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PineBuds: Wireless Ear Buds Powered by Open Source

Could Pine64 emerge as the open source analog to companies like Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaom9? With the quiet introduction of their latest piece of hardware, it seems so! A pair of high-end in-ear wireless headphones […]

29 April 2022

Ubuntu 22.10 ‘Kinetic Kudu’ is Open for Development

Development on Ubuntu 22.10, codename 'Kinetic Kudu', is now formally underway, Ubuntu developers announced on the developer mailing list.

28 April 2022
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KDE Plasma 5.25 Adds a Cool Customisation Feature

KDE Plasma 5.25 offers a dynamic new customisation feature that sets the system accent colour based on the colour of a user's desktop wallpaper.

26 April 2022
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Pop!_OS 22.04 Released, This is What’s New

We look at Pop OS 22.04 LTS, the latest release of the Pop OS from System76 based on Ubuntu 22.04. Check out its new features and find where to download.

25 April 2022
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Ubuntu 22.10 Codename is Revealed (And It’s Kinda Kooky)

We share the Ubuntu 22.10 codename. The latest adjective + animal combination gives us a couple of clues about what to expect from October's new release.

25 April 2022

Ubuntu is Bringing Back Its Iconic ‘Developer Summit’ — With a Twist

The Ubuntu Developer Summit is back! Well, kinda. An in-person 'Ubuntu Summit' is being held later this year but aimed at enthusiasts as well as developers.

24 April 2022
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Ubuntu Founder Explains Why Distro Won’t Support Flatpak

Ubuntu's founder pours cold water on the question of Ubuntu desktop supporting Flatpak, the fast-growing and popular open source packaging format.

22 April 2022
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Amberol is Fab No-Frills Audio Player for GNOME Desktop

Amberol is a minimal, no-frills music player designed for the GNOME desktop built using GTK4 and Rust. It eschews bloat to focus solely on playing songs.

13 April 2022
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Dash to Panel Adds GNOME 42 Support

The Dash to Panel GNOME extension now supports GNOME 42 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The extension combines top bar and dock into one unified panel.

7 April 2022
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Firefox 99 Released with GTK Overlay Scrollbar Support, Fixes

A new month, a new release of Mozilla Firefox — though as we’ve come to expect from its expedited release schedule, the changes are relatively minor. What’s new? Well, a lots of folks, including Mozilla […]

5 April 2022
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Ubuntu 22.04 Beta Released, Available to Download

You can now download the Ubuntu 22.04 beta to go hands on with the 'jammy jellyfish' ahead of its stable release next month. What's new? Come take a look!

31 March 2022
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An Early Look at New Features in Thunderbird 102

Various new features are coming to Thunderbird, the open source email client. In this post we look at the biggest ones, like the all-new address book.

29 March 2022