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Purism Want To Make a Truly Open-Source Linux Phone

Would you buy a truly open-source phone running nothing but free software? If you would, Purism want to know the sort of hardware specs you'd expect to get from it.

2 October 2016
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How to Quickly Convert Comic Book files to PDF on Ubuntu

Want to convert crb or cbz to PDF on Ubuntu? Reader Rumesh986 has created a simple bash script that does exactly that.

2 October 2016
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Instagraph Adds Photo Filters and Image Editing Tools

Filters, cropping and direct messaging are among the latest improvement arriving in an update to Instagraph, the unofficial third-party Instagram app for Ubuntu Touch. Instagraph 0.0.3 adds much-missed image manipulation tools. You can now crop photos, make […]

2 October 2016
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How to Install the Papirus Icon Theme for KDE

The Papirus GTK icon theme is my favourite icon set, and the one you’ll spot most often in screenshots on this site. But did you also know that it’s available for KDE Plasma desktop too? That’s right. If […]

1 October 2016

How to See The Terminal Commands You Use The Most

A lot of us use the command line on a regular basis, be it to do some simple package management with apt or monitor system resources with top. Have you ever wondered which commands you use most […]

30 September 2016

Blender 2.7.8 Released With Plenty of Improvements.

The Blender Foundation has announced the release of Blender 2.78, the latest update to the popular open-source 3D modelling and animation software.

30 September 2016

A Neat YouTube Subscriber Count Tracker for the Linux Terminal

Ever wanted to track YouTube subscriber accounts using the Terminal? Of course you haven't, but you will after seeing this neat new app…

30 September 2016
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LibreOffice 5.2.2 Made Available to Download

The Document Foundation has pushed 'Go' on the release of LibreOffice 5.2.2, a day after celebrating its 6th anniversary.

29 September 2016
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Skype for Linux Alpha 1.9 Adds a Dark Theme, Notification Muting

An optional dark theme and support for HTTPS proxies are among the latest improvements arriving with the release of Skype for Linux Alpha 1.9.

29 September 2016
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GNOME Calendar Pencils In Great New Features

GNOME Calendar is one of the few decent desktop calendaring apps available on Linux — and it's going to get better.

29 September 2016

[How To] Build an Ubuntu Controlled Sous-Vide Cooker

I’ll be honest with you from the off: I had zero idea what sous-vide cooking was before I started writing this post. Wikipedia dutifully informs me that’s Sous-Vide is a style of cooking that involves a vacuum, […]

29 September 2016

Udisks Indicator Makes Monitoring and Mounting Drives Easy on Ubuntu

Want to get quick, at-a-glance details about your connected drives while on Ubuntu? A new indicator applet aims to help. UDisks-Indicator is a small panel-based applet that shows disk usage information about mounted partitions. It’s being […]

28 September 2016