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Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts on Microsoft’s New-Found Love for Linux

Linus Torvalds was asked if he thinks there's anything to fear from Microsoft's recent embrace of all things Linux and open source — this is what he said.

7 October 2019

Calibre Sees First Major Release in 2 Years, Adds ‘Distraction Free’ Ebook Viewer

A new version of Calibre, the open source ebook manager (and then some), is now available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux.

6 October 2019
raspberry pi supercomputer

Oracle Built a Raspberry Pi Super Computer That Looks like a TARDIS

How many Raspberry Pi's does it take to build a super computer? 1060, according to Oracle, who built one to demo at Oracle OpenWorld 2019.

17 September 2019
essential keyboard shortcuts

14 Keyboard Shortcuts Every Ubuntu User Should Know

Using Ubuntu’s keyboard shortcuts can improve your productivity, and make it faster to perform respective tasks. You probably know a stack of Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts already, as general actions like copy (ctrl + c), paste […]

14 September 2019

GNOME 3.34 Released with “Drastically Improved” Responsiveness

The new GNOME 3.34 release is here and it boasts 'drastically improved responsiveness' through the GNOME Shell user interface.

12 September 2019
NSFW GIMP

Glimpse is the G-Rated GIMP Fork We All, Er, Apparently Need…

Glimpse image editor is a direct fork of The GIMP that rebrands the raster graphic editing tool with a new name to make it more accessible.

25 August 2019
GPD Micro PC with Ubuntu MATE review

The GPD MicroPC in 3 Minutes [Video Review]

The GPD MicroPC is a tiny, but impressive sub-notebook so I made a three minute YouTube video to show you what's cool, and what's not.

24 August 2019
GPD Micro PC with Ubuntu MATE review

GPD Micro PC: Is a 6-inch Ubuntu Laptop Actually Usable?

When I first heard about the GPD Micro PC, the 6-inch laptop crowdfunded into reality earlier this year, my overriding impression was one of confusion. I thought a laptop this small wouldn’t be usable …but […]

22 August 2019

Xfce 4.14 Inches Closer to Release, 3 Years After Development Began

The stable Xfce 4.14 release is on track to launch in the middle of August and will complete work on the desktop environment's port to GTK3.

1 August 2019
Mirror Android screen on Ubuntu desktop

Mirror & Control Your Android Phone on the Ubuntu Desktop

Scrcpy lets you view your phone screen on the Linux desktop and interact with it using a mouse and keyboard. The app is free and open-source.

18 July 2019

KDE Connect is Now Available for macOS (Updated)

KDE Connect, the open source smartphone companion, is coming to macOS as part of Google Summer of Code 2019. A test build is available to download.

17 July 2019

Achievement Unlocked: RetroArch is Coming to Steam

RetroArch is coming to Steam on July 30. The developers behind the famed open-source libretro frontend say the move will help them reach more gamers.

15 July 2019