Section: News

Firefox May Be Getting a New Logo

Firefox 57 is shaping up to be one of the browser's biggest and most important releases in its history — but might it also bring an update logo?

6 August 2017
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Phew, Ubuntu 17.10 Will Have a Desktop Dock (Of Sorts)

If you were worried Ubuntu 17.10 would use a vanilla GNOME Shell desktop, you can relax. Ubuntu says the release will have a desktop dock.

4 August 2017
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Released, Available to Download Now

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS is the third point release of the latest long-term support release and features a new hardware enablement stack.

3 August 2017

Mozilla’s New File Sharing Feature is Fast & Secure

'Firefox Send' is an experimental new feature that lets you easily and securely send file(s) up to 1GB to another person using your browser.

3 August 2017

GNOME Disks Is Adding Partition Resize & Repair Features

GParted has long been the go-to tool for disk and file-system management on Linux — but GNOME Disks is fast catching up.

31 July 2017
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Linux Mint ‘Software Manager’ Sees Some Major Improvements

Major improvements are coming to the Linux Mint Software Manager app, the Ubuntu-based distribution's default app store.

30 July 2017

Windows Subsystem for Linux Exits Beta

The Windows Subsystem for Linux has graduated from beta, and will become a 'fully supported feature' in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

30 July 2017

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Alpha 2 Released, Includes HUD, Global Menu

Ubuntu MATE 17.10 Alpha 2 is now available to download and if you're a big fan of the Unity desktop you're going to love what's on offer.

28 July 2017
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Gedit Text Editor is No Longer Maintained

Gedit is the default text editor on GNOME, Ubuntu, and countless other Linux distros — but today I learnt that it's also unmaintained.

27 July 2017
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Evince 3.26 Will Let You View Adobe Illustrator & CBR Files

Evince, the default document viewer on Ubuntu, is adding support for more file formats. The next stable release, Evince 3.26, due in October, will allow you to view Adobe Illustrator files on Linux without needing […]

26 July 2017
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Etcher Image Writer Scores a Sizeable Summer Update

Etcher, the open-source, cross-platform image writing tool, recently scored an update that adds some handy new features and some welcome bug fixes.

26 July 2017

Adobe Is Finally Killing Flash (Yes, Really!)

Adobe has finally heard what the world has been screaming at it for years: Flash needs to die. It's even given us the funeral date of 2020.

25 July 2017