Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused [Update: Now Resolved]

Last week, the first point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS arrived, and upgrades from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to the newest one officially enabled. However, those upgrades didn’t go smoothly for everyone who tried, be it […]

5 September 2024

Ubuntu 24.10 Reveals Its New Default Wallpaper

The default wallpaper of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ (and its official mascot artwork) has been revealed — along with an extra-special 20th anniversary surprise! A visit to the nearest temple mystic wasn’t required to predict […]

5 September 2024
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Audacity 3.6.2 Released with Scores of Bug Fixes

The Audacity 3.6 release in July brought some masterful new features with it, plus all-new Compressor and Limiter filters. But not everyone was pleased to lose access to the older version of those, so Audacity’s devs have brought ’em […]

4 September 2024

Ubuntu’s New Security Center Readies Stable Release

Ubuntu’s new desktop Security Center app is gearing up for its first stable release, along with a background tool called Prompting Client. I first reported on the creation of Security Center earlier this year and […]

4 September 2024

New Version of Power Profiles Daemon Improves AMD Support

A new version of the Power Profiles Daemon is out, bringing a number of improvements to improve power efficiency on Linux desktops, particularly on AMD devices. For those unfamiliar with it, power-profiles-daemon is a low-level […]

3 September 2024

Mozilla Firefox 130 Released with Labs, Overscroll & Web Codecs API

Mozilla Firefox 130 is out with a variety of changes that make this phenomenally popular open-source web browser a touch more productive. On Linux, Firefox 130 enables overscroll animations by default, having added them on […]

3 September 2024
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Tauon Music Player Adds Native Support for PipeWire

Tauon music player (once known as Tauon Music Box) now offers native PipeWire audio playback on Linux —  albeit experimental for the moment. Fans of this streamlined music player have asked for native PipeWire support […]

1 September 2024

Use Lilypad to Rearrange or Hide Panel Icons in GNOME Shell

You know how on Windows you can collapse icons in the task tray to keep them out of sight? Or on macOS, third-party apps like Bartender let you hide menu bar icons until you need […]

30 August 2024

Vivaldi 6.9 Released with Tab Renaming, Mail Buffs + More

A new version of the Vivaldi web browser is out with an assortment of amiable improvements. Vivaldi 6.9 intros support for renaming tabs and tab stacks, supports drag-and-drop downloads, and offers an improved overview of […]

30 August 2024

First Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Point Release Available to Download

After a two-week delay, the first Ubuntu 24.04 LTS point release is now ready to download. The first point release delivers an updated ISO, and sees direct upgrades from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS enabled Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS […]

29 August 2024

Final Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Point Release Delayed Until September

Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is due for release today (August 29), as was the fifth and final point release of the previous long-term support release, Ubuntu 22.04 — but the latter has now been delayed. As […]

29 August 2024

August Windows Update Breaks Linux Dual-Boots

I haven’t booted into the Windows partition on my Chuwi laptop for a while, but hearing that a recent Windows update leaves dual boot users unable to boot Linux at all, I’m glad I haven’t! […]

29 August 2024