A new version of PeaZip, a popular free, open-source archive manager for Windows, macOS, and Linux, is available to download. PeaZip 9.7 is the first release to offer a native build for AArch64/ARM64 Linux. This […]
Ubuntu Core Desktop will not be released alongside Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in April, as originally hoped. For those of you think thinking “wait, what?!” — last year Canonical announced it was developing an all-snap, immutable […]
A new version of Musictube, a Qt-based desktop app that lets you stream music from YouTube, is available for download for Windows, macOS and Linux. Musictube 2 is described as a “major overhaul” offering an […]
If you’re an Ubuntu user who uses the Thunderbird e-mail client there are some interesting changes on the way you will want to know about. First up, Canonical’s Thunderbird snap package is now being built […]
Support for accessing Microsoft OneDrive files through Nautilus is planned for GNOME 46, which is due for release next month. GVfs (GNOME virtual filesystem) provides a number of backends that allow SFTP, SMB, HTTP, MTP, […]
Bluesky, the much-hyped open-source alternative to X/Twitter, is now open for all — invites code no longer needed! Launched in the spring of last year, Bluesky is a decentralised social network modelled after early Twitter. […]
Kubuntu 24.04 LTS will not ship with KDE Plasma 6.0 by default. Kubuntu Council member Rick Timmis shared an overview of a recent meeting at which it was “unanimously agreed” to, among other things, prepare […]
Microsoft has announced a temporary reprieve for developers who use VS Code to connect to servers, clouds, container, and other devices running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. As I covered last week, Microsoft pushed out an […]
Ubuntu developers recently shared word on the Linux kernel version Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will use — and I’ll admit: it’s not the one I guessed! Ubuntu 24.04 is a long-term support release (LTS) and last […]
If you use the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download. Papirus’s first update in 2024 adds more than 50 new and updated apps icons, […]
So your Bluetooth device is not showing a battery level in Ubuntu and you want to fix it. I was in the same situation. I bought a Majority Atlas sound bar from Amazon (as I […]
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has dropped support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS — a move causing issues for thousands of developers. VS Code 1.86 (aka the ‘January 2024’ update) sees Microsoft bump the minimum […]