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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
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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
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Download Now: GIMP 2.10.18 Released, Includes New 3D Transform Tool

GIMP 2.10.18 has been released. This version of the open source image editor adds a 3D transform tool, toolbox groups, and better Photoshop file support.

24 February 2020
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GNOME Clocks App Redesigned, Now Looks Great on Linux Phones

A revamped version of the GNOME Clocks app will ship in GNOME 3.36. In this post we look at the redesigned app and its new, mobile-friendly design.

24 February 2020

The Adapta GTK Theme Sorely Needs a New Maintainer…

Adapta is one of the best GTK themes available for Linux desktops — so popular that Google forked it for use in Chrome OS. Making a GTK theme isn’t easy. Keeping it up to date? […]

23 February 2020

New GTK Website Design Goes Live to Help Boost Linux App Development

A major redesign of the GTK project website is now live. The homepage serves as a central port of call for developers who are interested in using GTK.

21 February 2020

Open Source Graphics App MyPaint 2.0 Released

Open source artists should check out the latest release of MyPaint, as it scored a substantial update this weekend. The new MyPaint 2.0.0 release succeeds MyPaint 1.2, released back in 2017, and brings a stack […]

16 February 2020
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GNOME Shares Designs for a Native Camera App

GNOME design team member Tobias Bernard shares mockups of a possible new GNOME Camera app for use on the Librem 5 Linux phone and beyond.

14 February 2020
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Rhythmbox 3.4.4 Adds ListenBrainz Plugin, New App Icon

A new version of Rhythmbox, Ubuntu’s default music player app, is available. Rhythmbox 3.4.4 is a small update to this venerable player and was released back in January (but I’ve only just heard about it). […]

13 February 2020
Ubuntu 18.04.4 point release

Download Now: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 5.3

The latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS point release is now available to download. Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, which arrives a week later than planned due to a few last minute issue, serves as the penultimate point release […]

12 February 2020