.20 is underway, developers plan to introduce a small but significant layout tweak: using an icon-only task bar by default.

14 June 2020
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Linux Mint 20 Beta is Now Available to Download

Download Linux Mint 20 beta to help test things out ahead of the final stable release later this month. The beta includes a new kernel and many UX tweaks.

12 June 2020
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GIMP 2.10.20 Released with Improved Crop Tool, New Blur Filters

A new version of GIMP, the popular open source graphics editing software, is now available to download. GIMP 2.10.20 features all of the usual stuff like bug fixes and performance tweaks but adds a collection […]

11 June 2020
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The Vivaldi Browser Now Has a Built in, Er, Word Processor?!

Want your web browser to have a built-in word-processor? Of course not, but the bods behind Vivaldi have added one anyway, and here's how It works.

11 June 2020
pinetab linux tablet

Preorder the PineTab, a $99 Linux Tablet [Update: Sold Out]

The $99 PineTab Linux tablet is now available to buy from the Pine64 website. The 10.1-inch tablet runs Ubuntu Touch on a 64-bit ARM processor.

10 June 2020
Raspberry Pi Ubuntu

Official Ubuntu Desktop Support for the Raspberry Pi 4 is On the Way

Your dream of being able to run Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi 4 may be closer to reality than you think. October’s Ubuntu 20.10 release may introduce official support for Ubuntu desktop on the […]

8 June 2020
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NexDock Touch Turns Your Android Phone or Raspberry Pi into a Touchscreen Laptop

Dream of turning your Android phone or Raspberry Pi into a fully-fledged laptop? Well, with the all-new NexDock Touch you can! Like the original NexDock the new model is a 14.1-inch laptop shell, complete with […]

4 June 2020

Geary’s Getting a Linux Phone Friendly UI

I’m a big fan of desktop e-mail client Geary — it’s in our list of the best Ubuntu apps after all — so I’m particularly thrilled to hear that a “mobile version” is in the […]

3 June 2020