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Thunderbird Arc Theme Updated Adds Support for Arc Variants

An update to the Arc Thunderbird theme add-on is now available for download, and brings support for the 3 Arc GTK theme variants.

12 June 2017
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The Native Skype Linux App Will Stop Working July 1

If you use Skype 4.3 on Linux I've some bad news as Microsoft has said the Qt Skype Linux app will no longer work from July 1, 2017.

4 June 2017
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Get Gmail Notifications on GNOME Shell with This Extension

Looking for an easy way to see Gmail notifications on your GNOME desktop? Well, you needn’t look any further. The Gmail Message Tray GNOME extension does exactly this: it shows new e-mail notifications in the the GNOME […]

25 May 2017
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12 Features That Made Unity The Best Linux Desktop

12 Ubuntu Unity desktop features that help make it the best Linux desktop environment available, including the HUD, Unity Dash and Smart Scopes.

26 April 2017
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Security Updates for Ubuntu Phone to End in June

Security updates for Ubuntu phone and tablet will end this June, Canonical has confirmed. Current OTA updates are currently limited to critical fixes and security updates — a decision we were first to tell you back in January. But […]

24 April 2017

If Only Thunderbird Did Look Like This…

The Thunderbird email client is a great app, but its out-dated interface makes it a chore to use. Could a redesign reignite interest in it?

20 April 2017
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Nylas Mail Client Now Available on Linux

A Linux version of Nylas Mail, the cross-plaform desktop e-mail client, is available for testing. The open-source app succeeds the old Nylas N1 client, which was discontinued last year. Since we last mentioned the app […]

12 April 2017
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System76 Isn’t Giving Up On Ubuntu, Plans to Put its Own Spin on GNOME

System76 sells millions of dollars worth of Ubuntu laptops and PCs every year — but they're not letting news that Ubuntu is dropping Unity affect them.

11 April 2017

Mozilla Thunderbird 52 Released with Various Improvements

Mozilla Thunderbird 52 has been released. The latest stable release of Mozilla's popular desktop email app picks up a modest set of improvements.

7 April 2017

5 Questions We’re All Asking About the Future of Ubuntu

News that Ubuntu is to drop Unity and switch back to GNOME has been greeted by users with a mixture of confusion and surprise. It is, without doubt, big news. Probably the single biggest bit of Ubuntu news since January […]

5 April 2017

Pext is an extendable Python-based tool that’s a little hard to explain…

I don’t like to write about things I am not confident or experienced in using. This is why don’t see listicles about Vim, op-ed’s about DevOps, and so on. But writing about a desktop application should be within my abilities¹ […]

30 March 2017
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Reset Ubuntu to Default with This New App

If you want to reset Ubuntu desktop to default try Resetter, a new app for Ubuntu & Linux Mint that helps you perform a 'factory reset' of sorts.

29 March 2017