Slack Linux App Fixes Screen Sharing Under Wayland

If you use Slack on Ubuntu and were frustrated that screen sharing under Wayland was only showing a black screen (or crashing the entire app entirely), you’ll be pleased to hear those issues are now […]

21 May 2024

Microsoft 365 Account Issues in Ubuntu 24.04? Here’s a Fix

Of the (many) handy new features in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the ability to access OneDrive files through the Nautilus file manager as a remote mount. This is made possible by the msgraph package, a […]

20 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)

There are plenty of things you can do on a Nintendo Switch: you can throw your hat at sentient creatures in Super Mario Odyssey; plaster people in colourful ink in Splatoon 2; and lose your […]

20 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users

Ubuntu first switched to Wayland as its default display server in 2017, before reverting the following year. It tried again in 2021 and has stuck with it since. But while Wayland is what most of […]

17 May 2024

VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows

VMware has made its pro virtual machine software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux — albeit only for personal use, though. This change means you can download VMware Workstation Pro 17 and use it […]

15 May 2024

Mozilla Firefox 126 is Now Available to Download

Mozilla Firefox 126 is now available download, and in-app updates beginning to roll out to existing users on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. As Firefox updates go the 126 release is rather light on user-facing […]

14 May 2024

Linux Kernel 6.9 Released — And It’s Packed with Improvements

Linux kernel 6.9 has been released after several months of attentive development. Linux founder Linus Torvalds announced the final release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List in his usual relaxed, laissez faire style. He notes […]

13 May 2024
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Runs Brilliantly on the Raspberry Pi 5

The recent Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release has garnered plenty of praise for its great performance on Intel/AMD hardware, both does the latest version runs as well on the ARM-based Raspberry Pi? I’m pleased to say […]

11 May 2024

First Ubuntu 24.10 Daily Build Downloads Now Live

Let’s go, folks — Ubuntu 24.10 daily builds are available for download. Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ officially opened for development earlier this week following the reveal of the official codename (more than window dressing the […]

9 May 2024

Use Google Gemini AI on Ubuntu with this GNOME Extension

If you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later and want to access the Google Gemini AI chatbot straight from your desktop outside of a web browser, you’re in luck! The Gemini AI ChatBot GNOME Shell […]

8 May 2024
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Google’s Flutter Team Layoffs Leave Ubuntu Devs in a Flap

Google’s recent ‘structural simplification’ led to 200 people across many of its core development teams, including Python, Dart, and Flutter, losing their roles. With Canonical committed to using Flutter for its own desktop apps the […]

7 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.10 Release Date Set for October 10, 2024

Canonical has published a draft release schedule for Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’. According to the timetable we should expect the final stable release of Ubuntu 24.10 to arrive on Thursday October 10, 2024. Six months […]

6 May 2024