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Gradio - a Neat GTK3 Internet Radio App

By Andrew Powell 17/05/2017 Overviews

It's not often that I use internet radio applications, or even internet radio itself, but when a situation arose recently where I was seeking some online radio streams, I also then went delving into seeing what internet radio applications were available on Linux. Running a GNOME desktop, a GTK3 app…

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New Simple Scan Designs Emerge; Seeking Devs to Implement Them

By Andrew Powell 17/05/2017 Development

Simple Scan is one of my personal favourite and perhaps even one of the "essential" apps on the Linux desktop for me. It does what it says on the tin: it's simple and it scans, with a nice preview system and enough options to be decently functional. Some new designs for the app have…

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GNOME Recipes to Receive Interface Improvements, New Recipes and Cuisines

By Andrew Powell 06/05/2017 News

A few months back we took a look at the new GNOME Recipes app that's currently in heavy development. Matthias Clasen has announced that along with a growing team of developers, some further improvements are on the way, both in terms of user experience and the selection of recipes and cuisines…

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Solus - Impressive, Most Impressive

By Andrew Powell 18/04/2017 Previews

If you pay attention to happenings in the Linux world, chances are you've heard the name 'Solus' being bandied around quite a bit. The Solus project (formally known as SolusOS) has been gathering momentum and popularity lately and I figured it was high time I actually try the operating system out.…

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Here's how GNOME Shell can look like Ubuntu Unity

By Andrew Powell 08/04/2017 Tutorials

With the recent bombshell that Canonical is quitting the Unity desktop project as well as the overall goals for convergence and returning to GNOME, one can't help but wonder what Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will look like. However, as you will see it is very easy to tweak GNOME to look and feel quite similar…

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Canonical Quits Unity/Mir/Convergence; My Thoughts

By Andrew Powell 06/04/2017 Editorials

In stunning news, which is apparently NOT a late April Fools joke, Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Canonical will be dumping the Unity, Mir projects and ultimately the goal of 'convergence'. Canonical is also planning to then return to GNOME as the default desktop by the release of Ubuntu…

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A Look at GNOME Recipes

By Andrew Powell 30/03/2017 Previews

Now, yours truly isn't much of a cook, but I am trying to improve on that. With that in mind, the new GNOME Recipes application caught my eye and I decided to check it out. GNOME Recipes is still in development and its included library of recipes is certainly not exactly exhaustive, so I'm looking…

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GNOME 3.24 'Portland' Released

By Andrew Powell 23/03/2017 News

A bit over a month following the beta release of GNOME 3.23.91, the GNOME project has now released the latest version of the GNOME desktop, now at version 3.24, codenamed Portland. Some of the new features and fixes include: Calendar: A new week view, plus allowing Drag & Drop events to…

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A Look at Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 Preview + Night Light

By Andrew Powell 03/03/2017 Previews

Even as a self-confessed Arch Linux guru (okay, not a guru, but Arch is definitely my "main" distro), I do have a soft spot for the GNOME variant of Ubuntu, after running various versions of Ubuntu GNOME on my ASUS laptop for a fairly extended amount of time. With the release of GNOME…

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Review: Fedora 25 - The Trail Blazer that is Blazing Fast

By Andrew Powell 12/12/2016 Reviews

Not long after being released to the wild, I decided it was time to retire old faithful Ubuntu GNOME in favour of Fedora 25 on my main laptop (an Optimus equipped machine). The Ubuntu install had served me very well indeed, but with Fedora's latest offering featuring the latest stable version of…

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Master VLC with These 10+ Expert Tips and Tricks

Discover VLC Media Player’s best yet lesser-known tips and tricks that can immensely enhance your media-watching experience to the next level.

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Xubuntu 24.04 LTS: Best New Features

A list of new features of Xubuntu 24.04 LTS release and additional updates for this version.

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Slimbook Fedora 2 Is a New Linux Laptop Powered by Fedora 40

Explore the new Slimbook Fedora 2 with a sleek GNOME desktop and stunning hardware for top performance.

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EndeavourOS Gemini Lands with the KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment

Powered by Linux kernel 6.8, EndeavourOS Gemini comes with the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment on both the live environment and the offline installation option. Users can choose between Wayland and X11 sessions from the SDDM login manager, but the former is enabled by default.

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5 Must-Try AI Tools for Linux Users in 2024

In this article, you will discover the best software tools powered by AI that you can install on your Linux machine to increase your productivity.

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Miracle-WM 0.2.0 Brings Floating Window Manager Support

Miracle-WM 0.2.0, a new Wayland compositor based on Ubuntu’s MIR, was released with Sway/i3 IPC support and important bug fixes.

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Tails 6.2 Expands Multilingual Support

Tails 6.2 is now available with an improved Tor Browser and client for better security and introduces support for 21 new languages.

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