With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released and a long weekend upon us you might be planning to upgrade an existing Ubuntu install to the latest version. But don’t. For one, “officially” you can’t since Ubuntu 24.04 […]
Among the (many) new features in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the ability to access Microsoft OneDrive files using the Nautilus file manager. Yup, no 3rd-party app downloads, no dodgy scripts to run, and no paid […]
Anyone making the upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from the previous LTS, Ubuntu 22.04, is in for a treat because the amount of improvements on offer is vast. In addition to the new features in […]
Among the many new features in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is out-of-the-box support for HEIF/HEIC images. No extra packages need to be installed by users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in order to see HEIF/HEIC thumbnails previews […]
I think most of us are familiar with the way APT, the package management tool which unpins Ubuntu and all other Debian-based Linux distributions, looks and behaves. But things are changing. A substantial set of […]
The Ubuntu 24.04 beta is now available to download — one week later than originally planned! Ubuntu 24.04 will become the next long-term support release (LTS) and this beta will provide developers, testers, and enthusiasts […]
Ubuntu 24.04 is switching its default webcam app from Cheese to Snapshot, a modern GTK4/libadwaita camera tool that’s part of the GNOME Core Apps set. Cheese has been part of Ubuntu’s default software lineup since […]
If you only started using Ubuntu sometime after 2012 then you have my apologies: this article won’t make a whole lot of sense. But if your roots with the distro reach back farther then the […]
GNOME 46 serves as the centrepiece of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, but are you wondering what sort of improvements it offers? Well, I gotcha’ covered, innit. In this post I run-through the best GNOME […]
Do you want to mirror your iPhone screen on your Ubuntu desktop? If you do, there’s a free, open-source app in the Ubuntu repos that lets you do it. Want to mirror your iPhone or […]
The open-source IRC client HexChat has announced its final ever release. HexChat 2.16.2 arrives with a small selection of bug fixes and new features for its long-standing fans to enjoy, but also bad news: after […]
As part of work on the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release Canonical’s engineers are working on improving the Ubuntu installer, with “provisioning” the key aim. “Provisioning?” Yes, now that the Ubuntu desktop installer uses the same […]