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How to Try Google Chrome’s 2023 UI Refresh on Ubuntu

It seems Google Chrome is getting a minor makeover later this year, and if you’re riding the browser’s development channel on Ubuntu1 you can opt-in to try the new look out now. I’ll get to […]

23 May 2023

Hardware Accelerated Chromium Snap Ready to Test

If you run Ubuntu on a laptop or PC with 7th-generation Intel chips or later and you’re a fan of the Chromium browser, it’s your lucky day! Canonical has partnered with Intel to make a […]

9 May 2023
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Ubuntu 23.04 Flavors: What’s New?

Arriving alongside the Ubuntu 23.04 release are new versions of official community flavours. This time around there’s a newbie in the pack: Ubuntu Cinnamon, welcomed into the Ubuntu flavour family back in March after several […]

20 April 2023

Flathub’s Got Big Plans for 2023

Devs outline their plans for Flathub in the coming year to help maintain the Flatpak hub's meteoric rise to everyday open source essential.

7 March 2023
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Ubuntu Devs Working on New 140MiB ‘Mini’ ISO Installer

A new network installer is in development for Ubuntu 23.04. The size of the ISO could be as low as 140MIB making it a good fit for USB & CDs.

27 February 2023

KDE Plasma 5.27 Released, This is What’s New

KDE Plasma 5.27 is here with various changes, including a new window tiling UX, Flatpak app permissions, and a multitude of multi-monitor improvements.

14 February 2023

How to Install the Latest Version of Wine on Ubuntu

Learn how to install Wine on Ubuntu from the official Wine Linux repository. My guide is ideal for those who want to install the latest stable release.

25 January 2023

First Look: Ubuntu’s New Installer is Shaping Up Nicely

Heard about Ubuntu's new installer built with Flutter? Well, it's shipping by default in the latest Ubuntu 23.04 daily builds - I grabbed an ISO to test it.

17 January 2023

The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good

Things were looking promising for ZFS on Ubuntu. In 2019 Ubuntu was the first major Linux distro to offer a ZFS install option. Sadly, things have changed.

6 January 2023
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Updated: Monitorets is a Cute System Monitor Tool for Linux

Monitorets is a very simple app that shows live updating graphs for CPU, RAM, network, and disk usage. It can also show GPU and temperature information too.

5 January 2023
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Want to Upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Xubuntu 22.04? Here’s How

A quick guide showing you how to upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Xubuntu 22.04 LTS and 22.10 using the Xubuntu QA Staging PPA – though caution is advised.

18 December 2022

4 Clock Applet Layouts to Use in Xfce 4.18

This post won't appeal to many, but hey: at the very least it'll be there for me to reference next time I want to rejig the clock layout on my Xfce install.

15 December 2022