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Stick With Ubuntu: GNOME Feels Surprisingly Just Like Unity

GNOME is a desktop environment for free and open source operating systems like Linux. It manages what you see on screen, such as panels and docks, and it’s how you switch between applications. Many Linux operating systems use GNOME. Back in 2010, the most popular Linux operating system created its own interface based, in part,… read more »

How to Get Ubuntu Running on Your Raspberry Pi

Raspbian Jessie is a great operating system for the Raspberry Pi, but if you want a more traditional Linux computing experience, you might be looking for a different OS. Many operating systems are available for the Raspberry Pi, among them Ubuntu. But surely that’s a desktop operating system? Well, yes, and no. In fact, Ubuntu… read more »

Ubuntu Is Now Available on the Windows Store

It’s actually happened. Yes, Ubuntu is available on the Windows Store. Windows Insiders can now download and install Ubuntu onto Windows 10, adding some command-line fun. This brings Linux and Windows together in an unholy union few ever imagined they’d live long enough to witness. This day has been coming for some time. Microsoft first… read more »

10 Useful Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts That You Might Not Know

Ubuntu is changing. From its position as the most well-known Linux distro with its own unique desktop environment, Unity, Ubuntu’s evolution is continuing. From Ubuntu 18.04 onwards, the operating system will abandon Unity and return to the GNOME desktop. So, what does that mean for Ubuntu’s keyboard shortcuts? Are new ones replacing them? You may… read more »

How to Install Microsoft Text Fonts in Ubuntu Linux

Windows-based fonts don’t appear by default on Linux-based systems like Ubuntu. In most cases, this isn’t a huge problem, but if you want to improve compatibility between word processors, then it might be useful to have Microsoft fonts on your Ubuntu PC. For instance, you might be a student, using a Windows PC at college,… read more »

8 Things That Keep You Coming Back to Ubuntu

Ubuntu 16.10 is here… and it isn’t all that different from 16.04. For that matter, the most recent long-term support release wasn’t all that different from the last one. You could return to Ubuntu now after having last used 12.04 and find an experience that is largely the same. For a long time now, the… read more »

A Beginner’s Guide to Installing Software in Ubuntu with APT

Ubuntu is widely regarded as a beginner friendly version of Linux, but that doesn’t mean that Ubuntu is only used by beginners. Advanced users can also make use of some of the great features Ubuntu has to offer. If you have used Ubuntu for any length of time, it’s likely that you will have had… read more »

5 Reasons Why Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak Is Worth a Look

The latest version of the most popular Linux distribution is here, and it’s called Ubuntu 16.10. This release comes six months after its predecessor. The user-friendly desktop doesn’t offer any substantial new features this time around. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, views the existing experience as largely complete. The lack of substantial changes leads to… read more »

How to Turn Ubuntu Phone Into a Desktop PC With Convergence

It could be claimed that mobile operating systems are beginning to outgrow themselves. Apple’s iOS can be found on the pseudo-desktop iPad Pro, Android is finding its way onto desktops with Remix OS, and Windows Mobile 10 has Continuum, a system that turns the mobile device into a desktop computer. Not to be left out,… read more »

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