GIMP 2.8.22 released. Install GIMP on Linux Ubuntu Systems. GIMP 2.8.22 comes with an improved drawing performance in single window mode, especially with pixmap themes. It now prevent a crash in PDF plug-in if images or resolution are large. It brings various fixes related to plug-ins, …
Opera 45 released. Install Opera web browser on Linux Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 Systems. Opera 45 is codenamed Opera Reborn. With the previous release of Opera, free VPN and native ad blocking has been introduced. Earlier this year they also introduced …
A security vulnerability has been discovered in the Ubuntu login screen, and it gives would-be attackers unauthorised access to your files. The issue concerns LightDM, the display manager that powers the Unity Greeter login screen, and affects both Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu 16.10. LightDM does not …
In this tutorial, we are going to provide you with step by step instructions on how to speed Up Drupal using Varnish on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. Drupal is one of the leading open source content management platforms. At the time of writing this tutorial, …
Many people still read the news from RSS feeds, using services like Feedly, Feedbin and Old Reader to fetch, read and sync content between devices – myself very much included. Feedreader is a desktop RSS reader for Ubuntu and other Linux desktops. It has a clean, …
VLC media player 2.2.5 was released recently with a great number of improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 16.04. It has been almost one year since the last VLC 2.2.4 was released on June 2016. VLC 2.2.5 features: Fix green line …
LibreOffice 5.3.3 Released. Install LibreOffice office suite for Linux Ubuntu Systems. LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most powerful Free and Open …
Ubuntu will soon be available to install from the Windows Store on Windows 10. ‘Microsoft says it is working with SUSE and Fedora to bring their Linux distro’s to the Windows Store’ Nope, I’m not drunk, and you’re not hallucinating. The news was announced by Microsoft’s …
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will go back to using GNOME as the default desktop environment, instead of Unity. In what comes as a big surprise for many, Mark Shuttleworh, the founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, explains on the Ubuntu Insights website that Canonical is ending their “investment …
It looks like Dropbox isn’t the only AppIndicator that doesn’t work in Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus (under Unity) due to the change of XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP from “Unity” to “Unity:Unity7”. Update (thanks Martin): the Dropbox AppIndicator no longer has this issue. Electron applications (such as the new Skype …