Spotify’s ‘Controversial’ New Look Arrives on Linux

Spotify for Linux user? You’ll notice that the desktop app looks a little different next time you open it. The music streaming service, which recently passed 515 million monthly active users, rolled out a redesign […]

3 May 2023

This Linux ChatGPT App Makes AI More Accessible

Fancy talking to ChatGPT from your Linux desktop without opening a web browser? Well, using Bavarder (if I’ve spelt it right) you can. This new app is written in Python and GTK4/libadwaita and its premise […]

3 May 2023
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Linux Mint 21.2 Makes Tooltips & Notifications More Colourful

Linux Mint 21.2 is be the next major update to this popular Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and, when it arrives, it’ll be sporting some UI changes. In his latest monthly update, Linux Mint’s lead developer details […]

2 May 2023

Add a Dedicated Audio Panel to Quick Settings in Ubuntu 23.04

Ubuntu 23.04 ships with GNOME 44 and if, like some, you’d prefer to access MPRIS controls from there, there’s a new extension on hand to help. Quick Settings Audio Panel is a new GNOME extension […]

1 May 2023

Ubuntu 18.04 Standard Support Ends This Month

Ubuntu 18.04 ‘Bionic Beaver’ was a bountiful release that brought a bunch of brilliant improvements to the fore — but alas, the end is nigh. Well, kind of. Ubuntu 18.04 hits end-of-life on May 31, […]

1 May 2023

Easily Hide Unwanted App Shortcuts in GNOME Using This Extension

Sometimes I find an application, a script, or a GNOME extension that does something so minor that most people (even myself, sometimes) won’t find all that useful. And yet I still want to write about […]

30 April 2023
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Ubuntu 23.10 Codename Revealed – And It’s a Mythic Marvel

The Ubuntu 23.10 codename has been revealed — and it’s a marvellous moniker. As per Launchpad, home of Ubuntu development, Ubuntu 23.10 is codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”. This Machiavellian mandate may manifest as a milestone worthy […]

28 April 2023

3 Ways to Solve Pip Install Error on Ubuntu 23.04

If you make the upgrade to Ubuntu 23.04 and try to run ‘pip install’ you’ll find it throws an error – but this is not a bug. The reason why the pip install command doesn’t […]

25 April 2023
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AppImages Won’t Open on Ubuntu? Here’s the Easy Fix

If you try to open an AppImage on Ubuntu, nothing happens – in this post I explain why, and show you how to fix it. On older versions of Ubuntu using AppImages was easy. You’d […]

24 April 2023
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Linux Kernel 6.3 Released, This is What’s New

A new version of the Linux kernel is out with an assortment of hardware, performance, and security improvements. Announcing the release of Linux 6.3 over on the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) Linus Torvalds remarked […]

23 April 2023

Google Chrome 114 Will Properly Respect Dark Mode on Linux

If you use Google Chrome (or Chromium, before anyone hisses) you may have noticed that websites you visit in it don’t respect your dark mode preference on Linux. The window chrome totally matches, but the […]

23 April 2023
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10 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 23.04

I told myself I wasn’t going to write a list of things to do after installing Ubuntu 23.04 because, honestly, Ubuntu doesn’t need that much tweaking these days — I think that’s called progress 😌. […]

23 April 2023