Ubuntu MATE 15.10 Beta 2 Screenshot Tour – A Modern OS for Conservative Users
The stable version of Ubuntu MATE Wily Werewolf (15.10) is almost here and we just received the final Beta. We now take a closer look at...
snapcraft Is a New Tool From Canonical to Build Snappy Packages
Canonical is working on their Snappy packages, but they also need to think about the shipping and packaging process. For this, they’ve put together a new...
Canonical Fixes Vulnerability in Apport for All Ubuntu Systems
An Apport vulnerability has been found and fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. A fresh patch has been made available in...
Ubuntu 15.10 Is Getting Some Pretty Nice Scrollbars
One of the features that will be present in Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) are the new scrollbars that have been imported from upstream GNOME and that...
Valve Goes After Microsoft: You Don't Need to Ever Build a DirectX 12 Game
Vulkan is a new API from the Khronos Group, the same developers who are also working on OpenGL. Their efforts are now supported by Valve as...
Mozilla Firefox 42.0 to Bring GTK3 Integration for GNU/Linux, New Privacy Settings
Now that Mozilla released the version 41.0 of its widely used, open-source and cross-platform web browser for GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems,...
Enlightenment 0.19.11 Desktop Environment for GNU/Linux Systems Fixes over 30 Bugs
The developers of the open-source and lightweight Enlightenment desktop environment have announced the release and immediate availability for download of Enlightenment DR 0.9.11. Looking at the...
GNOME 3.18 Supports the $9 C.H.I.P. Linux Computer, Windows Tablets, More
Now that GNOME 3.18 has been released, and the developers behind the GNOME Project and GNOME Foundation non-profit organization have already started planning the next major...
General Electric and Canonical Working on a New Open-Source IoT Standard
GE, FirstBuild and Canonical are now working together in order to create an “open-source” industry standard for IoT devices that anyone can pick up and use....
LibreOffice 5.0.2 Officially Released with a Ton of Fixes
The Document Foundation just announced that LibreOffice 5.0.2, the second minor release for the 5.0 branch, has been released and is now available for download. Even...
