elementary OS Preview Cool Upcoming Features

The elementary OS 8.0.1 release back in March brought an appreciable set of improvements with it, including a much-improved Files app, but as ever in development: the work never stops! Project founder, Danielle Foré, recently […]

16 May 2025

Ubuntu is Replacing Image Viewer and Terminal Apps

Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' will ship Loupe and Ptyxis as default image viewer and terminal apps in the upcoming October release.

16 May 2025
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Firefox Now Supports Custom Images on New Tab Page

A number of new personalisation features have been added to the Firefox New Tab page in the past year, including the ability to pick a background image from a small set of hand-picked pics and […]

15 May 2025

Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year

Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem.

14 May 2025

NordVPN Linux App Updated with New GUI

NordVPN has announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor secure connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, […]

13 May 2025

Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrades Have Been Re-Enabled

If you’ve been itching to do an in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 from 24.10, your patience has paid off — upgrades have been re-enabled. For those unaware, Ubuntu was forced to halt upgrades to the […]

12 May 2025

Kagi’s Orion Browser Linux Port Uses GTK4/libadwaita

A few months back I reported that Kagi, the company behind the paid, private and privacy-focused search engine of the same time, is porting its Orion web browser to Linux – now we have our […]

12 May 2025
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KDE Plasma 6.3.5 Update Available to Kubuntu Users

If you’re running Kubuntu 25.04 and want the latest fixes the KDE Plasma 6.3.5 release, you can use the Kubuntu backports PPA to get ’em. KDE Plasma 6.3.5 popped out a few weeks back, serving […]

11 May 2025
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RISC-V AI PC Delivers 50 TOPS, Runs Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu is one of the leading Linux distributions for RISC-V hardware thanks to Canonical’s strategic partnerships with companies like DeepComputing – who just announced a powerful new RISC-V AI PC running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The […]

9 May 2025

GNOME Replace Totem Video Player with Showtime

Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have officially cast a new video player in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream merge, GNOME has formally replaced the aged GTK3 Totem video […]

9 May 2025

Easily Toggle Ubuntu’s New Wellbeing Reminders On/Off

The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. […]

8 May 2025
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Linux Mint 22.2 Modernises its Default Theme

More details on the makeup of the upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release have been revealed, including its new codename (for those who track those). Linux Mint 22.2 (due to be released in late July or […]

8 May 2025