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Linux Release Roundup: Corebird, Wireshark, Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS

A roundup of recent Linux releases, including Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS, an update to Linux twitter client Corebird, and some distinctly unfishy fixes for a network monitoring must-have.

3 March 2018
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Geary Email Client Mails Out a Bug Fix Update

An updated version of the Geary email client for Linux desktops is available to download. It contains a stack of bug fixes for some bothersome mail related issues.

23 February 2018
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Unity 7.4.5 Released for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

A Unity desktop update is rolling out to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users. Unity 7.4.5 features a stack of bug fixes and general tweaks, and improves the Unity low graphics mode option.

16 February 2018
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Ubuntu Wants to Collect Data About Your System

Ubuntu wants to collect data on users' systems to 'help improve Ubuntu'. The diagnostic data collection will be opt-out, and enabled by default for all new installs of Ubuntu 18.04.

14 February 2018
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Quarter Window Tiling Support added to the MATE Desktop

Support for quarter window tiling has been added to the MATE desktop. The feature is one of several improvements shipping in the latest stable release of the ‘retrospective’ desktop environment, which was forked from GNOME 2 […]

7 February 2018
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Elementary OS Juno will be version 5.0, not 0.5

A new version of elementary OS arrives in the spring, and when it does it’ll have a number of significant new features and changes on offer. Among them a small yet appreciable bump to the version number. […]

5 February 2018
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LibreOffice 6.0 Released with ‘Dramatic’ Improvements

You can now download LibreOffice 6.0, the latest major release of this hugely popular free office software. The release of LibreOffice 6.0 marks the first major update to the productivity suite since the LibreOffice 5.4 […]

31 January 2018

Lollypop Music Player Adds Responsive Design

Responsive design is coming to the Lollypop music player. A week or two back I shared a video of the stylish KDE music player Babe which showcased the app’s sleek new ‘responsive design’ capabilities. But GTK […]

29 January 2018
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS News

Why Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Use an Older Version of Nautilus

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use an older version of Nautilus so that users can put icons on the desktop. Upstream GNOME has removed desktop support in Nautilus 3.28.

17 January 2018
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Purism Librem 5 Phone Will Use Faster i.MX8 Chipset

Purism has delivered its first progress report on development of the Librem 5 Phone, which it successfully crowdfunded last year. It remains early days for the fledgling Linux phone, but decisions are starting to be […]

17 January 2018
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Nextcloud Talk is an Open Source Alternative to Google Hangouts

Nextcloud Talk is an open source alternative to Google Hangouts. The feature adds audio, video and messaging features to the personal cloud server software.

11 January 2018
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Support for Ubuntu 17.04 Ends This Week

Support for Ubuntu 17.04 ends on January 13. Once end of life Ubuntu will no longer release security updates, critical fixes, or updated packages to users.

9 January 2018