Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit’s existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is full…
Read MoreThe Ghostty terminal is now packaged in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repositories – meaning for those on the new long-term support release, it’s only an apt install away. Ghostty is a fast, open-source terminal emulator for macOS and Linux (Windows suppo…
Read MoreA big update to Ghostty terminal emulator has dropped, delivering a raft of new features like scrollback search, native scrollbars and and process completion notifications. Ghostty 1.3.0 packs in 6 months of development effort: 2,800+ commits from 180 …
Read MoreGhostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability.
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Seeking a fast, modern terminal for Ubuntu? Rio is a cross-platform, hardware-accelerated terminal emulator built in Rust with novel features.
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A new version of the GNU project’s Bourne Again SHell (better known to most of us as Bash) has been released. According the official release announcement Bash 5.3 includes ‘significant new features’ alongside an assortment of other im…
Read MoreA new version of Ghostty emerged this week and in this post I run-through the key changes. For those unfamiliar with it, Ghostty is an open-source terminal emulator written in Zig. It offers a “fast, feature-rich, and native” experience — d…
Read MoreWe’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late with the humble no-frills console being reimagined, rethought, and rewired to use GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (naturally) AI. Ghostty is a new, open-source and c…
Read MoreIf you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has relented on the requirement that users …
Read MoreLinux developers have a new toy to play with, Warp. Warp is a (currently) closed-source terminal emulator built using the Rust programming language. It offers hardware acceleration, integrated AI, collaborative capabilities, and uses a “blockR…
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A quick post about the latest update to Black Box, a GTK4/libadwaita terminal emulator for Linux desktop that focuses on being ‘beautiful’ – and yup, it is!
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If there’s one command-line tool I know most of you use it’s apt, or the Advanced Package Tool. Every Debian-based Linux distro (Ubuntu included) uses apt because, well, it’s good at what it does. To quote Wikipedia, apt takes the has…
Read MoreGNOME Console app is a great new alternative to other Linux terminal emulators. In this post I show you how to set Console as default terminal on Ubuntu.
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I share a cool CLI tool for checking your battery health, cycle count, capacity, and more on Linux. It’s free, open source, and very nice to look at!
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Black Box is a GTK4 terminal emulator for Linux desktops. It boasts innovative UI features, 12 terminal themes, and is easy to install from Flathub.
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I wouldn’t call myself a command line ninja but I do have a soft spot for getting things done using a CLI. At the end of 2021 I wrote a list of the best command line apps I use on the regular. In that rundown I spotlighted btop, a powerful and en…
Read MoreWant to log your thoughts and memories without leaving the command line? A reader recently mailed in to tell me about an app called jrnl, a journaling app with a difference: it’s designed to be used from a terminal, not a web browser or mobile ap…
Read MoreOur pick of the best command line tools for Ubuntu & Linux Mint. It includes CLI apps for listening to music, searching the web, managing files, and more!
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