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Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download

After 6 months of development you can finally download Ubuntu 16.10, the latest stable release of the world's most popular desktop Linux distribution.

13 October 2016
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Kdenlive 16.08.2 Released, Here’s How To Install It on Ubuntu

Kdenlive 16.08.2 has been released. The update is the second ‘bug fix’ release in the Kdenlive 16.08 series, which made its debut back in August. It solves a number of ‘keyframe related problems as well as improvements to […]

13 October 2016
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Wire, the Encrypted Chat App, Is Now Available for Linux

Wire is an open-source messaging service that offers fully encrypted calls, video and group chats — and now it's available for Linux.

11 October 2016
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Hands On With Unity 8 in Ubuntu 16.10

The Unity 8 desktop is now available to try out in the latest Ubuntu 16.10 developer images and in this post we go hands on it with it.

5 October 2016
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KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS Released, This Is What’s New

KDE has announced the release of the first Plasma desktop LTS (long-term support).

4 October 2016
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Ubuntu 16.04 Available in Latest Windows 10 Insider Update

The latest insider build of Windows 10 makes Ubuntu 16.04 available to users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

3 October 2016
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Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors: Beta 2 Downloads Now Available

Sneaking out alongside the main Ubuntu 16.10 Beta 2 release are beta builds from the rest of the Ubuntu family.

28 September 2016
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Firefox Reader Mode is Finally Getting a Keyboard Shortcut

Among the changes which arrived in the September release of Firefox 49 were an enhanced set of Reader Mode features, including spoken narration and line-width spacing options.  All very welcome. But the improvements aren’t stopping there. Firefox 50, which is […]

26 September 2016
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No, Google Hasn’t Killed Chromecast Support in Chromium Linux Builds

This week a horde of angry, pitchfork-waving readers descended upon the e-mail inbox of both OMG! sites, demanding to know why we weren’t writing about the “shocking evil” Google is waging against the open-source community. SHOCKING EVIL, PEOPLE. Firstly, Saturday […]

25 September 2016

MATE Desktop 1.16 Released With Improved GTK3 Support

MATE Desktop 1.16 is said to focus on "improving GTK3+ compatibility, migrating components to newer libraries, fixing bugs and code hygiene."

22 September 2016
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Is Microsoft Building Yet Another Skype Client?

Recent rumours suggest yet another Skype desktop app to help ease the burden of maintaining so many — but is Skype for Life, in fact, already here and running on Linux?

21 September 2016
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GNOME 3.22 Released, This Is What’s New

GNOME 3.22 is out, and it features comprehensive Flatpak support, file manager improvements, and a whole host more besides. Click through to read more.

21 September 2016