Linux User Christmas Gift Guide

Looking for Linux Christmas gift ideas to give the tux-loving nerd in your life a memorable noel? Well, call me sudo Claus cos I’m here to help! It can be difficult finding appropriate gifts for […]

2 December 2019
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Linux Mint 19.3 Beta Released, Available to Download

Linux Mint 19.3 beta is now available to download ahead of the final release due just before Christmas. We look at what's new in this update.

2 December 2019
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New GNOME Design Team Mockups: Extension Tool, Font Manager & Revamped Clock App

The GNOME design team is always hard at work iterating, ideating and improving on the form and function of apps and major UI elements throughout the GNOME desktop stack. And a lot of that design […]

2 December 2019

GTK Apps Now Look MUCH Better on KDE Plasma Desktop

Improvements to the KDE Plasma desktop mean GTK applications using client side decorations (CSD, aka header bars) now look well integrated under KDE.

1 December 2019

How to Remove a PPA from Ubuntu — And Why You Should

Learn how to remove a PPA from Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and other Linux distros in this simple guide, which shows you how to remove apt repositories safely.

1 December 2019
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Panes, Tab Reordering Added to Windows Terminal App

Windows Terminal panes and tab reordering are two new features the open source command line tool picks up in its latest release, Windows Terminal 0.7.

29 November 2019

Librem 5 Now Shipping, Backers Share First Impressions

Purism has begun shipping the Librem 5 Linux phone to backers of its crowdfunding campaign — and the first hands-on impressions are filtering in!

28 November 2019

OpenMoji is an Open Source Emoji Set That Looks Awesome

OpenMoji is an open source emoji library that's free to use. The set has over 3000 glyphs, supports Unicode's Emoji 12.0 spec, and is available as a font.

26 November 2019

Linux Kernel 5.4 Released, This is What’s New

Linux 5.4 kernel is out. The latest Linux kernel update adds support for several ARM-based laptops, has better files system encryption, and lots more.

25 November 2019
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Does Stadia Work on Ubuntu? Well Yeah, Kinda… (Updated)

Does Stadia work on Ubuntu? Yes, in both Google Chrome and Chromium. In this post we look at one users' experience playing Destiny on Stadia.

24 November 2019
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Audacity 2.3.3 Released With Major Bug Fixes, Removes Obsolete Features

Audacity 2.3.3 has no major new features but does includes 75+ bug fixes, improved equalisation, and removes obsolete code. Plus, learn how to install it.

24 November 2019
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Glimpse, the G-Rated GIMP Fork, Issues Its First Release

When the Glimpse image editor was announced it created a a storm of opinion. Now the infamous GIMP fork has made its first release — but is it any good?

22 November 2019