On the flip side, the Linux ecosystem has several flavors that feature a bare-minimum number of packages and services.

As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user ...

Ubuntu 25.10 no longer includes the Startup Applications tool, so learn how to autostart scripts and run custom commands at ...

This is an adapted version of an article that first appeared in Linux Format Magazine, Issue #270, published in December 2020. We list the best Ubuntu apps, to make it simple and easy to for Ubuntu ...

To complement the recently created taskbar, my next step was to replicate the Windows 11 Start Menu in my Ubuntu system. For ...

GetDeb's web site has long been the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and Debian, and Mint) users to grab the latest copies of software not yet released by their official repositories. Now GetDeb makes it even ...

The Ubuntu Software Center organizes apps into 13 Departments: Accessories, Education, Fonts, Games, Graphics, Internet, Office, Science & Engineering, Sound & Video, Themes & Tweaks, Universal Access ...

Canonical is looking to its community of developers to help make the core apps for its upcoming Ubuntu smartphone platform. "As part of the phone platform we are inviting our community to participate ...

It's bound to roil open source advocates, but some Ubuntu leaders are asking the community which third-party, proprietary applications should be available for easy installation. You can weigh in on ...

The Ubuntu developer Canonical Ltd. today announced general availability of a new edition of Ubuntu Core, its fully containerized operating system for edge and “internet of things” devices. With the ...

What the Atrix 4G first promised, it looks like the folks at Canonical may deliver. Think back to CES 2011, when Motorola showed us a future where our phone was the only computing device we would need ...