More posts about “Apple”

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Use AirPods Pro Features on Linux with LibrePods

LibrePods brings AirPods Pro features to Linux desktops, including active noise cancellation, transparency mode, ear detection and accurate battery levels.

20 November 2025

UxPlay Control GNOME Extensions Makes AirPlay Mirroring Easier to Use

This GNOME Shell extension makes it easy to control the UxPlay AirPlay server on Ubuntu. Start and stop mirroring your iPhone or iPad screen with a click.

18 June 2025

Apple Release New Tools for Running Linux Containers on Mac

Apple has released new open source tools for running Linux containers on Macs natively, with improved performance. More details inside.

11 June 2025
Apple Maps for Web in Firefox on Linux

Apple Maps on Web Now Works on Linux (But Only in Firefox)

Something to file under “won’t please many Linux users, but is nonetheless a good thing™ for choice”, Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux. Apple launched a web-based version of Apple Maps in […]

3 November 2024
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Apple Approves First PC Emulator App for iOS – Can it Run Linux?

This weekend Apple officially approved the first PC emulator on the App Store, an open-source app called UTM SE, based on QEMU, and free to download (no IAP). UTM SE can emulate a variety of […]

14 July 2024

How to Mirror Your iPhone/iPad on Ubuntu Desktop

You can mirror your iPhone screen on the Ubuntu desktop using a free, open-source app that’s available in the Ubuntu repos. Want to mirror your iPhone or iPad to Ubuntu? UxPlay is the easy way […]

2 March 2024
AirPods Battery status in GNOME Shell

See AirPods Battery Info in Ubuntu with this GNOME Extension

If you own a pair of Apple AirPods or Beats wireless headphones and use them with Ubuntu, you’ll likely want to be able to check battery levels easily. Well, you can. The Airpod Battery Monitor […]

25 February 2024

Ubuntu Fixes Opening iWork Documents in LibreOffice

Ubuntu ships with LibreOffice because it’s a powerful open-source office suite compatible with documents created in other productivity apps, including Microsoft Office and Apple’s iWork. While LibreOffice can open files made in Apple Pages (a […]

6 December 2023

‘Cider’ is an Open Source Apple Music Client for Linux

Cider is an open source Apple Music client for Windows, macOS, and Linux – the latter not having an official Apple Music app, making this one unique.

17 July 2022
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KDE Connect is Now Available for iPhone & iPad

A KDE Connect app is available on the Apple App Store. It lets iPhone & iPad users benefit from integration between their device(s) and the Linux desktop.

9 May 2022

Blender 3.1 Released with “Major Leap in Performance”

A sizeable update to the open source 3D graphics suite Blender is available to download. Blender 3.1 is performance-packed follow up to the incredibly well-received Blender 3.0 release that squeaked out at the end of […]

9 March 2022
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Ubuntu Can Run on Apple Silicon, Devs Say It’s ‘Completely Usable’

Ubuntu Linux is up and running on Apple Silicon thanks to developers working at Coreillium. They now hope to upstream their work on Linux for M1.

20 January 2021