Section: News

Opera Won’t Be Bringing New Browser ‘Neon’ to Linux

Opera Software debuted an all-new concept browser called Opera Neon yesterday. Neon is fast, blingy, and a little bit gimmicky, but does some neat new stuff that has gotten a lot of people quite excited. Sadly, […]

13 January 2017

It’s About To Get Easier to Enable Low Graphics Mode on Ubuntu

Unity low graphics mode on Ubuntu will soon be easier to enable thanks to a new option added to the Unity Control Center app.a

11 January 2017
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Hackable Open-Source Text Editor Atom 1.13 Released

A new version of the cross-platform hackable Atom text editor has been released.

11 January 2017
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Dell’s Latest Laptop is $100 Cheaper If You Buy It With Ubuntu

Dell love Linux. That’s not a bit of marketing fluff designed to look good writ large on a conference banner, but actual, tangible fact. Today the company announced the immediate availability of the Dell Precision 3520 mobile workstation […]

11 January 2017
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Lumina 1.2.0 Desktop Released

Lightweight Qt-based Lumina desktop environment is kickstarting its new year in style with a brand new release. We look at what's new and improved.

4 January 2017
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After 13 Years Handbrake Leaves Beta (Plus Other Linux App Update)

A number of Linux apps were updated over the Christmas break, including Handbrake, which hit version 1.0, Lyricfier, GNOME Recipes and music player Harmony.

27 December 2016

12 Months, 12 Images: This Was Ubuntu in 2016

There were a number of big Ubuntu news stories in 2016, as you’re already aware. But a number of  smaller events and milestones throughout the year help to put the Linux distribution’s year into a broader context. […]

19 December 2016
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Ubuntu 17.04 Swaps Swap Partitions for Swap Files

Do you like, use or see the need for Swap partitions on your Ubuntu system? If not, Ubuntu 17.04 ships one change that’ll be of interest. Canonical’s Dimitri John Ledkov announced today that Ubuntu 17.04 will use Swap files by default on […]

16 December 2016
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Linux Mint 18.1 Released

Linux Mint 18.1 has been released and is now available to download.  A long term support release, Linux Mint 18.1 is supported until 2021 and is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The release features updates to […]

16 December 2016
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Crossover 16 for Linux Now Supports 64-bit Windows Apps

CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0 code, supports 64-bit Windows applications, and features 'thousands of improvements' to Windows compatibility.

14 December 2016
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Fedora 25 Makes It Super Easy to Type Emoji (And I’m Jealous)

Fedora 25 Workstation makes it incredibly easy to type emoji using just your keyboard. And I’m very jealous. If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you’ll you know how much hassle it can be […]

12 December 2016

RetroEngine Sigma Is a Linux-Powered Retro Games Console

A new Linux-powered retro games console wants to do for the Gameboy, SNES and Genesis, what the NES Classic has done for the NES. As a retro gamer I (quite naturally) was stoked to see the […]

7 December 2016