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New Website Claims Flatpak is a “Security Nightmare”

A newly launched website is warning users about Flatpak, branding the tech a “security nightmare”. The ‘Flatkills.org’ web page takes aim at a number of security claims routinely associated with the fledgling Flatpak app packaging and distribution […]

10 October 2018
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Do You Plan to Upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10?

Can you believe that we’re now just a week away from the Ubuntu 18.10 release? It will be available to download from Thursday, October 18. Such closeness means — shock — it’s almost-very-nearly upgrade decision […]

10 October 2018
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Ubuntu 18.10 Adds Gallium Nine Support, Latest Mesa 18.2.2

A couple of graphic-related tidbits ahead of next week’s Ubuntu 18.10 release that some of you might be interested to know about. First up, Mesa. A feature freeze exception was granted to allow Mesa 18.2.x […]

10 October 2018
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Google Has ‘No Plans’ to Enable Chrome Hardware Acceleration on Linux

Google says it has no plans to enable Chrome hardware acceleration on Linux — not even as an experimental option. The news is certain to be greeted with groans by those who struggle to stream […]

4 October 2018
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Audacity 2.3.0 Released with Punch & Roll Recording, Better Save Options

Audacity 2.3.0 is available to download. This update brings punch and roll recording to Audacity, tweaks playhead behaviour, and features lossless backup.

1 October 2018

Google is Working on Apple Magic Trackpad 2 Linux Support

Google engineers are working to add Apple Magic Trackpad 2 Linux support to the mainline Linux Kernel. Although it’s been 3 years since Apple announced the Magic Trackpad 2 Linux users have needed to rely […]

30 September 2018
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Customize Linux Touchpad Gestures with ‘Gestures’ App

If you want to set-up touchpad gestures on Linux, but don’t know how, you should check out the following app. The app is called ‘Gestures’ and is described by its developer as being a “minimal Gtk+ GUI […]

30 September 2018
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Ubuntu Budgie 18.10 Looks Like an Essential Upgrade

Ubuntu Budgie 18.10 is released in October and it promises to be the best release yet. A raft of major improvements are touched on in the preview notes for Ubuntu Budgie 18.10, which spread its […]

28 September 2018

Ubuntu 18.10 Beta is Now Available to Download

Go grab it — the official Ubuntu 18.10 beta release is now available to download. Developers, bug battlers, and enthusiastic fans alike are invited to download Ubuntu 18.10 beta to help test the release ahead […]

28 September 2018

KDE Neon Now Based on Ubuntu 18.04 ‘Bionic Beaver’

The wait is over: the KDE Ubuntu 18.04 release is finally here. Developers behind the KDE-centric Linux distro¹ have announced that they’ve successfully rebased KDE Neon on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver’, which was released earlier this […]

26 September 2018
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Ubuntu 18.10’s New Wallpaper is Cosmically Cute

The default wallpaper of Ubuntu 18.10 ‘Cosmic Cuttlefish’ has finally been revealed. And, as you can no doubt guess, the new desktop background features a lavish line-art mascot, this time a concentric circular cuttlefish illustration: […]

25 September 2018
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OpenShot Adds Animated Video Masking, New Video Presets

A new version of the open source video editor OpenShot is now available for download — the first update to the app since July.  Among plenty of other changes OpenShot 2.4.3 adds support for creating animated masks and transitions […]

23 September 2018