I’m gonna keep this one super brief. Here’s the deal: ‘gksu’ (the once recommended way to run GUI apps as root) was deprecated in favour of ‘pkexec’, a graphical fronted for PolicyKit, several years back. Ubuntu […]
One of the most popular HDR photo editing applications is now available on Linux.
Most of you reading this know what Unity 8 is. You know what it’ll (roughly) look like. And you’ll know the problems it’s trying to solve. But sometimes, simply knowing what it’s all about is a […]
A brand-new Skype for Linux client has been announced — and you can try it today.
A brand new version of VirtualBox has arrived touting improved Linux integration, multi-channel audio support and more.
Wondering how support for running legacy X11 apps on the Mir display server is shaping up? Feast your eyes on this short video.
Snappy developers have today announced a shiny-new version of Snapd.
The latest Vivaldi snapshot adds tab hibernation, more mouse gestures and sets Yahoo! as the default search engine.
This is the Ubuntu Unity desktop running on Windows 10 natively, without a virtual machine.
The community port of Ubuntu Touch for the Fairphone 2 handset is progressing nicely.
Skype say "exciting news for Linux users" will be announced this coming Wednesday, July 13.
We don’t see as much of GRUB, the boot loader that is installed with Ubuntu, as we used to. Once upon a time it was shown on every boot. These days you only tend to see […]
Shake your umbrella in my direction if you can remember a bit of software called Stormcloud.
Sometimes all you want is the current weather conditions for where you live. This weather indicator applet for Ubuntu offers only that.
Learn how to install GNOME extensions on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and above in this simple guide. GNOME Shell extensions are hugely popular, so don't miss out!
The latest changes shipping in KDE Plasma 5.7, released today, are on show in a slick new YouTube video.
The popular e-mail client for Ubuntu on phones and tablets is coming to the desktop.
Nightly builds of the next-gen web rendering engine 'Servo' are now available for Linux and Mac desktops.