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Rufus Fixes Creation of Persistent Ubuntu 24.04 USBs

Rufus, a popular open-source tool for making bootable USB drives on Windows, just released an update that includes a ‘fix’ for working with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ISOs. A truly versatile tool, Rufus is able to […]

24 May 2024
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Snap Store Website Redesign Goes Live – And It Looks Good

Stop by the Snap Store website today you’ll see it’s undergone a revamp – the second design rejig to the online storefront in the past 12 months but more substantive than the first. The search […]

23 May 2024

Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 from 23.10 Now Enabled

You can now upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from Ubuntu 23.10 using the standard GUI updater — no command-line developer flags required. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released on April 25 but distro delayed in-place upgrades because […]

22 May 2024
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Mozilla Reveals New Features Coming to Firefox

Wondering what sort of nifty new features the Firefox web browser will get in future updates? Well, wonder no more as Mozilla has shared a roadmap outlining its near-term priorities on new features, performance, compatibility, […]

22 May 2024

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 is Now Free on Linux & Windows

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

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