etcher image writer for usb and sdcards

How to Install Etcher, the USB Writing Tool, on Ubuntu

Etcher is a fantastic open-source USB image writer tool for Windows, macOS and Linux — and a new stable release recently popped out. The latest version of the tool doesn’t add any dazzling new features but it […]

13 May 2017
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How to Install Feedreader RSS Reader on Ubuntu

Many people still read the news from RSS feeds, using services like Feedly, Feedbin and Old Reader to fetch, read and sync content between devices – myself very much included. Feedreader is a desktop RSS reader for Ubuntu […]

13 May 2017
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Which Apps Would You Like to See as Snaps?

Which apps would you like to see available as Snaps? That's what the Snapcraft community who work on the distro-agnostic packaging technology want to know.

12 May 2017

Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE are Coming to the Windows Store

Ubuntu will soon be available to install from the Windows Store on Windows 10. Nope, I’m not drunk, and you’re not hallucinating. The news was announced by Microsoft’s Terry Myers at the software giant’s annual Build conference for […]

12 May 2017
the atom text editor snap app on ubuntu 17.04

It’s Now Super Easy to Install Atom Text Editor on Ubuntu

It just got easier to install the Atom text editor on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. One command easy. Yup, Atom is available as a Snap app.

11 May 2017

Listen to the latest episode of the Ubuntu Podcast

A brand new episode of the Ubuntu Podcast is now live on t’internet. The latest episode sees hosts Alan Pope, Martin Wimpress and Mark Johnson discuss what they’ve been up to recently, give some love to the (awesome) Sound […]

11 May 2017
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LibreOffice 5.3.3 Released, Works Better with Microsoft Office Documents

LibreOffice 5.3.3 is now available to download. This point update to the LibreOffice 5.3.x series is aimed at early adopters and includes many bug fixes.

11 May 2017
openshot 2.0 on ubuntu

OpenShot 2.3.2 Released with Various Bug Fixes

A new release of the open-source video editor OpenShot is available to download. The update fixes 'a few big issues', according to its developer.

11 May 2017

The WordPress Desktop App Is Blazingly Fast, But It’s Not For Me

Are you a blogger? If so you may be interested to know that the open-source WordPress desktop app is now available as a Snap app. Released on Linux, Windows and macOS late last year, the WordPress desktop app is […]

11 May 2017
ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus T-Shirt

Official Ubuntu T-Shirt for ‘Zesty Zapus’ Is Now Available to Buy

The official Ubuntu 17.04 ‘Zesty Zapus’ t-shirt is now available to buy from the Canonical store. Canonical release a new mascot tee twice a year. Each shirt bears the animal motif of the latest release on the front, […]

10 May 2017
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Open-Source Video Trimmer App VidCutter Sees Big Update

A big update to VidCutter, an open-source video trim, split and merge app, is available to download. VidCutter is a cross-platform Qt5 app for quick video trimming/splitting and merging video clips without the need to re-encode. The app is powered […]

10 May 2017
corebird twitter client for linux

Corebird Twitter Client Is Now Available as a Snap App

Tweet, tweet: Corebird, a popular GTK Twitter client for Linux, is now available to install as a Snap app. At the time of writing this is not the latest Corebird 1.5, released last week, but the older […]

10 May 2017