GNOME Web Wants to ‘Compete With Electron’

GNOME Web, also known as 'Epiphany', now allows system web apps to run on other Linux desktops, positioning the app as a rival to Electron.

21 June 2016
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TextSuggest Is an Autocomplete Tool for Linux Desktops

Ever wanted autocomplete on the desktop? Save some keystrokes with this autocomplete and text expansion tool.

20 June 2016

5 Terminal Commands Every Linux User Should Know

We asked you to list the top Terminal commands every Linux user should know — and these are the results.

20 June 2016
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Audio Tag Editing Features Head to GNOME Music

GNOME Music is a capable music player for the GNOME desktop, but it lacks many of the features that make rival apps like Rhythmbox and Clementine so popular. I might be old school but I still to use […]

19 June 2016
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How to Install VLC 3.0 Nightly On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

A couple days ago we got a little giddy covering burgeoning support for Chromecast in VLC 3.0. Many of you were equally as excited as us, even though a formal, stable release of VLC 3.0 is still many […]

16 June 2016

Facebook Just Made It MUCH Harder to Chat on Ubuntu Phone

If you use an Ubuntu Phone: it just got a bit harder to keep in touch with your Facebook buddies.

15 June 2016
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Ubuntu Snap Apps Can Run On (Pretty Much) ANY Linux Distro

Ubuntu’s Snap packages will now work on other Linux distros. Snapd, the tool powering them, has been ported to Arch, Gentoo and Fedora among others.

14 June 2016
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Ubuntu Phone Band-aids Are Bitesize Bugs That YOU Can Help Fix

Don't worry; Canonical isn't branching out to launch a range of adhesive bandages for cracked screens.

14 June 2016

Scripts to ‘Fix’ ThinkPad Touchpad Issues on Ubuntu

I don’t own a ThinkPad, but I know that a lot of you do. A reader who doesn’t wish to be credited pinged us a link to a set of scripts that claim to “fix” touchpad and […]

13 June 2016

Control Fan Speed on Clevo Laptops With This Indicator Applet

'Clevo Indicator' is a small panel-based applet that allows Clevo laptop owners running Ubuntu to monitor and control their CPU fan speed.

13 June 2016

Linux Game Countdown to E3 2016: Iron Snout

It’s been said before and will be said again – it’s not so much that people hate gaming in Linux, it’s that there’s nothing to play in Linux. E3 2016 promises to be the year it […]

13 June 2016
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Get Reddit Inbox Alerts on the Ubuntu Desktop

This nifty Reddit indicator applet for the Ubuntu desktop alerts you to new inbox notifications as and when you receive them.

12 June 2016