Section: News

Wayland May Delay Release of GNOME 3.12

The upcoming release of Wayland 1.5 could delay the arrival of GNOME 3.12.

4 February 2014

Ubuntu To Create New File Manager for Unity 8 Desktop

With the scheduled switch to Unity 8 on the Ubuntu desktop creeping ever closer, Ubuntu developers are debating whether a new file manager is needed.

3 February 2014

Native GTK uTorrent Desktop App in Development

uTorrent arrived on Linux back in 2010, but not in the form most were expecting. Now, one user is planning on putting that right.

2 February 2014

LibreOffice 4.2 Arrives With New Icon Theme, OpenCL Support And More

LibreOffice 4.2, the latest version of the worlds most popular open-source Office Suite, has been released.

30 January 2014

Canonical At Mobile World Congress 2014 – What Can We Expect?

It's the worlds biggest meeting of mobile industry experts, enthusiasts and original equipment manufacturers and, once again, Canonical will be in attendance.

28 January 2014

Samsung To Preview ‘New Tizen Devices’ Ahead of MWC In February

Samsung is to preview a selection of new Tizen-powered devices later this month, just days before the 2014 Mobile World Congress kicks off.

27 January 2014
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Qt Web Browser ‘QupZilla’ Refines Features in Latest Release

QupZilla, the nimble Qt-based web-browser, has been updated with a bunch of minor feature enhancements and bug fixes.

27 January 2014

Shotwell Development To Be Picked up By Elementary

Development of Shotwell is to be taken over by the team behind Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS.

24 January 2014
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New Pop-Over Dialogs Heading to GNOME Apps

For all the initial concerns GNOME's visual overhaul is really starting to come together, as the addition of new pop-over dialogs shows.

24 January 2014
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More Themeing Options Added to LightDM GTK+ Greeter

Fake transparency support for widgets and session selector badges are just two of improvements to arrive in the latest update to the LightDM GTK+ Greeter.

24 January 2014

Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Wallpaper Contest Kicks Off

Macro lenses at the ready: Ubuntu GNOME is on the hunt for a new set of community-contributed wallpapers to feature in its forthcoming release.

21 January 2014
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Intel Update Automated Linux Driver Installer for Ubuntu 13.10

An updated version of the Intel Graphics Installer for Linux has been released by the Intel Open Source Technology Centre.

20 January 2014