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The Viber Desktop Linux App Has a New Sharing Menu

A new version of popular messaging app Viber is available for Linux. Viber Desktop versions 6.5.5 introduces a handful of new features to the messaging service, all of them certain to be familiar to users […]

9 March 2017
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Chrome OS Has Double the Marketshare of Regular Linux in USA

Chrome OS marketshare is more than double that of traditional GNU/Linux in the USA, data from a web analytics company shows.

8 March 2017
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Firefox 52 Released with WebAssembly Support, Enhanced Sync

Mozilla Firefox 52 has been released and is now available to download. Among new features in Firefox 52 is support for WebAssembly. Mozilla describes this as “an emerging standard that brings near-native performance to Web-based games, apps, […]

7 March 2017
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GNOME Recipes App Is Now Available to Install On Ubuntu 17.04

GNOME’s Matthias Clasen recently blogged about the upcoming release of GNOME Recipes 1.0. It’ll be the first formal release of the desktop recipes app for Linux, which has been in development for less than 6 months, and […]

6 March 2017
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VidCutter 3.0 Released with New Features, MPV Backend

VidCutter, the open-source video trimmer app we mentioned back in January, is back with a new release — and it’s a big one. The cross-platform Qt5 app lets you quickly and easily trim, split and join video […]

5 March 2017
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Meet the $30 Ubuntu-Ready NanoPi M1 Plus

It's two-thirds the size of a Raspberry Pi and costs $30, but the NanoPi M1 Plus already has Ubuntu Core and Ubuntu MATE images ready to run.

3 March 2017
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The New System76 Galago Pro is a Potential Macbook Killer (Updated)

The System76 Galago Pro is the company's first super thin aluminum laptop, and is kitted out with the latest Intel Kaby Lake processors and up to 32GB RAM.

2 March 2017
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Strap in: DiRT Rally has just been released on Linux

Feral Interactive has announced the full version of Dirt Rally is out now on Steam for Linux. Pitched as ‘the world’s most authentic rally game’, DiRT Rally is the latest instalment in Codemaster’s DiRT series . It put Linux players […]

2 March 2017
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Hurrah! SuperTuxKart Has Been Greenlit on Steam!

Wave the checkered flag because SuperTuxKart has been greenlit on Steam thanks to thousands of votes from enthusiastic fans of the FOSS racing game.

1 March 2017

This is the Ubuntu 17.04 Default Wallpaper

The Ubuntu 17.04 default wallpaper has been revealed — but you may need to be a keen spot-the-difference enthusiast to notice much of a difference…

28 February 2017
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GNOME’s New Night Light Feature Aims to Help You Sleep Better

We take a look at GNOME Night Light, a blue light filter that is included in the GNOME 3.24 desktop and adjusts the color temperature of the display.

28 February 2017

Mozilla Acquires Pocket, Will Open Source Pocket Code

Chances are you've heard the new: Mozilla has acquired Pocket, the go-to 'read it later' service, and says it plans to open-source Pocket code in due course.

27 February 2017