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Google Releases its New Google Sans Flex Font as Open Source

A font's a font – unless you're into typography! Google Sans Flex font is a new open source font made for screens. It looks great set as Ubuntu's system font.

24 November 2025
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Google Chrome is Becoming an AI Browser — Starting Today

Google Chrome is to become an AI browser powered by Gemini and agentic abilities to 'fundamentally change the nature of browsing', the search giant has announced.

19 September 2025

Google Can Keep Paying for Firefox Search Deal, Judge Rules

US judge in antitrust case rules Google can keep paying Mozilla and other companies for default search placement, but bans exclusive contracts.

2 September 2025
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Chrome OS is (Apparently) Merging with Android

Google has said it is 'combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform'. Why is it happening, and will the merger mean the end of ChromeOS as a brand?

14 July 2025
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Google Search Deal Critical to Firefox’s Future

Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to compete – or even survive, say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google has paid […]

5 May 2025

Linux Foundation & Google Form New Group to Manage Chromium

Google is teaming up with the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Meta, and Opera to form a new Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers group. Members of the group, managed by the Linux Foundation, will work together, pool resources, […]

10 January 2025

Use Google Gemini AI on Ubuntu with this GNOME Extension

If you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later and want to access the Google Gemini AI chatbot straight from your desktop outside of a web browser, you’re in luck! The Gemini AI ChatBot GNOME Shell […]

8 May 2024
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Google’s Flutter Team Layoffs Leave Ubuntu Devs in a Flap

Google’s recent ‘structural simplification’ led to 200 people across many of its core development teams, including Python, Dart, and Flutter, losing their roles. With Canonical committed to using Flutter for its own desktop apps the […]

7 May 2024

Hands On With the Latest Version of DahliaOS

I hadn't heard of the DahliaOS operating system until recently. Intrigued by its innovative mix of open source technologies, I took it for a spin.

24 February 2022
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Linux App Support on Chromebooks is Coming Out of Beta

Google confirms Linux app support on Chromebooks leaves beta status in ChromeOS 91, due for release soon. Read why this is good news for Linux fans.

20 May 2021
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Google Says Chrome Now Uses Less Memory on Windows, macOS, Android …But Not Linux?

A slew of substantial memory improvements feature in Google Chrome 89, the latest stable version of Google's phenomenally popular web browser.

12 March 2021

Ubuntu Makes Flutter ‘Default Choice’ for Future Desktop Apps

Future Ubuntu apps made by Canonical will use Flutter, Google's open-source UI framework. We ask whether this news will help or harm the Ubuntu experience.

5 March 2021