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Ubuntu Patches ‘Severe’ Security Flaw in CUPS

Par : Joey Sneddon

If you’ve cast a half-glazed eye over Linux social media feeds at some point in the past few days you may have caught wind that a huge Linux security flaw was about to be disclosed. And today it was: a remote code execution flaw affecting the CUPS printing stack used in most major desktop Linux distributions (including Ubuntu, and also Chrome OS). With a severity score of 9.9 it’s right at the edge of the most severe vulnerabilities possible. The CUPS Security Vulnerability Canonical explains in its security blog: “At its core, the vulnerability is exploited by tricking CUPS into […]

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COSMIC DE Alpha 2 Released, This is What’s New

Par : Joey Sneddon

Chocks away —British saying, don’t stare at me weirdly— as the second alpha of System76’s homegrown COSMIC desktop environment has been released. To make it easy for us all to try out the latest improvements a second alpha build of Pop!_OS 24.04 is also available to download. Those who installed the first Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha don’t need to re-install. All of the improvements in this post are available as software updates via the COSMIC App Store. Not that anyone needs to use Pop!_OS to try the COSMIC. This Rust-based DE is also available to test on a wide range of […]

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Ubuntu 24.10 ARM ISO Supports the ThinkPad X13s

Par : Joey Sneddon

Ubuntu 24.10 supports the Snapdragon-powered Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop in the official ‘generic’ ARM64 ISO — a notable change. Although it is possible to use Ubuntu 23.10 on the Thinkpad X13s it requires using of a custom ISO spun-up specifically for this device. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS had no official installer image for this device (it is possible to upgrade to 24.04 from 23.10, albeit with caveats). But with the arrival of Ubuntu 24.10 in October, the standard Ubuntu ARM64 ISO (which works much like a regular Intel/AMD ISO, with a live session and guided installer) will happily boot on this […]

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How to Disable the ‘Recent’ Files Section in Nautilus

Par : Joey Sneddon

Remove Recent folder from NautilusThere’s one feature in the Nautilus file manager I use daily: the Recent files shortcut. One-click brings up a pseudo-folder showing all of my recently downloaded, modified, and newly created files, regardless of which folders they’re in. I find this grouping dead handy – but I accept it’s also dead revealing too. Which is why not everyone likes this feature. Individual files can be hidden from view manually, but that’s effort. Since ‘Recent’ is pinned at the top of the sidebar, it’s easy to accidentally click it. Not an issue for most of us at home, but for those in […]

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See Real-Time Power Usage (in Watts) in Ubuntu’s Top Panel

Par : Joey Sneddon

If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that question probably doesn’t. This is more for the curious folk; those keen to reveal the relative power demands of the software they run, the tasks they perform, they hardware settings they use, and the devices they connect – more of an educational tool than an essential one. Of course, you can monitor power consumption on Linux without any extension. […]

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Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Released, Available to Download

Par : Joey Sneddon

A beta of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is now available to download – a day later than planned! Developers and non-developers alike can download the beta to try the new features in Ubuntu 24.10, check compatibility, and flag any issue for fixing before the stable release takes flight next month. “The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 24.10 that should be representative [the final release]”, says Canonical’s Utkarsh Gupta. This is the only beta release planned, though a release candidate will follow in few […]

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Vivaldi Web Browser is Now Available as a Snap

Par : Joey Sneddon

Vivaldi browser logoVivaldi web browser has arrived on the Canonical Snap Store – officially. This closed-source, Chromium-based web browser has been available on Linux since its debut in 2015, providing an official DEB package for Ubuntu users (which adds an APT repo for ongoing updates). And last year it became possible to get Vivaldi on Flathub – though that Flatpak build is only semi-official: maintained and packaged by a Vivaldi engineer, but not a recommended or supported package by Vivaldi itself – not yet, anyway! So to hear Vivaldi is embracing the Snap format is an interesting, albeit not surprising, move. It’s […]

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Zorin OS 17.2 Released, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8

