Section: News

Ubuntu 17.04 flavors are now available to download, including Ubuntu Budgie

Hatching out alongside Ubuntu 17.04 downloads are images for the rest of the Ubuntu flavors. In post we’ll take look at what’s new in a handful of the flavours, share a few choice screenshots, and give you all […]

13 April 2017
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Ubuntu 17.04 Available to Download Now, This is What’s New

This is our Ubuntu 17.04 review. It recaps new features in Ubuntu 17.04, tells you what's changed, and has the links you need to download Ubuntu yourself.

13 April 2017

Canonical CEO Jane Silber Announces She’s Stepping Down

Jane Silber is to step down as Canonical CEO, with Mark Shuttleworth taking her place. Silber revealed the news in a blog post, following speculation on her future role.

12 April 2017

Snap Support Lands in Fedora

Snaps make it easier for application developers to package, distribute and update their software — and support for them has landed in Fedora 24, 25 and 26.

12 April 2017
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How Linux Figures Reacted to Ubuntu’s Unity Bombshell

News that Ubuntu is to u-turn on Unity, can Convergence, and scrap its smartphones took the open-source community by total surprise last week. In this post we roundup the reactions that some prominent free software stalwarts, Linux pundits, and former Canonical employees had to […]

11 April 2017
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More Screenshots of Firefox’s Photon Redesign Surface Online

More screenshots of Firefox’s Photon redesign have surfaced online. The new screenshots continue to reveal more details about the upcoming redesign, including the purpose of the library button, the behaviour of side panels, and the […]

10 April 2017
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Awesome (And Unofficial) Spotify Web Player for Linux Discontinued

Spotify Web Player for Linux has been discontinued, with the developer of the unofficial Spotify app citing changes to the music streaming service's backend.

10 April 2017
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New GNOME Games App Makes it into Ubuntu 17.04 Repos

It's now easy to install GNOME Games on Ubuntu 17.04 as this awesome games browser-come-player is now available straight from the Zesty repos.

10 April 2017

What’s Next for Ubuntu Desktop? Mark Shuttleworth Shares His Plans

Mark Shuttleworth has revealed more about what's next for the Ubuntu desktop following last week's dramatic news that the next LTS release will use GNOME.

9 April 2017

Mozilla Thunderbird 52 Released with Various Improvements

Mozilla Thunderbird 52 has been released. The latest stable release of Mozilla's popular desktop email app picks up a modest set of improvements.

7 April 2017
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Canonical to Cut Jobs, Axe Unprofitable Projects

Jobs are to go at Canonical as the company looks to pull itself into fitter financial shape for the future, Mark Shuttleworth has confirmed.

6 April 2017

Lightworks 14.0 Video Editor Premieres with Brand New UI, New Features

A brand new version of Lightworks, the professional-grade video editor, is available for download on Windows, macOS and — hurrah — Linux.

5 April 2017