A number of welcome desktop integration features arrive in the latest ‘micro release’ of Snappy. Snapd 2.0.5 enables software packaged in the new format to display indicator applets in the system tray and deliver native system notifications. Improved support for the AppMenu DBus API, which is used by many Electron apps, also makes this release. While these changes sound small on their own […]
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It hasn’t been the easiest Ubuntu phone to get ahold of, but the Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition handset has finally started shipping. 
I’ll keep it short and sweet: Plasma 5.6.4 is now available for Kubuntu 16.04 LTS though the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
Are you a fan of xkcd, the popular webcomic created by American cartoonist Randall Munroe? If so, check out this neat new app. 
Min is a new, open-source web browser for Windows, Mac and — phew — Linux. Min isn’t attempting to feature leap Firefox or compete with Chrome, and it’s the total opposite of ‘bells n’ whistle’ browsers like Vivaldi. The app shuns advanced features like add-on frameworks, UI transitions and window chrome to focus on delivering a clean, straightforward web […]
If you’re on the hunt for a quick and easy way to ‘pick a color’ from your screen give the aptly named ‘Pick’ a try. Small, compact and totally open-source, Pick lets you zoom in on any part of your screen to find the exact pixel whose color you wish to sample. In one click you can […]
The new Twitter mobile design is now available to Ubuntu Phone users — but not through the official Canonical web app. Here’s how you get it.
You will finally be able to drag and drop events in GNOME Calendar in its next major release, the app’s maintainer Georges Stavracas says.
When non-profit software development company Yorba shut down last year a cloud of uncertainty was left hanging over many of its applications, including desktop e-mail app Geary and digital photo manager Shotwell. Thankfully it didn’t take long for the great clouds to pass. Community developers have stepped in to breath new life into both applications. Yorba assigned its copyrights for Shotwell and Geary […]