Par : Joey Sneddon

Zorin OS 16.2 on a laptopZorin OS 17.2 is available to download, bringing users a welcome set of enhancements. The latest release in the Zorin OS 17 series, still based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, is described by the team as the “most capable, customisable, and compatible version yet”. Exciting – what’s changed? Well, Zorin OS 17.2 adds new options to its bespoke Zorin Appearance application. Users can now change cursor theme in this one-stop personalisation tool, and now install third-party themes they download from elsewhere. Additionally, the theme section links to a guide that details how to restyle apps which uses libadwaita thanks to “an […]

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Ubuntu 24.10: The Best New Features

Par : Joey Sneddon

Ubuntu 24.10 graphicUbuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ will be released on October 13th, and as you’d expect from a new version of Ubuntu, it’s packed with new features. As a short-term release, Ubuntu 24.10 gets nine months of ongoing updates, security patches, and critical fixes. It’s not a long support window. However, Ubuntu 25.04 will be released in April of next year (six months later) and users of 24.10 can upgrade to 25.04 directly. Enough about releases next year; let’s focus on this one. In this post I run through the best Ubuntu 24.10 features, changes, and enhancements. Keep in mind that everything you […]

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Void Text Editor: Open-Source Alternative to Cursor

Par : Joey Sneddon

VS Code is to modern text editors what Chromium is to browsers: a fork magnet. A slew of niche spins have emerged, each putting their own spin on Microsoft’s massively popular original. The latest to join the fray is Void. The GitHub page for Void describes it as an open-source alternative to Cursor. Cursor is a subscription-based, cross-platform AI-powered text editor (and VS Code fork) that has gained considerable attention. It offers AI-powered code completion, predictive coding, code generation, edit suggestions, and predictive cursor positioning. Developers working on AI at companies like OpenAI and MidJourney are reportedly fans of Cursor. […]

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Ubuntu 24.10 Fixes PWA Issue in Chromium Snap

Par : Joey Sneddon

Using the Chromium snap app? If you are, and you use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) or install websites as ‘apps’ there’s a bug fix coming that should improve their behaviour on Ubuntu. When you install a PWA1 in the Chromium snap you might expect it to open it in a separate, streamlined window when you open it using its shortcut in the applications grid. Presently, PWAs in the Chromim Snap don’t get detected as separate instances by GNOME Shell. This means no separate dock icon (it is grouped into Chromium’s) and it is not treated as a separate app by […]

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Linux Kernel 6.11 Released, This is What’s New

Par : Joey Sneddon

Linux Kernel 6.11 newspaper headline graphicLinus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.11, which is the kernel version Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS will offer. Fittingly, this update arrives a few days before the Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit takes place in Vienna, Austria. In his message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List to sign-off on the release Torvalds’ writes: “I’m once again on the road and not in my normal timezone, but it’s Sunday afternoon here in Vienna, and 6.11 is out”, and asks kernel devs to “give the latest release a try” before getting stuck in with the 6.12 merge window, […]

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Raspberry Pi Imager Gets Qt 6 Port, Now Offers AppImages on Linux

Par : Joey Sneddon

You don’t need to own a Raspberry Pi to make use of the Raspberry Pi Imager. This nifty image writer makes flashing ISO, IMG, and similar files to USB drives and SD cards mighty easy. A new update, Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9, was released this week with some big changes. For one, this open-source and cross-platform image writing tool now uses Qt 6. This framework uplift offers a stack of underlying improvements in terms of stability, plus visual changes too. Raspberry Pi say the Qt 6 port provides “a lightly refreshed UI throughout on all platforms.” Comparing the Qt 6 […]

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Ubuntu 24.10 Fixes a Pesky File Picker Paper-Cut

Par : Joey Sneddon

Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole hero imageThere’s a clutch of new features in Ubuntu 24.10, but plenty of smaller, less obvious fixes for “paper cuts” – a decades-long issue with thumbnails in the GTK file picker among them. Feeling deja-vu? GNOME 44 (shipped in Ubuntu 23.04) included a thumbnail grid in the GTK file picker to make it quicker and easier to select the right files to upload, or open in an app, and so on. A feature long overdue, resolving a “bug” which had been open for 20 years! Only, there is a bit of a problem with how it works — some of you […]

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Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 6.8

