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Option to set default terminal is coming to GNOME Settings
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (413+ words) File under "—wait; it couldn't do that?" An option pick a default terminal is to GNOME Settings, as the image above, teased by developer Ignacy Kuchciński last week, shows. Those of you who don’t use the command line often enough…...
Vivaldi 8.2 is out with a calculator in the address bar
1+ week, 2+ day ago (326+ words) Vivaldi 8.2 rolled out today (3 September 2026) and lets you do quick and private math calculations directly in the address bar. You can click to copy the the result to your system clipboard, ready to paste elsewhere. Previous versions Vivaldi let you…...
$299 Arduino VENTUNO Q edge AI board pre-orders sell out
1+ week, 3+ day ago (458+ words) Ain't no-one buying one to run Kodi Arduino’s VENTUNO Q, which runs Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, went up for pre-order in late August – and quickly sold through its initial allocation. The board is is targeted at edge AI, robotics and industrial use…...
Calibre ebook manager lets you generate AI book covers in a click
2+ week, 1+ day ago (486+ words) Give those stale literary titles a sloptastic new look A new version of open-source ebook manager Calibre is out – and it lets you create custom book covers using generative AI. Calibre 9.14, released August 28, adds an “AI Generate” button to the…...
Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI
3+ week, 1+ day ago (814+ words) You wait years for a modern email client for GNOME to appear, then several appear at once. Postcard is a new email client for GNOME that has echoes of Geary The app is the work of a solo developer, gxanshu…...
Tuba 0.11.0 released with full Mastodon quote support
3+ week, 3+ day ago (487+ words) Plus, collections and experimental Android build A big update to Tuba, the GTK4/libadwaita Fediverse client, has landed – along with an experimental version for Android. Tuba 0.11.0 is the first major update to the social app in a year and brings full…...
PINE64 pulls the plug on Linux devices because of AI boom
3+ week, 3+ day ago (320+ words) Its soldering irons and smartwatches will soldier on If you’ve been eyeing up one of PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now is the time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will stop “producing more Linux…...
Firefox 154 released with translation, AI and UI tweaks - OMG! Ubuntu
3+ week, 4+ day ago (676+ words) Update also speeds up video seeking – but for whom? Mozilla has released Firefox 154 with some small AI-related changes, an ‘improved’ full-page translations and faster video seeking on “all operating systems”. Firefox 154 serves as the final monthly release of Firefox before…...
Ubuntu's App Center doesn't know what went wrong
3+ week, 5+ day ago (503+ words) Diagnosing nothing as a feature™ I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it…...
Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME
3+ week, 5+ day ago (426+ words) No, it doesn't come with a rotary dial They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary, but what about desktop dictionary apps? I recently came across Wordbook, a modern English-English…...