MATE Desktop 1.24 Release Arrives with a Slew of Improvements

A new version of the MATE desktop has been released and in this post —yes the one you’re reading right now— I recap some of the changes being offered in the MATE 1.24 release. Not […]

11 February 2020
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Firefox 73 Released with Accessibility Improvements, And Um… That’s It

The new Firefox 73 release is here with some accessibility improvements, including a new global page zoom level option. Read on to learn more on Firefox 73.

11 February 2020
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OpenShot Video Editor Scores Major Update, This is What’s New

OpenShot video editor has a new version available to download. We look at the new OpenShot 2.5 features and changes, of which it features a tonne.

10 February 2020

‘Habits’ App Measures Mouse Distance & How Many Keys You Press a Day

Do you know how many keys you press a day, or how far your mouse has travelled recently? Habits is a free app for Linux that tells you this and more.

10 February 2020

First Look: GNOME 3.36’s New Default Background is Seriously Cool

Check out the GNOME 3.36 wallpaper in all its ice-cool glory. Three new versions of the Adwaita background will ship in GNOME 3.36 and we preview them here.

10 February 2020

Want to Preview Fonts using a Terminal? Now You Can!

Fontpreview is a command line font preview tool for Linux systems. It uses fuzzy search to locate installed fonts and imagemagik to display font previews.

9 February 2020

Flatseal Makes it Easy to Manage Flatpak Permissions

Flatseal is a GUI app that makes it easy to manage Flatpak app permissions on a per-app basis. Free software, Flatseal is available to install from Flathub.

9 February 2020

Arc Menu Update Brings Dash to Dock Integration, New Unity Dash Layout

A new version of the Arc Menu GNOME extension has been released. Arc Menu v41 includes 3 new layouts, widget integration, and 'desktop' shortcut creation.

9 February 2020
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Devs Push for Unicode 13 Support in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Developers are hoping to get ICU 66 packaged up in Ubuntu 20.04. The update adds support for Unicode 13, due for release in March.

7 February 2020
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Qt Twitter Client Choqok Has Squawked Back To Life

I’ve been listening to 2010 era pop punk all day so when I saw an update from Choqok in my RSS reader I legitimately had to double check the date. But after years (and I […]

6 February 2020

elementary OS 5.1 Pushes Out Its First Point Release

elementary OS 5.1.2 is available to download. The point release offers updated .iso media with Ubuntu 18.04.3 HWE installed, which includes Linux 5.3.

6 February 2020
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Ubuntu 20.04 Confirms Its Kernel Choice (And Spoiler: It Isn’t the Latest)

Ubuntu has settled on the version of the Linux kernel that will ship in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS when released this April. Surprisgly, it won't be the most recent.

6 February 2020