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Ubuntu 23.04 Flavors: What’s New?

Arriving alongside the Ubuntu 23.04 release are new versions of official community flavours. This time around there’s a newbie in the pack: Ubuntu Cinnamon, welcomed into the Ubuntu flavour family back in March after several […]

20 April 2023

Ubuntu 23.04 is Now Available to Download

It’s alive — Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” is now available to download. This update is the latest short-term release of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and is supported by 9 months of ongoing support, bug […]

20 April 2023

How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.04 from Ubuntu 22.10

Want to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.04 from Ubuntu 22.10? If you’re full up-to-date and you have an active internet connection, you can – and in this post I run through the steps to do it. As Ubuntu […]

19 April 2023
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Canonical Bringing Livepatch Support to HWE Kernels

Ubuntu Pro subscribers will be able to apply reboot-free updates to more Linux kernels from July. As spotted by our friends at Neowin, Canonical announced Livepatch support for Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernels starting this summer. […]

15 April 2023
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Don't Miss: Ubuntu 23.04: What’s New? [Video]

The Ubuntu 23.04 release is out on April 20 and to help hype its arrival I put together a video to show off the most striking changes. Not that news of what’s new in Ubuntu […]

13 April 2023

Mozilla Firefox 112 Released with Low-Key Iterative Improvements

The latest monthly release of Mozilla Firefox is available to download, right on schedule. Firefox 112 intros a handful of changes that gives some extra buffs to this brilliant open-source web-browser. Like what? Well, Mozilla […]

11 April 2023

OpenShot 3.1 Released with Several Feature Enhancements

A new version of free, open-source video editor OpenShot is available to download. OpenShot 3.1 is primarily a bug-fix update to last year’s OpenShot 3.0 release, which was notable for introducing several major improvements including […]

7 April 2023
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Linux Mint 21.2 Simplifies Theming with ‘Cinnamon Styles’

When Linux Mint 21.2 is released this June it’ll come with a selection of new visual “styles” for users to choose from. Announcing this visual buff in its latest monthly update, Mint says the feature […]

6 April 2023
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How to Center New Windows in Ubuntu (Hidden Setting)

I’m currently doing some screen recording for an upcoming Ubuntu video and while doing so reminded myself of a hidden setting I use that I don’t think I’ve written about before. I use the term […]

1 April 2023

Ubuntu 23.04 Beta is Available to Download

If you’ve been dying to download the Ubuntu 23.03 beta it’s time to go get it — downloads are now officially available! This beta build arrives in advance of the final stable release of Ubuntu […]

31 March 2023
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Want to Add App Shortcuts to the Ubuntu Desktop? Use This

Looking for an easy way to add application shortcuts to the desktop on Ubuntu? If so, the ably named Add to Desktop GNOME extension is what you need. This simple, straight-forward add-ons makes creating desktop […]

29 March 2023
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Ubuntu Cinnamon is Now an Official Ubuntu Flavour

What’s the best way to sample the Cinnamon desktop on top of an Ubuntu base? You may be minded to answer Linux Mint (and that wouldn’t be a wrong answer) but with the upcoming release […]

28 March 2023