Lightweight Qt Desktop Lumina 1.6 Released with Minor Changes

A new version of Lumina desktop, a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment built around plugins, is available to download. We recap the new changes.

3 February 2020

Hurrah, Pine64 Will Sell Cases for the PinePhone

Pine64 plan to sell PinePhone cases online. The fitted hard shell cases will be available in several colours and feature cut outs for camera and speakers.

3 February 2020
lightworks video editor

Lightworks, the Pro Video Editor, Releases New Beta Build

Lightworks 20 features an improved interface and new options, including H.265 video decoding, auto-rotation of smartphone video, and more.

2 February 2020

Linux Mint is Adding Fractional Scaling Support to Cinnamon

Using the Cinnamon desktop environment on a high-resolution display? If so, you may be pretty excited to hear that fractional scaling support is on the way.

2 February 2020

Ubuntu Touch is Shaping Up Nicely on the PinePhone [Video]

A video demo of Ubuntu Touch aka Ubports on the PinePhone has been uploaded to YouTube by Ubports' Marius Gripsgård to showcase its support.

30 January 2020

Regolith Desktop 1.3 Released, Makes Using i3 Even Less Scary

A new version of the Regolith desktop is available. Regolith 1.3 introduces a new theme, shortcut improvements, and a new way of handling notifications.

30 January 2020

Dino is a Dreamy New XMPP Client for Linux Desktops

Dino is an open source XMPP client for Linux desktops. Written in GTK/Vala, Dino also supports end-to-end encryption, file sending, and message searching.

30 January 2020

PhotoFlare Open Source Image & Photo Editor

PhotoFlare is a free photo editor for Windows and Linux that lets you apply filters, add text to images, and more. Think Microsoft Paint, but more powerful.

30 January 2020
libreoffice released

LibreOffice 6.4 Released, This is What’s New

LibreOffice 6.4 is the latest stable release of the open source productivity suite and contains a number of new features and key improvements.

29 January 2020

How Well Does the HP Dragonfly Elite Run Ubuntu? Very

How well does Ubuntu 19.10 run the HP Dragonfly Elite (2019) laptop? Well, based on Jim Salter's personal experience in this review, it runs great!

27 January 2020

Stress Testing Your Linux Setup Just Got Easier

Want to stress text your Linux system? Then check out GTKStressTest, a new open-source app designed specifically for the task. The goal of GTKStressTesting (GST) is to put everything you need to know about your […]

27 January 2020

Must Read: 10 Best Features in Linux 5.5, Out Now

Linux 5.5 has been released, and it features a host of changes and notable improvements. In this post we spotlight the 10 best changes!

27 January 2020