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LibreOffice 6.4 Will Ship With Native GTK Dialogs on Linux

LibreOffice completes work on porting dialogs to native GTK, and LibreOffice 6.4 will make 'no direct uses' of the cross-platform VCL toolkit.

1 November 2019

Dell Puts Ubuntu on More of its Laptops

Dell is pre-loading Ubuntu on more variations of the popular Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, increasing the number of models 8 fold in the United States.

31 October 2019
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More Pinebook Pro Pre-Orders Announced (Update: Now Live)

Linux fans get another chance to pre-order the $199 Pinebook Pro Linux laptop in early November in ANSI and ISO layouts. Shipping is estimated for December.

31 October 2019
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Linux Mint 19.3 Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 19.3 'Tricia' is due for release in December, 2019 based on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, include several new apps, and ship with the new Linux Mint logo.

31 October 2019

Hallowe’en Fright: “OMG! He Doesn’t Even Use Ubuntu?!”

Settle amongst the shadows dancing by pumpkin light for a terrifying tale of one American's daring dance with the Linux distro your parents warn you about…

31 October 2019
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Download Now: GIMP 2.10.14 Released with Minor Fixes, Tool Improvements (Updated)

GIMP 2.10.14 is now available to download. This update tot he GIMP image editor offers a crop of bug fixes, several new GEGL filters, and tool improvements.

30 October 2019
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KDE Sets Out 3 Goals for the Future

The KDE community has mapped out its development goals, putting improved Plasma Wayland support, app consistency, and better app promotion on the task list.

30 October 2019

KDE Kills Off The ‘Cashew’, Replaces It With Something Less Nutty

KDE is removing the desktop toolbox icon from the Plasma desktop. The feature, a cashew icon in KDE 4, offers a shortcut to desktop layout options.

29 October 2019

And We’re Off: Ubuntu 20.04 Development Officially Begins

Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' is now officially open for development, Canonical's Matthias Klose has announced on the Ubuntu developer mailing list.

28 October 2019
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VGrive is a Google Drive Linux Client Written in Vala, Designed for elementaryOS

Vgrive is a free Google Drive Linux client 'designed for elementary OS' but also available to download and install on Ubuntu and Linux Mint desktops.

28 October 2019
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Ubuntu 19.10 Makes it Easier to Share Media to Your TV, Games Consoles, Etc

Ubuntu 19.10 makes it easier to share media between Ubuntu and smart TVs, games consoles, and other computers via DLNA receiver clients like VLC.

26 October 2019
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How Ubuntu Helped Make GNOME Shell Faster (And Why The Work Continues)

Canonical Software Engineer Daniel Van Vugt provides detail on the work done to improve the performance of GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 19.10

25 October 2019