Section: News

Canonical Sponsors WSLConf, Microsoft’s First Linux Conference

Canonical has announced it will be a ‘featured sponsor’ of WSLConf, taking place at Microsoft HQ in March next year. WSLConf is the first Linux-related conference to be hosted by Microsoft and, if you hadn’t […]

10 December 2019

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Survey Launched — You Can Help Shape Ubuntu’s Future

Ubuntu turned 15 this year and is still going strong — but what next for the leading desktop Linux distribution? Well, to find out Canonical has launched a brand new user survey. The responses collected […]

9 December 2019

KDE Plasma 5.18 Makes It Easier to Enter Emoji

KDE Plasma 5.18 comes with a new emoji selector tool. Plasma desktop users can press a keyboard shortcut to access the emoji picker.

8 December 2019

Firefox Picture in Picture is Sweet, Here’s How to Use it on Linux

Firefox's picture in picture video playback feature makes it easy to multitask while watching video. Learn how to use picture-in-picture on a Linux desktop.

5 December 2019

Major Update: Disney+ Now Works on Linux, No Workarounds Required

Disney+ has added support for Linux desktops like Ubuntu and Fedora. The video streaming service "just works" in modern web browsers like Google Chrome.

4 December 2019

Canonical Launches Ubuntu Pro for Amazon Web Services

Canonical unveil Ubuntu Pro, a premium service for users of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ubuntu Pro offers improved security, Livepatch, and AWS integration.

4 December 2019
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Firefox 71 Released with Native MP3 Decoding, Other Changes

The Firefox 71 release is now available to download. This browser update adds native MP3 playback and improves the password manager among other changes.

3 December 2019

Must Read: elementary OS 5.1 Hera Released, This is What’s New

The elementary OS 5.1 release is now available to download. We look at new features in elementary OS 5.1 hera, such as Flatpak support and new login screen.

3 December 2019
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Linux Mint 19.3 Beta Released, Available to Download

Linux Mint 19.3 beta is now available to download ahead of the final release due just before Christmas. We look at what's new in this update.

2 December 2019
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New GNOME Design Team Mockups: Extension Tool, Font Manager & Revamped Clock App

The GNOME design team is always hard at work iterating, ideating and improving on the form and function of apps and major UI elements throughout the GNOME desktop stack. And a lot of that design […]

2 December 2019

GTK Apps Now Look MUCH Better on KDE Plasma Desktop

Improvements to the KDE Plasma desktop mean GTK applications using client side decorations (CSD, aka header bars) now look well integrated under KDE.

1 December 2019
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Panes, Tab Reordering Added to Windows Terminal App

Windows Terminal panes and tab reordering are two new features the open source command line tool picks up in its latest release, Windows Terminal 0.7.

29 November 2019