peek gif recorder

Peek Gif Screen Recorder Drops Support for Snap App

Peek is discontinuing support for its Snap app. The developer behind the popular animated gif screen capture tool cites complex set-up and a lack of cross-distro support.

25 March 2018
ubuntu 18.04 default wallpaper

This is the New Ubuntu 18.04 Default Wallpaper

You’re gawping at the brand new Ubuntu 18.04 default wallpaper. Yes, seriously! The new background image will make its appearance of tens of millions of desktops with the Ubuntu 18.04 release on April 26, 2018. […]

22 March 2018

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc – Might Just Be The Weirdest Game on Linux

A linux-compatible, tall glass of double checking reality garnished with a sprig of WTF - this is Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

22 March 2018
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Umm, GNOME Shell Has a Rather Big Memory Leak

There's a rather annoying memory leak in GNOME Shell, and it's unlikely to be fixed in time for the release of Ubuntu 18.04 next month.

21 March 2018
Shotwell photo manager and editor

Shotwell Photo Manager Just Got a Big Performance Boost

A new version of the Shotwell photo manager and editor is available to download. Shotwell 0.28 “Braunschweig” arrives half a year later than originally planned but hasn’t shirked on improvements or bug fixes during the wait. […]

19 March 2018
Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS

Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS: What’s New?

Planning to upgrade to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS? Then you may be wondering what new features and changes the update will bring. Well, wonder no more. In this post we round up all of the […]

19 March 2018
Stacer system optimiser on ubuntu 17.10

Linux Release Roundup: Amarok Sees First Release in 3 Years

The past 7 days have been pretty dang busy in Linux release land. We’ve taken a look at the best GNOME 3.28 features, recapped the latest Firefox 59 changes, and made ourselves comfortable with the latest changes to […]

17 March 2018

This Qt eBook App for Linux is a Real Page Turner

Lector is a Qt ebook reader app for Linux that lets you read ePub, Mobi and AWZ ebooks on. It also lets you change ebook font, font size and page color.

16 March 2018
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Geary User Survey: Are You a Filer, or a Piler?

What kind of email user are you: piler or filer? “Pile…File… what?” you’re probably thinking. I know I was when Geary pinged over a new user survey asking me this exact same question. But it all […]

16 March 2018
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Ubuntu Has Made its Minimal Images Even More Minimal — Just 28MB!

The Ubuntu minimal image has been reduced in size for the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver release. Ubuntu devs have reduced the images to just 28MB.

15 March 2018
lplayer - a minimalistic audio player

LPlayer is a new, minimal audio player for Linux

Sometimes I want listen to a couple of podcast episodes or audio tracks back-to-back, without the hassle of adding them to my media library. LPlayer could be the minimalist audio player for Linux that I’ve been […]

15 March 2018
Firefox Snap Package on Ubuntu 17.10

Firefox is now available as a Snap package

The latest version of Mozilla Firefox is available as a Snap package for Ubuntu and other Linux distros. Not just any ol’d Snap package either, but an official, made-by-Mozilla Snap package. It’s arrival, without any sort […]

15 March 2018