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Etcher Image Writer Is Now Better Than Ever

Back in may we spotlighted Etcher, a stylish open-source USB image writer app for Windows, macOS and Linux. In the months since our feature the app has released a over 10 small beta updates, with Etcher 1.5 Beta being […]

27 September 2016
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Firefox Reader Mode is Finally Getting a Keyboard Shortcut

Among the changes which arrived in the September release of Firefox 49 were an enhanced set of Reader Mode features, including spoken narration and line-width spacing options.  All very welcome. But the improvements aren’t stopping there. Firefox 50, which is […]

26 September 2016
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Indicator Sound Switcher Makes Switching Audio Devices on Ubuntu a Snap

Indicator Sound Switcher makes it easy to switch between multiple audio input and output devices on the Ubuntu desktop.

26 September 2016
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3 Awesome Themes For Plank, The Linux Dock App

Plenty of people use the desktop dock Plank on their Linux desktop — and for good reason. Plank is a nimble, customisable desktop dock for Linux desktops. It supports Unity quick lists, app badging (aka ‘unread counts’), and […]

26 September 2016
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GTK Radio Player ‘Gradio’ Gets New Beta Release, Gains New Features

A new beta release of the desktop radio player app GRadio is available for download — and it’s broadcasting a wealth of changes.  Developer Häcker Felix says the next major stable release needs to deliver ‘a […]

25 September 2016
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Linux Twitter App ‘Corebird’ Now Supports Longer Tweets

An updated version of the open-source desktop Twitter client Corebird is available for download.

25 September 2016
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No, Google Hasn’t Killed Chromecast Support in Chromium Linux Builds

This week a horde of angry, pitchfork-waving readers descended upon the e-mail inbox of both OMG! sites, demanding to know why we weren’t writing about the “shocking evil” Google is waging against the open-source community. SHOCKING EVIL, PEOPLE. Firstly, Saturday […]

25 September 2016

Watch The Bq M10 Ubuntu Tablet Running OTA-13

Ubuntu OTA-13 rolled out earlier this week with some nifty new features in tow, and you can see them in action in the following set of videos.

23 September 2016
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Make Ubuntu Speak The Time On The Hour, Every Hour

Talking Clock is a simple bash script that makes Ubuntu tell you the time out-loud on the hour or at a custom interval.

23 September 2016
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How To Use Wunderlist from the Command Line

Want to use Wunderlist on Linux, but without the overhead of a GUI? Try Wunderline, a command-line interface for the popular to-do and task management service.

23 September 2016

MATE Desktop 1.16 Released With Improved GTK3 Support

MATE Desktop 1.16 is said to focus on "improving GTK3+ compatibility, migrating components to newer libraries, fixing bugs and code hygiene."

22 September 2016

An Easy Way To Set the Bing Image of the Day As Your Linux Wallpaper

This app offers an easy to get the Bing image of the day as your Linux desktop wallpaper, automatically, no input required.

22 September 2016