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Eek, the Arc GTK Theme Needs a New Maintainer — Fast

The Arc GTK theme may be one of the most popular GTK themes available for Linux, but adoration doesn't fix bugs. The theme is looking for a new maintainer.

12 March 2020

‘Pop Shell’ Brings Proper Tiling Window Features to GNOME Shell

If you love the look of tiling window managers like i3, but don’t fancy giving up your creature comforts then keep an eye on Pop Shell — a new GNOME extension in development that has […]

11 March 2020

GNOME 3.36 Released with New Lock Screen, Better Performance

Six months of development later and the official GNOME 3.36 release is finally here, with source code available to download from the usual places. As those of you who read our recent feature roundup will […]

11 March 2020
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An Official Firefox Flatpak is on the Way

With the Firefox 74 release out of the way Mozilla developers now turning their attention towards Firefox 75, scheduled for release in the early part of April. While Firefox 75 will (obviously) ship with new […]

10 March 2020
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Firefox 74 Released with DNS over HTTPS, Other Privacy Improvements

Mozilla Firefox 74 is now available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux. We recap the new features and key changes in this article, so read on!

10 March 2020
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gThumb 3.9.1 Released with Various Changes, New App Icon

An update to gThumb, a GTK-based photo manager and image viewer for Linux, is now available to download. In this post we look at gThumb 3.9.1's features.

9 March 2020

Zorin OS 15.2 Released, Now Available to Download

Zorin OS 15.2 is now available to download. The update serves as the latest point release in the Zorin OS 15.x series which debuted last year. A raft of software updates, bug fixes and security […]

8 March 2020
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OpenShot Gets a Bug Fix Update, Adds Multi-Core Effects Processing

OpenShot devs have issued a new bug fix update to the non-linear video editor to iron out wrinkles in the recent (and sizeable) OpenShot 2.5.0 release.

4 March 2020

Shotcut Video Editor Adds More Export Options, New Audio Pitch Filter

A new version of the open source video editor Shotcut is available to download, and in this post I share some of the changes it includes.

2 March 2020
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Linux Mint Unveils a Fast New File Transfer Tool for Linux Desktops

Linux Mint wants to make it easier to transfer files between Linux PCs on the same network. 'Warpinator' enables wireless file transfers through a clean UI.

1 March 2020
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Xubuntu 20.04 Wallpaper Contest is Now Open for Entries

The Xubuntu 20.04 LTS wallpaper contest is open for entries until March 13, 2020. Six winning entries will ship as part of the Xubuntu 20.04 release.

29 February 2020

Major Update: Linux 5.6 Released, This is What’s New

Linux 5.6 is the latest stable release of the Linux kernel, and in this post we take a look at some of the new features and changes the update offers.

29 February 2020

Ubuntu Switches to a Snap’d Software Store for 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 ships with a new pre-installed Snap app: Ubuntu Software. A Snap version of the GNOME Software-based tool is pre-seeded by default.

29 February 2020

Exclusive: Download the New Ubuntu 20.04 Wallpaper (Updated)

Want to see the new default Ubuntu 20.04 wallpaper? You know you do and you can, as we exclusively reveal ubuntu's brand new wallpaper in this post.

27 February 2020
LibreOffice for Android

Collabora Office Brings LibreOffice to Android, iOS

Collabora Office is a free office app for Android and iOS based on LibreOffice, making it the closet thing to LibreOffice for Android.

27 February 2020
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LibreOffice 6.4.1 Released with 120+ Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 6.4.1 has been released. It is the first point release in the LibreOffice 6.4.x series, which debuted in January with a tonne of improvements.

27 February 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 Makes Picking a Graphics Driver Easier

A small batch of end-user improvements to the “Additional Drivers” screen are being prepped ahead of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Now that the latest NVIDIA graphics are available in Ubuntu LTS releases directly (without the need […]

26 February 2020
dark mode setting in Ubuntu 20.04

New Dark Mode Setting Lands in Ubuntu 20.04 ‘Focal Fossa’ Dailies

If you’re keeping on top of the new Ubuntu 20.04 features — no worries if you’re not, it’s not stable yet anyway — you’ll be expecting the change featured below. It seems my recent op-ed […]

25 February 2020