Par : Joey Sneddon

The fifth and final point release to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available to download. This update was due to be released a couple of weeks ago but was delayed by a delay in getting Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS out the door – something had to give, so the release date of this update slipped. But it’s here now, ready to download. Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS brings a freshly-spun installer image (ISO) that includes all of the software, security, and stability updates released since the last ISO was made. This cuts down on the number of updates that have to downloaded after […]

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Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme

Par : Joey Sneddon

The Cinnamon desktop environment looks pretty nice on Linux Mint, but if you install it on other distributions it doesn’t look as good — but that’s about to change. In his latest monthly mail-shot, distro lead Clement Lefebvre says the “ugly” default Cinnamon theme, which is maintained for trouble-shooting and testing purpose and is not the theme Linux Mint itself sets as default, will be “much improved” in Cinnamon 5.4. “In our distribution the focus is on Mint-Y. The default Cinnamon theme […] rarely gets attention from theme artists,” he says. “Ideally, it is the responsibility of the distributions to […]

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Parallels 20 for Mac Released with Ubuntu 24.04 VM Support

Par : Joey Sneddon

Parallels Desktop 20 has been released for macOS. The virtualisation software introduces a number of buffs for Linux VMs running on macOS. The headline change in Parallels Desktop 20 is support for macOS Sequoia, both as host OS and as a guest — important given that Sequoia is due to be released in the next few weeks. But Parallels Desktop 20 has a lot of improvements for Linux guests too. First up, it now officially supports Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VMs, Fedora 39/40, and a handful of other recent Linux distributions releases. The icons for Ubuntu VMs now use the new […]

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VirtualBox 7.1: Qt 6 UI, Wayland Clipboard, New Icon + More

Par : Joey Sneddon

VirtualBox 7.1 is now available to download for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Those upgrading from VirtualBox 7.0 or earlier will find a sizeable set of changes on offer, among them what Oracle describe as a “modernized look and feel”. Set your expectations accordingly for while this update to VirtualBox does feature an improved UI, as well as a port to Qt 6, the extent of those changes are more ‘modest refinement’ than ‘major revamp’. Basically, VirtualBox 7.1 now offers two UI modes: Basic (educes the number of options, settings, info, etc shown) and Expert (doesn’t hide anything). Switching between them is easy, […]

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Ubuntu Prompting Client is Here to Make Snap Apps Safer

Par : Joey Sneddon

Prompting Client is the latest security effort for snap software, and acts as a companion to the new desktop Security Center app. As you may have read in my article last week, Prompting Client is a security buffer — think doorman — that guards your home folder. Whenever a snap app wants to access non-hidden files within, Prompting Client intervenes to ask you to approve. I’d been tracking this tool’s development for a while but there wasn’t really a lot of explanation or rationale behind it on the project’s Github, and some of the links in commits and issues filed […]

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Juno Tab 3 Linux Tablet — Nice, But Overpriced?

Par : Joey Sneddon

Juno Computers have announced their latest Linux tablet, the Juno Tab 3, and it’s available to buy preloaded with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (or a choice of other Linux distributions). Which is great. The Juno Tab 3 is powered by an Intel N100 processor, 12 GB RAM (soldered), internal 512 GB storage, and fronted by a 300nit 12.1-inch 2K 10-point touch display. Which is all decent. The Juno Tab 3 also has a detachable keyboard so you can turn the tablet into a portable productivity hub for “proper work” on-the-go (or on-the-sofa). Which sounds perfect — so what’s the catch? The […]

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Fastfetch is the Perfect Replacement for Neofetch

Par : Joey Sneddon

When development on system info tool Neofetch was discontinued1 earlier this year a slew of forks, alternatives, and upstart projects sprung up to fill the void. Yet the Neofetch alternative that’s gained the most traction —anecdotally, at least; I’ve not be creeping around Linux conferences to verify first-hand—is Fastfetch. Fastfetch is similar to Neofetch in that it ‘pretty prints’ information about your OS, desktop environment, pertinent underlying technologies, and selected system hardware specs in a terminal window. But Fastfetch is far more capable than Neofetch: it’s faster, more featured2, supports Wayland (Neofetch technically didn’t), and is actively maintained. Indeed, the […]

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