Why Google Search Deal is Critical for Firefox’s Future
Google’s search deal with Mozilla is such a sizeable portion of its overall income that without it, Firefox would struggle to compete – or even survive, say Mozilla. It’s no secret that Google has paid Mozilla handsomely for its search engine to ...
Upgrade to Freedom Campaign Shifts to End of 10
Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14 and this will likely trigger a surge in unnecessary electronic waste (e-waste) on International E-Waste Day, which is a day designed to raise awareness about the global issue of e-waste and promote r...
Building your own Atomic (bootc) Desktop
Bootc and associated tools provide the basis for building a personalised desktop. This article will describe the process to build your own custom installation. Disclaimer Building and using a custom installation is “at your own risk”. Your installa...
Mission Center 1.0 Adds New Features
Linux system monitoring app Mission Center has put out its first update in 6 months – and it’s a big one! Mission Center 1.0 adds new hardware tracking, UI tweaks, and refactors its backend to provide palapble performance improvements, boost the ap...
Mission Center 1.0: New Features, Better Performance
Linux system monitoring app Mission Center has put out its first update in 6 months – and it’s a big one! Mission Center 1.0 adds new hardware tracking, UI tweaks, and refactors its backend to provide palapble performance improvements, boost the ap...
Paprius Icon Set Update Adds New Icons, Plasma 6 Support
If you use the Papirus icon theme on Ubuntu, you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download. Frequent updates are a major reason why the Papirus icon set is so popular with Linux users. After all, it’s annoying to switch to a styl...
Papirus Icon Set Update Adds New Icons, Plasma 6 Support
If you use the Papirus icon theme on Ubuntu, you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download. Frequent updates are a major reason why the Papirus icon set is so popular with Linux users. After all, it’s annoying to switch to a styl...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - April 2025
The rolling release Tumbleweed continues enhancements in April and brings more usefulness to gamers, developers and others with the delivery of several snapshots. Among the key highlights this month, Tumbleweed users benefit from a major security boost...
Canonical Brings Ubuntu 24.04 to Qualcomm Dragonwing Vision Kit
Canonical has announced the first official Ubuntu desktop image for the Qualcomm DragonWing platform. A beta image of Ubuntu 24.04 desktop compatible with Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors, and specifically tailored for the Qualcomm R...
We’re Off — Ubuntu 25.10 Opens for Development
Development today opened on Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”, the next short-term release of Ubuntu, due for release in October. Canonical engineer Utkarsh Gupta fired the figurative starting pistol for developers in a post to the Ubuntu mailing lis...
Linux App Release Roundup (April 2025)
April brought a solid set of software updates to an assortment of different apps. In this post, I run through recent releases that didn’t get the “whole article” treatment on this blog. Sometimes, it’s a challenge to cover everything I want to ...
Track Moon Phases From Your Ubuntu Desktop With Luna
Luna brings moon phases to your Ubuntu desktop with a simple GNOME Shell extension. Track current phase, illumination percentage, and upcoming changes right from your panel. You're reading Track Moon Phases From Your Ubuntu Desktop With Luna, a blog po...
openSUSE Leap 16 Enters Beta
Leap Micro 6.2 Adopts the Leap Release Cycle Members of the openSUSE Release Team are excited to announce that the Leap 16 Beta is now available for testing! Like its predecessor Leap 15.6, the Leap 16.0 version continues the tradition of a stable, cla...
Firefox 138 Released with Long-Awaited Profile Manager
At long last, Mozilla Firefox has native profile management features – and they don’t suck! The feature, which begins rolling out in today’s Firefox 138 update, is the latest “big ticket” feature the browser has belatedly sought to add, follo...
Turntable is a Universal Scrobbling App for Linux
Those looking for an easy way to “scrobble” music on Linux, no matter which music player they use, should check out a new app called Turntable. But before I go any further I should bring those unfamiliar with what a “scrobble” is, up to speed. ...
Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for Linux
Those looking for an easy way to “scrobble” music on Linux, no matter which music player they use, should check out a new app called Turntable. But before I go any further I should bring those unfamiliar with what a “scrobble” is, up to speed. ...
