A new year, and an all-new Linux kernel to help power it along! Yes, the Linux 6.7 kernel is now officially released — and it’s hefty one packed with an assortment of new features, new […]
Keeping an eye on CPU, memory, and network activity in GNOME Shell is easy thanks to an array of community-built extensions tailored-made for the task. Now a new option is available for GNOME Shell users, […]
Intel has released an array of AI effects for the open-source audio editor Audacity. Intel’s OpenVINO AI plugins for Audacity (to give them their official name) have been designed to work offline and locally, meaning […]
Longing to use the legendary Linux screenshot tool Shutter on Wayland? Well, now you can! Upstream, Shutter is still under semi-active development (2 releases last year). However, its developers are yet to officially add support […]
When it comes to free, open-source desktop publishing (DTP) there’s little as capable, as fully-featured, or as widely used in professional settings as Scribus. Now a brand new stable release of this powerful page-making tool […]
A few months back I wrote a guide on how to set custom folder icons in Nautilus without needing to install 3rd-party apps or change icon set. It’s all done using a native, built-in feature […]
Official support for Ubuntu 23.04 ‘Lunar Lobster’ ends on January 25, 2024. As an interim/short-term support release, Ubuntu 23.04 receives 9 months of updates from release. Having been released in April of 2023, January 2024 […]
An early Christmas treat has arrived for those seeking Enlightenment — no, not the spiritual concept but the EFL-based desktop shell for Linux and BSD systems. Enlightenment 0.26.0 is modest uplift to Enlightenment 0.25, which was released […]
It’s time to deck the digital halls: Christmas is just a few days away! By now you’ll have put up your Xmas tree (which the cat’s since stripped), you’ll have wrapped the presents (impeccably well, […]
Mozilla Firefox 121 has been released, and it’s a notable one for Linux Wayland users. For the Ubuntu 23.10 release, the Firefox Snap runs in Wayland mode by default (and like many of you I’ve […]
Productivity is on the minds of the Ubuntu’s desktop developers as they plan what features to ship in the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release. Given that many folks now use of web-based office tools like […]
Hot on the heels of its quasi-official arrival on Flathub, a new version of the Vivaldi web browser has been released. Vivaldi 6.5 includes some nice new features, a few of which enhance and build […]
