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Canonical Will Donate $120k to Open Source Projects This Year
Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem. You're reading Canonical Will Donate $120k to Open Source Projects This Year, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not r...
2025-05-14 01:54
Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year
Canonical commits to donating $120k to the open source developers building the projects and tools that help power the Ubuntu ecosystem. You're reading Canonical Donating $120,000 to Open Source Projects This Year, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not r...
2025-05-14 01:54
NordVPN Linux App Updated with New GUI
NordVPN today announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor secure connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, comprehensive command-line interfac...
2025-05-13 14:12
Canonical + thanks.dev = giving back to open source developers
Canonical has committed to donating US$120,000 to open source developers over the next 12 months (using thanks.dev).
2025-05-13 11:52
Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrades Have Been Re-Enabled
If you’ve been itching to do an in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 from 24.10, your patience has paid off — upgrades have been re-enabled. For those unaware, Ubuntu was forced to halt upgrades to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release a few hours after its rel...
2025-05-12 22:59
Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrades Set to Go Live Again Soon
If you’ve been patiently waiting to do an in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 from 24.10, your patience is about to pay off. Ubuntu developers were forced to halt upgrades to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release due to a number of major bugs affecting users acr...
2025-05-12 22:59
Kagi’s Orion Browser Linux Port Uses GTK4/libadwaita
I reported a few months back Kagi, the company behind the paid, private and privacy-focused search engine of the same time, is porting its Orion web browser to Linux – now we have our first early look at how its Linux GUI is shaping up. A recent deve...
2025-05-12 14:50
See a DeepSeek demo running on ESWIN Computing’s EIC77 series at RISC-V Summit Europe 2025 in Paris
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, and ESWIN Computing have partnered to enable DeepSeek LLM 7B on the EIC77 series, showcasing ESWIN Computing’s powerful NPU, GPU and DSP running on Ubuntu. This development is part of a community development effort...
2025-05-12 08:15
KDE Plasma 6.3.5 Update Available to Kubuntu Users
If you’re running Kubuntu 25.04 and want the latest fixes the KDE Plasma 6.3.5 release, you can use the Kubuntu backports PPA to get ’em. KDE Plasma 6.3.5 popped out a few weeks back, serving as the fifth and (likely) final bug-fix release prior to...
2025-05-11 22:05
This RISC-V AI PC Delivers 50 TOPS, Runs Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu is one of the leading Linux distributions for RISC-V hardware thanks to Canonical’s strategic partnerships with companies like DeepComputing – who just announced their powerful new RISC-V AI PC running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The DC-ROMA RISC-V AI...
2025-05-09 15:20
GNOME Replaces Totem Video Player with Showtime
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have cast a new video player for a staring role in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream change now merged, the aged GTK3 video player Totem has been replaced by newer, fresher...
2025-05-09 10:12
GNOME Replace Totem Video Player with Showtime
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have officially cast a new video player in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream merge, GNOME has formally replaced the aged GTK3 Totem video player with the newer, fresher and...
2025-05-09 10:12
New 50 TOPS DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC ships with Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS pre-installed 
Canonical is excited to announce the launch of DeepComputing’s new 50 TOPS DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC and AI PC Mini with Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS pre-installed. The PC was launched in collaboration with Framework and is powered by ESWIN’s advanced RISC-...
2025-05-09 09:30
Easily Toggle Ubuntu’s New Wellbeing Reminders On/Off
The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. Wellbeing controls were one of the flagship features of GNOM...
2025-05-08 22:26
Linux Mint 22.2 Modernises its Default Theme
More details on the makeup of the upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release have been revealed, including its new codename (for those who track those). Linux Mint 22.2—due to be released sometime in late July or early August—is named ‘Zara’, continuing ...
2025-05-08 14:29
CRA compliance: Things IoT manufacturers can no longer do under the CRA (and what to do instead)
In this blog, I’ll give you a thorough overview of common IoT manufacturer and PDE developer practices that need immediate attention, and how to change or improve these practices so that you can pass CRA compliance.
2025-05-07 14:36
Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds Now Available to Download
Get early access to Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' through official daily builds. Download, test and contribute to Ubuntu's development before its October release. You're reading Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds Now Available to Download, a blog post from OMG...
2025-05-07 13:34
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Gets a Price Cut
Raspberry Pi has reduced the price on all 4GB and 8GB Compute Module 4 boards by $5-10, making embedded projects more affordable to try out. You're reading Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Gets a Price Cut, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
2025-05-06 22:59
Huawei MateBook X Pro 2024 (Linux Edition) Goes on Sale
Huawei has unwrapped its latest Linux notebook, the MateBook X Pro 2024 Linux Edition — alas, it’s only available in China. The Windows-free MateBook X Pro 2024 uses the exact same hardware as the Windows version, but clocks in at CN¥300 cheaper...
2025-05-06 14:52
IBM LinuxONE 5 and Ubuntu Server, a great combination from day one
Today, IBM announced the launch of their latest server: the new IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5. This fifth generation redefines IBM’s LinuxONE system as their most secure and high-performing Linux computing platform for data, applications and trusted AI.  C...
2025-05-06 03:59