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GNOME Shell can display weather forecast and world clock info inside of the message tray (aka the notification area) – and in this post I show you how to set it up. But why might […]…

New beta builds of Ubuntu 20.04 flavours including Ubuntu MATE and Xubuntu are available to download. We recap the changes and share download links.…

You can download Ubuntu 20.04 beta right now to help test the next major long-term support release of Ubuntu ahead of the stable release on April 23.…

Want to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 before release day? We show you how upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 beta from Ubuntu 19.10 or 18.04 in this simple guide.…

The first GNOME 3.36 point release is now available to download. The update offers bug fixes for core desktop components, including Mutter and Nautilus.…

PinePhone UBports Community Edition is now available to preorder for $149, running Ubuntu Touch. Pine64 donate $10 from every sale to the UBports Foundation.…

Check out the new features and release date of Linux Mint 20, which is the next major update to this Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and due June 2020.…

The Astro Slide is an Android-based smartphone with sliding physical keyboard. And the device's makers, Planet Computers, say it'll support Linux too.…

Telegram desktop app has been updated with a new chat folders feature and sidebar. In this post we show you what chat folders look like and how to use it.…

Is an independent GNOME OS an inevitability? A recent blog post put out by GNOME designer Tobias Bernard certainly certainly makes a compelling case for one.…

Wayfire, the 3D Wayland compositor, supports a heap of blingy effects. This week I discovered it supports background blur in GNOME GTK apps like Nautilus.…

Bodhi Linux 5.1.0 is now available to download. We look at what changes are made in this update to the lightweight Ubuntu-based Linux distro.…

Once you know that the icon above, right is for Ubiquity, the Ubuntu installer, it kinda works okay as a motif. I say ‘kinda’ because if I take my eyes off the icon for a […]…

Tracktion Waveform Free is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) with Ubuntu Linux support. We look at what it offers, and how to download it.…

The fabulously fervent folks in the Ubuntu France community have fashioned Ubuntu's latest mascot animal into a first-rate new t-shirt. This post, See Ubuntu France’s Fab Focal Fossa T-Shirt is from OMG! Ubuntu!. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

A fork of the Arc GTK theme is available on GitHub and it picks up exactly where the theme's previous authors left off, which is great news if you're a fan.…

The boot screen experience in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS looks a tiny bit different from the one provided in Ubuntu 19.10 — at least for some people.…

OBS Studio 25.0 is now available to download. The open source video streaming and screen recording app adds a host of new features, which we list here.…

The Purism Librem Mini is a $699 small-form factor Linux PC. Here we look at the Librem Mini specs, price, and its release date to ask if it's worth buying.…

Good news for people keen to try out the (much improved) Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10, as Microsoft say the revamped version of the tech is nearing general release.…

Looking for a desktop radio player for Linux? Check out Shortwave, a GTK app that lets you search for and listen to radio, and even record radio streams.…

Interested in kicking the tyres on Ubuntu via Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)? If so, a new web page has been added to the Ubuntu website to help get you started. Striking and well […]…

A new version of Geary, the GTK-based email client for Linux desktops, is now available to download. Geary 3.36 is said to offer “a number of enhancements, bug fixes, and server compatibility improvements” over the previous […]…

The release of an official Raspberry Pi image writer tool means it now easier than ever to install Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4!…

Darktable, the open source alternative to Adobe Lightroom, is back with a new feature release — its first update of the year, adding major new features.…

The Arc GTK theme may be one of the most popular GTK themes available for Linux, but adoration doesn't fix bugs. The theme is looking for a new maintainer.…

If you love the look of tiling window managers but don’t fancy giving up your creature comforts, keep an eye on Pop Shell — it’s a new GNOME extension in development and it’s left me […]…