Tag: ubuntu

  • Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Rolls Out to Linux Phone Users

    Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Rolls Out to Linux Phone Users

    This update improves the System Settings app, improves support for Google services, and adds a few new enhancements. The UBports Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 for 20.04 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based privacy and freedom-respecting mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets. Ubuntu Touch OTA-4…

  • The Most Deadly Linux Commands

    The Most Deadly Linux Commands

    Step away from the keyboard and consider your life choices verrrrry carefully right now.Welcome to the rogue’s gallery of lethal Linux commands.Many Linux commands offer no yes/no query before cheerily destroying everything that makes your life worthwhile.Which Linux commands should you treat like nuclear waste? Linux, an open source, advanced operating system, is hugely popular…

  • Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu

    Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu

    Snaps, the self-contained application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as a simpler app store and a potential solution to dependency hell, could be getting better support outside Ubuntu itself, based on one recent hire and potentially more. As spotted by the Phoronix blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, who worked at Ubuntu distributor Canonical from 2012…

  • 2023’s Open Source Moments

    2023’s Open Source Moments

    2023 in review: The most remarkable events in the Open Source ecosystem that shaped the year. Let’s recall them! As we bid farewell to 2023, it’s time to reflect on the dynamic and transformative journey of the open-source ecosystem over the past year. We’ve had quite a year with many notable events, so now it’s…