Hear a Buckling Spring Keyboard Sound for Every Key Press in Ubuntu

Want to hear a buckling spring keyboard sound each time you press a key on your keyboard? Try Bucklespring, a snap app available to install in Ubuntu.

14 June 2017
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Firefox 54 Is Here, And It’s Way Faster Than Before

This is it: this is the Firefox release you've been waiting for, the release that finally puts a bit of pep in the open-source browsers' step.

13 June 2017

Smarter Window Snapping is Coming to GNOME Shell

GNOME 3.26 is shaping up to be one heck of a release, as a recent update from GNOME developer Georges Stavracas shows. Smart half-window tiling is headed to GNOME Shell and Mutter. The improved feature […]

13 June 2017
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Ubuntu Reveal Results of GNOME Desktop Survey

The Ubuntu desktop team has finally revealed the results of the recent GNOME desktop user survey. But if you were hoping to find some definitive decisions taken as a result of the results you’re in […]

13 June 2017

Asinine, Yet Oddly Addictive, Game ‘Pin Town’ is Now Available on Ubuntu

“Joey, you’re going to love this” the e-mail began, emphasis very much theirs, and very much over-hyping what was to follow! “A really great mobile game called Pin Town is now available on Ubuntu on […]

13 June 2017
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Thunderbird Arc Theme Updated Adds Support for Arc Variants

An update to the Arc Thunderbird theme add-on is now available for download, and brings support for the 3 Arc GTK theme variants.

12 June 2017

Feature Wishlist: Progress Bars in GNOME Shell

Bug 701402 calls on GNOME developers to 'implement progress bars in GNOME Shell'. This is absolutely the sort of bug I can get behind — and in this post I tell you why.

12 June 2017
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Linux System Utility ‘Stacer’ Updated with Process Monitoring Panel, New Look

A new version Stacer, an open-source system cleaning n’ tune-up tool for Linux desktops, is available to download. Stacer 1.0.7 ships with improved language support, adds in a choice of light or dark theme, and introduces […]

12 June 2017
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A KDE Connect Bluetooth Backend Is In Development

A KDE Connect Bluetooth backend is now in development, meaning you can soon pair your Android phone with your Ubuntu PC without the use of wifi.

11 June 2017
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Snappy Is Finally Doing Something About Super Large App Sizes

Ubuntu is finally doing something to tackle the size of Snap apps, albeit only for GNOME apps at present. A new GNOME platform snap is available in for testing in the testing channel of the Snap […]

11 June 2017
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Which GNOME Apps Should Ubuntu Include By Default? [Poll]

Should Ubuntu 17.10 ship with more GNOME apps by default? Planning for the next Ubuntu release is now underway, as is debate on the default app selection.

9 June 2017
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Ubunsys Gives Ubuntu Users Easy Access to Scary Options

Today I came across Ubunsys, an advanced system utility for Ubuntu 17.04, and I think power users among you may find it useful. Ubunsys, which is under active development and not yet considered stable, exposes various […]

9 June 2017