If you run Ubuntu on a laptop or PC with 7th-generation Intel chips or later and you’re a fan of the Chromium browser, it’s your lucky day! Canonical has partnered with Intel to make a Chromium snap that boasts hardware accelerated video de…
MusicPod is a promising new music, podcast, and internet radio app for Ubuntu desktops that’s built with Flutter. Learn more inside.
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The Steam snap app is levelling up its graphics prowess, as Canonical reveals plans to make different Mesa versions available for users to switch between.
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Canonical has often talked about how it has improved the startup time of Snap apps yet, for many of us, the improvements remained theoretical.
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BlueMail is a free, proprietary e-mail client with Linux builds. It supports most mail providers and protocols, has a large feature set, and now a new look.
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When it comes to sticky note apps for Linux it’s fair to say we’re spoilt for choice – heck knows I’ve tried most of the ones out there! EverSticky is another open-source sticky notes app for Linux but it has a major difference: it sy…
I think most of us can agree that the Firefox Snap included in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS doesn’t start up nearly as fast as it could (or arguably should). Now, Canonical wants us to know that — and it wants us know that it’s doing something to fix i…
Plex fans may be interested to hear that an official Plex Desktop app for Linux is now available to install from the Snap Store. Alongside the debut of its Linux desktop app (more on that in a second) is a ‘buttery smooth’ TV mode in Plex H…
A short guide on how to install Firefox from a PPA on Ubuntu 22.04 and remove the Firefox Snap. Doing this gets you a faster Firefox that can do more OOTB.
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Snap app fans will want to check out an extension for GNOME Shell that makes it easier to manage, update, and configure software installed using the packaging format. It’s called Snap Manager and while it’s not an official Snapcraft/Canonic…
If you’re yet to settle on a note-taking service that works across platforms you may want to check out a new option now available for Linux: UpNote.
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The image editing app Pinta has a new bug-fix release out. Pinta 1.7.1 is intended as the final update in the GTK2-based series, with a GTK3 build (dubbed Pinta 1.8) said to be nearly ready for release. Building on the feature set introduced in last ye…
Scrcpy is a super-useful Android mirroring tool for desktop PCs. The tool gains physical keyboards simulation and a high-res app icon in the latest update.
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It’s a bug that has irritated me for the past 12 months but, at last, Spotify devs have fixed it in the latest update to the official Spotify Linux client.
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Ubuntu plans to make the Firefox Snap the default version for new installations of Ubuntu 21.10. A feature freeze exception (FFE) has been opened by Canonical’s Olivier Tilloy that seeks to replace the Firefox .deb package in the Ubuntu ‘se…
A major update to the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editor’s is now available to download. ONLYOFFICE 6.3 — as always that is not me shouting their name it’s just how they stylise it — sees the open […]
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Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code is a powerful and popular open source code editor. In this post I show you how to install VSCode on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (and above). Visual Studio Code is available for […]
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1Password is now officially available on Linux! The app entered beta last year but is now considered stable enough for everyday use by Linux users, regardless of their preferred Linux distro or desktop environment. Better […]
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