Ubuntu Plans to Ditch its 'Minimal' Install Option (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ubuntu Flavors Will Stop Using Flatpak (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
In a surprise move, Ubuntu developers have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package set across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, as of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release.
Check Out This Awesome Adwaita Theme for Steam Linux (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Gradience Linux Theming App Has Archived its Github - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Open-Source Video Editor 'OpenShot' Gets 'Game-Changer' Update (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Firefox 127 Released with Improved Screenshot Tool, Security Boost (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
HandBrake 1.8 Released with GTK4 UI, FFV1 Encoder + More (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Linux Mint Will Hide Unverified Flatpaks in Software Manager (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ubuntu 24.04 Now Available on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially) (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Mozilla Firefox 126.0.1 Fixes Drag and Drop Quirk on Linux (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Defences Down! ClamTk is No Longer Maintained - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
note: ClamAV is a separate, distinct project whose development is overseen by the Talos Group, at Cisco Systems and is not affected by this decision
Firefox Getting Translate Selected Text Feature, Here's How to Try It (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ubuntu 24.04 Improves Power Efficiency on Laptops - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Linux Mint 22 Adopts PipeWire, New Linux Kernel Cadence - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Mozilla Drops Axe on its Privacy-Friendly Location Service (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
First Look at Ubuntu’s New ‘Desktop Security Center’ (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
First Look at Ubuntu’s New ‘Desktop Security Center’ (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Mozilla Announces Layoffs, Renews Focus on Firefox (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Firefox Devs Working on Tab Previews (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ubuntu Core Desktop Delayed, Won't Be Released in April (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Ubuntu Core Desktop will not be released alongside Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in April, as originally hoped....
Papirus Icon Pack Update Adds 50+ New Icons (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Canonical's Steam Snap is Causing Headaches for Valve (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Scribus Gets Huge Update (but the toolbar buttons are still too small to see!) (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
I want to like Scribus, but every time I hear about it getting updated, I download it, open it, only to find these tiny toolbar icons that have no apparent way of being made bigger. This is always what prevents me from trying it out! Seems like kind of a basic design no-brainer. Grrr. Does anyone else have this problem? I’m on...
Canonical's Steam Snap is Causing Headaches for Valve (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Timothée Besset, a software engineer who works on the Steam client for Valve, took to Mastodon this week to reveal: “Valve is seeing an increasing number of bug reports for issues caused by Canonical’s repackaging of the Steam client through snap”....