Category: Linux News
Defences Down! ClamTk is No Longer Maintained
It’s always sad to see a long-standing bit of open-source software put itself out to pasture (a euphemism for going way of the dod...
Firefox Getting Translate Selected Text Feature, H...
A handy new translations feature is in the works for Mozilla Firefox that should help speed up translating short snippets of text ...
Mozilla Firefox 125 Released with Added Convenienc...
You know the drill by now: a new month rolls around, and a new version of the inimitable Mozilla Firefox rolls off the release ser...
Blanket Ambient Sounds App for Linux Gets Calming ...
If you want to relax or need to concentrate on a task at your computer then listening to ambient sounds can often help — and the b...
Varia Download Manager Now Has Official Browser Ex...
Avid users of Varia, a modern download manager for Linux desktops, should check out the app’s official browser extensions. Install...
How to Mirror Your iPhone/iPad on Ubuntu Desktop
Do you want to mirror your iPhone screen on your Ubuntu desktop? There’s a free, open-source app in the Ubuntu repos that lets you...
Canonical Has Given Launchpad’s Homepage a Facelif...
Next time you stop by Launchpad.net you’ll notice it has a new look. Canonical’s designers have given Launchpad’s landing page a l...
Phew, the ‘New’ App Center Icon in Ubuntu is a Bug...
About a week ago I noticed that the default icon for App Center (the Flutter-based software store-front that replaced Ubuntu Softw...
Run any App in Picture in Picture Mode on Ubuntu
A new GNOME Shell extension lets you turn any app in to a picture-in-picture window on Ubuntu. You’re probably familiar with pictu...
Zorin OS 17.1 Released with Better Windows App Sup...
A new version of Zorin OS is available for download. Zorin OS 17.1 is the follow up to Zorin OS 17, which was released in December...
Linux Mint is Building a New Desktop Chat App
A new IRC client (but don’t call it an IRC client) is being developed by Linux Mint. The Ubuntu-based distro currently includes He...
Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ES...
A new open-source nostalgia project lets you turn back the clock on web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozill...
VLC Media Player Hits 5 Billion Downloads – Big Ch...
VLC media player has now been downloaded over 5 billion times across desktop and mobile devices, with the most recent release cloc...
KDE Plasma 6.0.2 Update Delivers More Fixes
The second bug-fix update to KDE Plasma 6 is now available, arriving just over a week after the first one rolled out. KDE Plasma 6...
Linux Kernel 6.8 Released, This is What’s New
After several solid months of development the Linux 6.8 kernel has been officially released. This kernel is of particular note to ...
Proton Mail’s New Desktop App is Available for Lin...
Proton Mail has released a brand new desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The app means subscribers to the privacy-focused mai...
Another System Monitor Extension for GNOME — But T...
Yes, I know: I’m writing about yet another system monitor extension for GNOME Shell — I’m sorry; I’m not obsessed, I promise! But ...
Linux Mint 21.3 Officially Released, This is What’...
Linux Mint 21.3 is now available to download — the first version to offer Wayland support in the Cinnamon desktop. Following a suc...
Wine 9.0 Released with Experimental Wayland Driver
Developers have popped the cork on a new stable release of Wine, the open-source compatibility layer that lets you run Windows app...
The KDE Plasma 6.0 Default Wallpaper is a Real Win...
The winner of the KDE Plasma 6.0 wallpaper competition has been announced. In August of last year KDE devs launched a community-ba...
