Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin

Ubuntu 25.04 Opens Development with Major Build Change

Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 […]

30 October 2024
Audacity logo on an orange background

Audacity 3.7 Delivers Bug Fixes, Improves Compatibility with Linux

Music makers, podcast producers, and amateur audio enthusiasts alike will be pleased to hear a new version of Audacity is out – and it fixes a lot of bugs. Audacity 3.7.0 marks a new series […]

30 October 2024

Pre-Orders Open for Pine64’s e-Ink Linux Tablet

Forget Amazon’s recent Kindle refresh, the most exciting e-ink device around is the PineNote from prolific open-source hardware makers Pine64. I reported last month that Pine64 had confirmed a new PineNote production run, the first […]

30 October 2024

Mousam is a Detailed Desktop Weather App for Linux

Being a Linux nerd I rarely go outside —that’s a joke— but knowing what the weather is doing beyond my basement walls —still a joke— is useful – if only because it usually gives me […]

30 October 2024
OnlyOffice desktop editors

ONLYOFFICE 8.2 Improves Startup Times, Adds New Theme + More

A big update to ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, a free, open-source office suite for Windows, macOS, and Linux is available to download. ONLYOFFICE 8.2 offers a clutch of new features, several performance gains, and a miscellany […]

29 October 2024

Mozilla Firefox 132 Delivers a Modest Set of Changes

Mozilla Firefox 132 is available to download today, arriving a couple of weeks ahead of the browser’s big 20th anniversary1 milestone. But anyone hoping Firefox 132 would prove itself a veritable birthday piñata, fit to […]

29 October 2024

Tiling Shell Update Adds Custom Window Border Colour + More

I’m a fan of the Tiling Shell GNOME Shell extension because it’s both good at what it does, but good at not being one-size-fits-all: users can tile window using a mouse and drop zones, with […]

27 October 2024

Geckium Turns Modern Firefox into Vintage Google Chrome

Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups or hassle involved in trying to run old software on a newer OS? Honestly, you […]

27 October 2024
Vivaldi browser logo

Vivaldi 7.0 Released with New UI, Dashboard Feature + More

Vivaldi 7.0 is out, and the makers describe it as not merely an update but ‘a new Vivaldi’ entirely. Those familiar with the browser will instantly see why, as Vivaldi finally gets an overdue UI […]

24 October 2024
Raspberry Pi 512GB SSD on dark background

Raspberry Pi Launch Own-Brand SSDs Priced From $30

One of the best things about the Raspberry Pi 5 (other than the performance boost over its predecessor) is how much simpler it is to add an SSD. And if you’re running a full desktop […]

24 October 2024
Calibre Ebook Manager logo on a cutout against a pile of books (image from Unsplash)

Calibre eBook Manager Intros New PDF Conversion Engine

Open source ebook manager Calibre has a new release out. Calibre 7.20 ships with a brand new PDF input engine (used to convert PDF files into other ebook formats, such as EPUB or MOBI). It’s […]

22 October 2024
clementine music player logo

Clementine Music Player Sees First Non-Preview Release in 8 Years

Remember Clementine music player? Well, it appears to be back – some 8 years after its last stable release. If Clementine feels like it’s slipped out of public consciousness it’s understandable: the last stable release […]

22 October 2024