Ubuntu 25.04 Default Wallpaper & Mascot Unveiled

The default wallpaper for Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ has been unveiled. Each new Ubuntu release bears a bespoke desktop background and animal mascot, and the upcoming release of the Plucky Puffin proves no exception. Ubuntu […]

12 March 2025

Ubuntu 24.04 Fixes Bluetooth Audio Connection Issues

If you’re an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS user regularly experiencing issues with connecting to audio devices, there’s an important update to the Bluetooth stack rolling out this week. A slew of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users complained […]

11 March 2025
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Audacity 3.7.2 Released with Ubuntu AppImage Fix + More

Open source audio editor Audacity has issue a new patch release with a sizeable set of bug fixes, including an appreciable one for Ubuntu users using the official Audacity AppImage. Audacity 3.7.2, the second point […]

10 March 2025
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Dash to Panel GNOME Extension Gets Big Update

A big update to the perennially popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out, including new settings to go from Dash to Panel to dock mode! Admittedly, that doesn’t sound like a new […]

9 March 2025
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Kagi is Bringing the Orion Web Browser to Linux

Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux. In a post on BlueSky, Kagi said: “We’re thrilled to announce […]

8 March 2025

Ubuntu 24.04 Update Fixes Several Touchscreen Quirks

An update to the Mutter display manager is primed to start rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (and 24.10) with a couple of much-needed touchscreen fixes in tow. Now, I don’t know how […]

7 March 2025

Thunderbird 136 Release Adds New Appearance Controls

Desktop email client Thunderbird announced a move to monthly releases by default earlier this year, allowing new users to benefit from new features, sooner – as the new Thunderbird 136.0 release makes evident! Thunderbird 136.0 sees […]

6 March 2025
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Huawei’s New Laptops May Run Linux, not HarmonyOS Next

Is Huawei planning to ship Linux on its upcoming MateBook laptops instead of HarmonyOS NEXT? A fresh leak out of China this week suggests so. Huawei is no stranger to selling laptops with Linux. Various […]

6 March 2025
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Ubuntu 25.04’s New PDF Viewer App is Now Rolling Out

Earlier this year Ubuntu announced plans to replace document viewer app Evince with Papers, a modern GTK4/libadwaita fork1 of the former, in Ubuntu 25.04—today, the swap was made official. Papers is a fork of Evince […]

5 March 2025
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Firefox 136 Released with Vertical Tabs, New Sidebar + More

The new Mozilla Firefox 136 release delivers a number of notable new features—features Mozilla may be hoping help it re-earn some goodwill from users following last week’s privacy palaver. Last month’s Firefox 135 release rolled out […]

4 March 2025

Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu

The Cinnamon desktop app menu is being redesigned with a cleaner layout, modern look , and usability improvements ahead of the next Linux Mint release.

2 March 2025

Skype Hangs Up (For Good) on May 5 – Export Data Before Then!

Skype, one of the best-known video chat/calling apps, is shutting down forever on May 5, Microsoft has announced today. Nothing gold can stay, and neither can VoIP services shorn their cultural zeitgeist it seems. Replacing […]

28 February 2025