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Phew, Ubuntu 17.10 Will Have a Desktop Dock (Of Sorts)

If you were worried Ubuntu 17.10 would use a vanilla GNOME Shell desktop, you can relax. Ubuntu says the release will have a desktop dock.

4 August 2017
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Gping is like regular ping, but shows a graph too

The ping command is a useful way to troubleshooting network issues — but its output does look a little dull by default. Enter Gping, a cross-platform ping tool that prints a pretty graph inside the […]

4 August 2017
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Released, Available to Download Now

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS is the third point release of the latest long-term support release and features a new hardware enablement stack.

3 August 2017

Mozilla’s New File Sharing Feature is Fast & Secure

'Firefox Send' is an experimental new feature that lets you easily and securely send file(s) up to 1GB to another person using your browser.

3 August 2017

Wayland Confirmed as Default for Ubuntu 17.10

Wayland WILL ship as the default display server in Ubuntu 17.10 'Artful Aardvark'. The confirmation comes by way of Canonical's Didier Roche.

3 August 2017
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Ubuntu Is Moving Window Buttons Back To The Right

New details about what the Ubuntu desktop will look like in Ubuntu 17.10 have surfaced — and there are some major changes ahead. Among them a change in the position of window controls (or window buttons, […]

3 August 2017

GNOME Logs May Ship in Ubuntu 17.10

Hold the front page: Ubuntu could be about to switch log viewer from GNOME System Log to GNOME Logs. We're on the ground with all the details.

1 August 2017
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How to Pause Music When Lock Screen Kicks in on Ubuntu, Linux Mint + More

Pause on Lock is a simple script that can pause music on Ubuntu when the lock screen kicks in. When you return to your desktop and log back in whatever you were listening to resumes, […]

1 August 2017
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KMail User Survey Asks Which Features Need improvement

Do you use Kmail, the KDE email client? If so be sure to add make your feedback on heard by taking the short Kmail user survey.

1 August 2017
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Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Wallpaper Contest Winners

The winning images in the Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 wallpaper contest have been revealed. Ubuntu Budgie is an official Ubuntu flavor that uses the Budgie desktop environment. The next stable release, due in October, will include […]

1 August 2017

How to Install/Upgrade to LibreOffice 5.4 on Ubuntu

We show you how to install or upgrade to LibreOffice 5.4.0 on Ubuntu using the official LibreOffice PPA using two simple commands. Neat-o.

31 July 2017

GNOME Disks Is Adding Partition Resize & Repair Features

GParted has long been the go-to tool for disk and file-system management on Linux — but GNOME Disks is fast catching up.

31 July 2017