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The Viber Desktop Linux App Has a New Sharing Menu

A new version of popular messaging app Viber is available for Linux. Viber Desktop versions 6.5.5 introduces a handful of new features to the messaging service, all of them certain to be familiar to users […]

9 March 2017
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Todo.txt Indicator for Ubuntu Helps You Get Stuff Done

If you manage your to-to list with a plaintext Todo.txt file this indicator applet may help you keep on top of your tasks. Sure, there are plenty of web-based clients, sticky note widgets, and feature-packed desktop task managers offering […]

8 March 2017
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Canonical Launches New Ubuntu Tutorials Website

Canonical has launched a new Ubuntu tutorials website to help make 'development and devops activities on Ubuntu machines' easier.

8 March 2017
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Chrome OS Has Double the Marketshare of Regular Linux in USA

Chrome OS marketshare is more than double that of traditional GNU/Linux in the USA, data from a web analytics company shows.

8 March 2017
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Firefox 52 Released with WebAssembly Support, Enhanced Sync

Mozilla Firefox 52 has been released and is now available to download. Among new features in Firefox 52 is support for WebAssembly. Mozilla describes this as “an emerging standard that brings near-native performance to Web-based games, apps, […]

7 March 2017
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GNOME Recipes App Is Now Available to Install On Ubuntu 17.04

GNOME’s Matthias Clasen recently blogged about the upcoming release of GNOME Recipes 1.0. It’ll be the first formal release of the desktop recipes app for Linux, which has been in development for less than 6 months, and […]

6 March 2017

This might be the Best Mac OS X GTK theme for Linux

Looking for a Mac theme for Linux? Try GNOME OS X II, an Apple inspired GTK theme for Ubuntu and other Linux desktops.

6 March 2017
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News is a Promising New RSS Reader for the Linux Desktop

It’s been a little while since we last heard anything about News, a GTK RSS reader app for the GNOME desktop. But, a few weeks ago, the feed reader app’s developer shared a short video of how the […]

6 March 2017
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Green Recorder 2.0 Released, Lets You Screen Record Wayland

Green Recorder 2.0 has been released. The desktop screen recording app picks up a number of new features, including Wayland support and the ability to record a specific section of your desktop.

5 March 2017
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VidCutter 3.0 Released with New Features, MPV Backend

VidCutter, the open-source video trimmer app we mentioned back in January, is back with a new release — and it’s a big one. The cross-platform Qt5 app lets you quickly and easily trim, split and join video […]

5 March 2017
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Kube, a new KDE email/PIM app, sees first tech preview release

KDE Kube mail is new email app for the KDE desktop, and has just made its first official release, albeit as a technical preview.

5 March 2017
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How Often Do You Change Your Desktop Wallpaper? [Poll]

Someone recently told me that I change my desktop wallpaper on Linux far too often, which made me curious about other people's habits.

3 March 2017