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Google Chrome 56 Released, Brings WebGL 2.0 and Flac Support

Google Chrome 56 is rolling out to desktop users, with a number of small new features and security fixes in tow.

26 January 2017

Meet the KDE Slimbook, a Powerful Laptop Running KDE Neon

The KDE Slimbook is a new KDE-branded laptop that comes pre-loaded with the Ubuntu-based KDE Neon Linux distribution.

26 January 2017
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Neofetch 3.0 Released

A new version of cross-platform CLI-based system info tool Neofetch is available to download, and it's packing some substantive changes.

25 January 2017
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Budgie Desktop Is Moving to Qt

Developers behind the Budgie desktop reveal they are switching to Qt to 'regain control over the experience, feature-set, and stability' of their desktop.

25 January 2017

The Ubuntu Web Browser App Is Getting a New Icon

The Ubuntu web-browser app is getting a brand new icon after community members said the existing icon looked too similar to the Safari web browser.

25 January 2017
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Wine 2.0 Released, Lets You Run Microsoft Office 2013 on Linux

A brand new stable release of Wine, the Windows compatibility programme, is now available to download.

24 January 2017
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Do You Still Use The Ubuntu HUD? [Poll]

Five years ago today Ubuntu introduced the HUD, a new way of interacting application menus. But does anyone still use it?

24 January 2017
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SMPlayer 17.1 Features ‘Experimental Support’ for Chromecast

Chromecast support is included in the latest release of SMPlayer, a versatile cross-platform desktop video player.

24 January 2017
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Firefox 51 Released with FLAC Support, Better CPU Usage

A new month means a new release of the venerable Mozilla Firefox web browser. Firefox 51 ships with FLAC support, WebGL 2, and a whole heap more — come see!

24 January 2017

The Easy Way To Install Remmina 1.2 on Ubuntu (Updated)

Do you use the remote desktop app Remmina? If so you may be interested to know that a Snap package of the latest release is now available on Ubuntu.

23 January 2017
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How to Install Password Management App KeePassXC on Ubuntu

KeePassXC, a community fork of the KeePassX password manager, is now available to install on Ubuntu as a Snap package.

23 January 2017
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Ubuntu OTA-15 Will Let Ubuntu Touch Users Access HTTPS Sites Again

Canonical is working on OTA-15 for Ubuntu Phone and tablet — but it won’t contain new features.

23 January 2017

How to Install GNOME Shell Extensions with Firefox & Chrome

It'll soon be harder to install GNOME Extensions with Firefox, as the browser retires support for NPAPI plugins. We show you how to keep the feature.

23 January 2017
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What Spotify Takes Away, the Open-Source Community Brings Back…

One of my favourite bands has just released a new album, which means I now have 11 new songs to learn the words to before I go see them play next! Older versions of the official […]

22 January 2017
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KDE Neon Has Stylish New Install Wizard

KDE Neon has adopted distro-agnostic Linux installer ‘Calamares’ its unstable developer edition. Calamares replaces the Canonical-developed Ubiquity installer as the default graphical installer used when installing the Ubuntu-based OS on a new machine. The stylish install wizard is already in […]

22 January 2017
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Skype for Linux Alpha Now Lets You Make Video Calls to Windows Users

A Skype representative says '1-1 video support between Linux Alpha and other platforms should be in the process of rollout' now.

22 January 2017

Emoji Picker GNOME Extension

You folks must think that I’m obsessed with Emoji, but you’d be …No, you’d be absolutely right about that. Actually, I don’t overuse the popular pictorial glyphs that dominate daily communication. But I do appreciate being […]

20 January 2017

Revamped Cinnamon Desktop Add-ons Website Is Now Live

A revamped version of the Cinnamon Spices website is now live, showcasing the latest and most popular add-ons for the Linux Mint desktop.

20 January 2017