An Ubuntu Developer Has Posted Canonical’s Convergence Roadmap
As you may already know, Canonical is currently active developing Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Touch, Snappy Ubuntu Core and Ubuntu Desktop Next. Canonical’s Olli Ries has posted on his blog the roadmap for...
View ArticleLibreOffice 5.0 Is Now Available For Free Download. Install It On Your Ubuntu...
As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular, open-source Office suite, available by default on some of the most popular Linux systems. LibreOffice 5.0 has been released today, bringing interesting...
View ArticleHow To Install LibreOffice 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.04 And Ubuntu 14.04 via PPA
As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular, open-source Office suite, available by default on some of the most popular Linux systems. LibreOffice 5.0 has been released today, bringing interesting...
View ArticleHow To Install Wine 1.7.49 On OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1 And OpenSUSE 12.3
Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is an open-source compatibility layer software app that enables the Linux and Unix users to run Windows software on their systems, via the Winelib software library. At...
View ArticleUnity 8 Is Looking More And More As A Desktop DE
As you may know, Unity 8 is Canonical’s future generation desktop environment designed to work with the Mir display server. Currently, the two are implemented only the mobile version of Ubuntu, named...
View ArticleThe Second Ubuntu Snappy Core 15.04 Image Is Based On Kernel 3.19 And Permits...
As you may know, Canonical has created a special Ubuntu Snappy Core image for the Raspberry Pi 2 ARM mini computer, to help the users familiarize with Ubuntu for the Internet of Things OS. Canonical...
View ArticleBq’s Ubuntu Touch Devices Are Now Available In The US
As you may know, the first phones that use Ubuntu Touch by default are Bq Aquaris E4.5, Bq Aquaris E5 HD and Meizu MX4, but Canonical’s mobile operating system is also supported on the LG Nexus 4...
View ArticleCanonical Has Created Film Scope To Facilitate The Users To Watch Trailers,...
Yesterday, Canonical has released the Film Scope, yet another scope for Ubuntu Touch, the mobile version of Ubuntu. It has been created to facilitate the users to watch movie trailers, discover film...
View ArticleXiphos 4.0.3 (Bible Study Program) Has Been Released
As you may know, Xiphos is a Bible study program, providing a digital text reader with bookmarks and full-text search. Among others, it has parallel reading features, permitting the users to read...
View ArticleQmmp (Winamp-like Mediaplayer) Has Reached Version 0.8.6
Qmmp is a popular open-source, cross-platform multimedia player, similar to Winamp and written in Qt. It has support for popular multimedia file formats, including MPEG1 layer 2/3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg...
View ArticleKomodo Edit 9.2 Brings New Features And Fixes
Komodo Edit 9.1 has been released yesterday, including important new features and changes. As you may know, Komodo Edit is an IDE for coding in various web languages: Python, PHP, Ruby, Perl, HTML, CSS...
View ArticleGnome Pie 0.6.5 (Circular Application Launcher) Brings New Features And...
As you may know, Gnome Pie is a circular application launcher, enabling the users to easily access their favorite apps, which they have added to the pie. For usage information, see this link. The...
View ArticlePhototonic 1.6.17 (Image Viewer And Organizer) Has Received New Features
As you may know, Phototonic is an image viewer and organizer for Linux systems, created in Qt and C++. The latest version available is Phototonic 1.6.17, which has been recently released, bringing...
View ArticleRasbperry Pi’s Default Firmware Is Now Powered By Kernel 4.1
As a reminder, the Raspberry Pi default firmware has adopted Linux 4.0 as default two months ago, and now Kernel 4.1 has been implemented, being the most advanced stable kernel released. Keeping an up...
View ArticleKodi 15.1 RC “Isengard” Has Been Released
As you may know, Kodi (previously named XBMC) is a famous open source media hub and home theater PC, being translated in more than 30 languages. Also, its features can be highly extended via third...
View ArticleChrome 45 Beta Has Been Released
As you may already know, the Chrome development is done on three branches. First, the new features are added to the Unstable (dev) branch and after some tests are performed, they get moved to the Beta...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Software Center Does Not Accept DEB Packages Anymore
The entire Ubuntu Software Center thing started when Ubuntu MATE decided to allow the users to choose between App Grid and the USC by default, on their system. Next, some developers announced that they...
View ArticleBQ’s Ubuntu Phone Will Land In India In About Two Weeks
As you may know, the first phones that use Ubuntu Touch by default are Bq Aquaris E4.5, Bq Aquaris E5 HD and Meizu MX4, but Canonical’s mobile operating system is also supported on the LG Nexus 4...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Developers Have Created A PPA For Proprietary Graphics Drivers
As you may have heard, the Ubuntu Developers have created a the Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA, where they will upload proprietary gpu drivers, as the name suggests. For now, only the Nvidia cards are...
View ArticleHow To Install Voxelands 15.07.00 (Open-Source Minecraft Based Sandbox...
As you may know, Voxelands is an open-source sandbox construction game based on Minetest, which is an open-source Minecraft engine. Like other sandbox construction games, the users can build structures...
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