The Case for Ubuntu Phone: Flexibility for Mobile Networks

Canonical engineer Ted Gould has put the case for Ubuntu Phone, arguing that mobile carriers will appreciate the 'flexibility' to bundle apps and services.

15 January 2017

VidCutter is an Open-Source Video Trimming App

VidCutter is a free open-source app that you can use to trim video, cut video and join video clips quickly, without needing to re-encode them.

14 January 2017

Opera Won’t Be Bringing New Browser ‘Neon’ to Linux

Opera Software debuted an all-new concept browser called Opera Neon yesterday. Neon is fast, blingy, and a little bit gimmicky, but does some neat new stuff that has gotten a lot of people quite excited. Sadly, […]

13 January 2017
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Telegram & Skype Update Their Desktop Linux Apps

Two popular messaging services have rolled out updates to their desktop apps today, and we figured we'd combine news of both in one post.

13 January 2017

Ubuntu’s Converged Terminal App Is Starting to Take Shape

Last August Canonical shared design mockups of a new, converged Terminal app it wants to offer on its new Unity 8 desktop. Now the app exists. The current development version is not perfect, polished or feature complete, but it is looking more like the […]

12 January 2017

Say Hello to Opera Neon, a New Concept Browser from Opera

Opera has debuted a new “concept browser” called Opera Neon — but before you get too excited it’s not yet available for Linux. Opera Neon is built on the same (Chromium-based) core as the regular version of Opera, […]

12 January 2017

I Used To Think My Ubuntu Desktop Looked So Cool…

It is crazy how fast—and dramatically—tastes change. Looking at old screenshots of Ubuntu is like looking at an old photo of yourself with a dated haircut! The video embed above is of my customised Ubuntu 8.10 […]

12 January 2017

Does Ubuntu Budgie Need a New Logo?

Now that Ubuntu Budgie is an official Ubuntu flavor we're excited to see what developers plan to do this cycle — but could that mean a new logo?

11 January 2017

It’s About To Get Easier to Enable Low Graphics Mode on Ubuntu

Unity low graphics mode on Ubuntu will soon be easier to enable thanks to a new option added to the Unity Control Center app.a

11 January 2017
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Hackable Open-Source Text Editor Atom 1.13 Released

A new version of the cross-platform hackable Atom text editor has been released.

11 January 2017
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Dell’s Latest Laptop is $100 Cheaper If You Buy It With Ubuntu

Dell love Linux. That’s not a bit of marketing fluff designed to look good writ large on a conference banner, but actual, tangible fact. Today the company announced the immediate availability of the Dell Precision 3520 mobile workstation […]

11 January 2017

Open-Source Animation Software Synfig 1.2 Released

A new version of open-source 2D animation software Synfig Studio is available to download.  Synfig 1.2.0 ships with a new rendering engine built from the ground up with ‘optimization’ in mind. The rewrite also introduces an ‘advanced task-based architecture’ that […]

10 January 2017