As you may have heard me mention in the latest episode of the Ubuntu Podcast, I’ve been ankle deep in GNOME extensions these past few weeks. Why? Well, like many of you I have made a preëmptive switch to GNOME Shell now that Unity is […]
Chinese computer company Chuwi plan to release an Ubuntu laptop called the Chuwi LapBook 12.3, a thin, all-metal clamshell with a 12.3-inch 2K display.
Though I tend to stream music from the cloud when at my desktop PC, I prefer to download and play local audio files when listening to podcasts and audio books on the move. Earlier this week I needed convert a stack of […]
Simplenote is one of the most popular note-taking services around, and it’s just gotten easier to use on Linux. Launched last year, the official Simplenote Linux app is available as a Snap on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. The simple, straightforward note-taking service offers cloud […]
If you use SSH regularly, be it to connect to a local machine, Docker container, VM, or Raspberry Pi cluster, check out Termius, a free cross-platform app.
An update to desktop Linux Twitter app Corebird is available for download, and features an improved set-up wizard, a quick-pick photo palette, and more.
GNOME 3.24.1, the first point release since the GNOME 3.24 stable release in March, is now available to users of Ubuntu 17.04.
Are users of open-source software more likely to stick stickers on the back of laptops? That's what we're aiming to find out in this week's reader poll.
Have you heard about Firefox containers? Until today neither had I. But this neat experimental feature recently picked up a neat new feature, so it feels like a good time to mention it. Firefox Containers Firefox […]
Spanish computer company Slimbook has unsheathed its latest Linux laptop, the all-aluminium 15.6-inch Slimbook Excalibur.
Multiprocess Firefox mode is disabled on Ubuntu due to incompatibility with the Ubuntu Modifications add-on that's preinstalled. So, here's how to enable it.
Krita, one of the most popular open-source graphics editors available, has a new release — and it's already available to install on Ubuntu.
Linux Mint is adopting the LightDM display manager to handle user sessions, with a new GUI front-end to the login experience called Slick Greeter.
A new beta release of Fsearch, a fast GTK file search app for the Linux desktop inspired by the Everything Search Engine, is available for testing.
This script will install 24 GTK themes on Ubuntu, Arch and any other GNOME based Linux distribution straight from Git.
Clipboard Manager extension for Gnome Shell is a no-frills clipboard manager for GNOME. It adds an indicator menu to the top panel and caches your clipboard history. There’s nothing extra; no regex searching, or cross-device, multi-sync or […]
Indicator KDE Connect now has Google Contacts integration, making it even easier to send text messages from the Linux desktop.
Cumulus Qt is a Qt weather app for the Linux desktop. It's lightweight, has a bold, striking design inspired by Stormcloud, and is very customisable.