The command line remains so incredibly popular because it’s so incredibly versatile. You can do a lot in a terminal. You can manage your OS, apps and files; you can connect to remote servers, watch […]
If you’re using to the global app menu used in the Ubuntu Unity desktop, and want to use something similar in Cinnamon, you can. A third-party Cinnamon extension called Global AppMenu, currently in beta, provides […]
The Cinnamon desktop is pretty great to use thanks to its sleek, simple layout. But by adding Cinnamon applets you can make it even better.
Lumina is a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment for BSD and Linux. We show you what's new in its latest release, and how you can install it on Ubuntu.
All weekend I’ve been itching to write about telegram-cli, a command-line interface to the Telegram messaging service. It’s something I’m keen to write about because the Wi-Fi in the coffee shop I regularly visit is a bit… […]
The pet parakeet of the Linux world, Budgie has a new release available for download. in this post we lookout what's new and tell you how you can get it.
Missing Wunderlist on Linux? You don't need to thanks to Wunderlistux, an Electron-based desktop app.
Ubuntu celebrates its 12th birthday today — and to celebrate we've devised a fiendishly feisty birthday quiz for you to pit your wily wits against…
This post is not a typical post. I'm not going to change your life, or teach you a new trick. Instead I'm going to drag you down the rabbit hole…
We look at launcher apps in this post, with an intro to Synapse and word on newer alternative that you might not have heard about.
What’s that well-known saying? Ahh yes, you spend ages waiting for one nifty little partition/drive mounting indicator to turn up …and then two arrive at once! But hey, choice is what’s Linux is all about, right? Indicator Diskman Indicator […]
Global menu support, similar to that offered on the Ubuntu Unity desktop, could be making its way back to the KDE Plasma desktop.
Less than a day after we asked you to put your collective minds to the task, Mark Shuttleworth has gone ahead and announced the official codename of Ubuntu 17.04.
When you look at Tux, the Linux mascot, what do you see? Do you see a penguin? Do you see a project? Or do you see something that’s dated and in need of a revamp? […]
With Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak now very much out, attention will shortly turn to the next release, Ubuntu 17.04.
Go fetch those blue birthday cake candles you have stashed away cos today, October 14, marks the 20th birthday of KDE. Yup, it’s the KDE project’s 20th birthday. And to help mark the mammoth milestone the KDE Restoration […]
Want to install and use legacy apps like GIMP and Rhythmbox in the Unity 8 desktop session included with Ubuntu 16.10? In this how-to we show you how, step-by-step.
Filing out alongside the final stable release of Ubuntu 16.10 is the rest of Ubuntu’s extended family. That means download links for community flavors, including Ubuntu MATE 16.10 and Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, are now live. The colorful set of spins each have their own […]