Ubuntu Touch OTA-14 Released, This Is What’s New

Ubuntu OTA-14, the latest over the air update to Ubuntu phone and tablet, has begun to roll out to supported devices.

7 December 2016

This $90 Kit Converts an ODROID board into a Touchscreen Ubuntu PC

We’ve seen what the Raspberry Pi can do when you throw in some extra hardware, and we recently heard about what the Pine64 is going to do once it’s inside a laptop casing. But what about that […]

7 December 2016
gnome recipes

Yum! GNOME Recipes is a New Cooking App for Linux

GNOME Recipes is a desktop app that allows you to search for, browse through, follow, and also submit recipes for meals, snacks and crafty kitchen creations.

7 December 2016
heron animation software

Heron Animation, Free Stop Motion Software for Linux

Looking for free stop motion animation software? If so, check out Heron Animation. Entirely free to download and use, Heron Animation works like other stop motion apps: it takes a series of pictures from a connected camera and […]

7 December 2016

Manuskript is a Promising Open-Source Scrivener Alternative

Manuscript is an open source alternative to Scrivener that has some great features hidden under its unwieldy interface. Better yet it's available for Linux.

5 December 2016

How To Quickly Find Emoji from the Command Line

Want a quick way to search for emoji on Linux? Sure you do, cos these little pictographic blighters have risen to become a common way to express nuanced sentiment or context within conversations.  To help, try the simply named emoj. […]

5 December 2016

This Script Sets Wallpapers from Imgur As Your Desktop Background

Pyckground is a simple python script that can fetch a new desktop background on the Cinnamon desktop from any Imgur gallery you want. I came across it while doing a bit of background on the Bit Day wallpaper pack, and […]

4 December 2016
8bit day wallpaper

This Cool Retro Desktop Wallpaper Changes Throughout The Day (Updated)

Do you want a dynamic desktop wallpaper that changes throughout the day and looks like the sort of environment you’d be able to catch Pokemon in? If so, check out Bit Day wallpapers. Created by Redditor user […]

4 December 2016

Hyper Is a Terminal Emulator Built Using Web Technologies

A lot of us use the terminal on Ubuntu, typically from an app like GNOME Terminal, Xterm or an app like Guake. But did you know that there’s an JS/HTML/CSS Terminal?  It’s called Hyper (formerly/also known […]

4 December 2016
neofetch

CLI System Tool ‘Neofetch’ Gets a Big Update

Neofetch 2.0 has been released, and is available to install on Ubuntu. The CLI system info tool adds bug fixes, cleaner code, and improved ASCII handling.

2 December 2016
Trisquel 7 desktop screenshot

Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0 Alpha Is Now Available to Download

Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0 alpha is now available for download and testing. Based on Ubuntu 16.04, Trisquel 8.0 also ships with the MATE 1.12 desktop.

1 December 2016

Christmas Gift Ideas For Linux Fans

Crikey, folks: it’s December, and that means Christmas is shortly to be thrust upon us, whether we’re ready or not! It can be tricky to come up with gift ideas for Linux users in your life. And since […]

1 December 2016