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PS4 Controller Battery Level Extension for the GNOME Desktop

Using a DualShock 4 controller on Ubuntu? If so, you may find the following GNOME Shell extension a handy thing to have to hand. It’s called ‘Dual Shock 4 battery percentage’ and in an unexpected […]

21 August 2017

MellowPlayer is a Cross-Platform Qt Cloud Music App

MellowPlayer is a Qt cloud music app for Linux, Windows and Mac. Never heard of it? I can’t say I had, either. But a reader of this site, and a fan of MellowPlayer,  asked if […]

21 August 2017
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Snap Apps Get Big Promo Push in Ubuntu 17.10

Ubuntu plans to highlight new Snap apps in the desktop Ubuntu Software app, but it seems they're going further than we initially imagined.

20 August 2017

A Linux File Manager Built Using Electron

We’ve written about plenty of Electron apps, from music players to e-mail clients, code editors and chat tools — but the following tool the first Electron file manager we’ve come across! It’s called JumpFM and it’s described as a ‘minimalistic […]

20 August 2017
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Color Emoji Support Is Coming to GNOME Desktop

If you're a regular readers you'll know how I've longed to see full color emoji support on Linux — and it seems, at long last, I'm very close to getting it!

20 August 2017

How to Search Google from the Command Line

If you wanted to Google from the command line you need to check out Googler, a small open-source tool with lets you search the web from a terminal.

18 August 2017
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The Default Wallpaper of Plasma 5.11

Meet the new KDE Plasma default wallpaper set to ship in the the next major stable release, Plasma 5.11, later this year.

18 August 2017
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Snappy Sceptic Files Bug to Ask Why It Even Exists

The bug reporting infrastructure around an open-source project generally isn’t the best place to fish for a debate — especially when that debate poses questions of a rather existential nature! But if you’ve ever wondered why Ubuntu […]

17 August 2017
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GPD Pocket, The 7-Inch Ubuntu Laptop, is Now Shipping

Ubuntu fans with small fingers (and big pockets) will be pleased to hear that the GPD Pocket Ubuntu edition has begun shipping.

16 August 2017
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Firefox 55 Upgrade Is Finally Rolling Out on Ubuntu

Ubuntu users can now upgrade to the latest stable release of Mozilla Firefox through the Software Updater tool, without the need for extra PPAs.

15 August 2017
musixmatch desktop app on ubuntu

The MusixMatch Desktop Lyrics App Is Available for Linux

This weekend I learnt that the Musixmatch desktop app is available for Linux!  Not that Linux users are short of desktop lyrics apps, mind. We’ve written about several before, including ‘Instant Lyrics’ and ‘Lyricfier’, and […]

15 August 2017
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Ubuntu is adding a Trash Can Icon to the Desktop

With no (easy) way to add a trash icon to the new Ubuntu Dock, Ubuntu's devs instead opt to add a trash icon to the Ubuntu desktop.

15 August 2017