Section: News

Librem 5 Now Shipping, Backers Share First Impressions

Purism has begun shipping the Librem 5 Linux phone to backers of its crowdfunding campaign — and the first hands-on impressions are filtering in!

28 November 2019

OpenMoji is an Open Source Emoji Set That Looks Awesome

OpenMoji is an open source emoji library that's free to use. The set has over 3000 glyphs, supports Unicode's Emoji 12.0 spec, and is available as a font.

26 November 2019

Linux Kernel 5.4 Released, This is What’s New

Linux 5.4 kernel is out. The latest Linux kernel update adds support for several ARM-based laptops, has better files system encryption, and lots more.

25 November 2019
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Audacity 2.3.3 Released With Major Bug Fixes, Removes Obsolete Features

Audacity 2.3.3 has no major new features but does includes 75+ bug fixes, improved equalisation, and removes obsolete code. Plus, learn how to install it.

24 November 2019
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Glimpse, the G-Rated GIMP Fork, Issues Its First Release

When the Glimpse image editor was announced it created a a storm of opinion. Now the infamous GIMP fork has made its first release — but is it any good?

22 November 2019

Slimbook’s New Pro Laptop Wants to Take on Apple, Costs Less Too

Meet the Slimbook Pro X 15, a new 15-inch Linux laptop from Spanish hardware company Slimbook. Their new device is powered by an Intel i7-9750H processor (6-core, 4.5GHz turbo boost) with a beefy NVIDIA GTX […]

21 November 2019
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Zorin OS 15 Lite: Xfce Has Never Looked So Good!

Zorin OS 15 Lite is a stylish Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It's designed for low spec computers and uses the Xfce desktop by default.

20 November 2019
Android and Linux

Google Wants to Bring Android Closer to the Mainline Linux Kernel

Google wants to bring Android "as close as possible" to the mainline Linux kernel, stabilising the kernel ABI and making hardware support modular.

20 November 2019
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Scrcpy Update Adds Android 10 Support, Multitouch Gestures

Scrcpy users can now interact with an Android phone on PC using a touchscreen, as well as use the utility with devices running Android 10.

20 November 2019

Ubuntu 20.04 Daily Builds Are Now Available to Download

Download Ubuntu 20.04 daily builds and help test the upcoming LTS release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS codenamed the 'Focal Fossa' ahead of its release next year.

19 November 2019

Slimbook Tease New Linux Laptop in Apple-Bashing Video

Linux laptop maker Slimbook is promoting an upcoming hardware launch with a bizarre YouTube video in which a penguin bashes apple — quite literally!

19 November 2019
OnlyOffice Text Editing App

OnlyOffice, the Open Source Office Suite is Now Available on Flathub

OnlyOffice Desktop Editors for Linux is now available to download and install as a Flatpak app from Flathub across multiple Linux distributions.

12 November 2019