Ubuntu uses GNOME, which is famous (or infamous) for its minimal and often bare-bones desktop environment. Thankfully, Ubuntu ...

Stacer is a graphical system optimization tool specifically for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. It's entirely free to use, ...

Blue Recorder is another basic screen recorder that's as effective as it is easy. Blue Recorder sits somewhere between Kooha and Simple Screen Recorder in terms of simplicity and features. With this ...

To settle its lawsuit with Epic, Google will make alternative app stores easier to use in Android 17. Here's what that might look like.

If you want to try self-hosting apps, and finally cut ties with big corporations like Google, umbrelOS makes it very easy.

Mission Center 1.1.0 has been released, adding filtering and child process viewing to the Services tab, a new system info dialog and other improvements.

Google tests the Web Install API to let users install web apps directly from any site in Chrome, Edge, and future browsers ...

Ubuntu Summit The Register FOSS desk sat down with Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, during Ubuntu Summit earlier this month. This is a heavily condensed version of our ...

Ubuntu 25.10 now offers amd64v3 optimised packages. What does x86-64-v3 mean for your CPU, and will the modest performance improvements be noticeable?

Google is backtracking on its decision to kill off sideloading, as it will develop a new flow for advanced users.

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Ubuntu Summit More than one Linux-adjacent vendor presented at the Ubuntu Summit, and a small but recurring theme is offering official Snap packages.