It’s actually happened. Yes, Ubuntu is available on the Windows Store. Windows Insiders can now download and install Ubuntu onto Windows 10, adding some command-line fun. This brings Linux and Windows together in an unholy union few ever imagined they’d live long enough to witness. This day has been coming for some time. Microsoft first […]
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Ubuntu is changing. From its position as the most well-known Linux distro with its own unique desktop environment, Unity, Ubuntu’s evolution is continuing. From Ubuntu 18.04 onwards, the operating system will abandon Unity and return to the GNOME desktop. So, what does that mean for Ubuntu’s keyboard shortcuts? Are new ones replacing them? You may […]
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Windows-based fonts don’t appear by default on Linux-based systems like Ubuntu. In most cases, this isn’t a huge problem, but if you want to improve compatibility between word processors, then it might be useful to have Microsoft fonts on your Ubuntu PC. For instance, you might be a student, using a Windows PC at college, […]
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Ubuntu 16.10 is here… and it isn’t all that different from 16.04. For that matter, the most recent long-term support release wasn’t all that different from the last one. You could return to Ubuntu now after having last used 12.04 and find an experience that is largely the same. For a long time now, the […]
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Ubuntu is widely regarded as a beginner friendly version of Linux, but that doesn’t mean that Ubuntu is only used by beginners. Advanced users can also make use of some of the great features Ubuntu has to offer. If you have used Ubuntu for any length of time, it’s likely that you will have had […]
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The latest version of the most popular Linux distribution is here, and it’s called Ubuntu 16.10. This release comes six months after its predecessor. The user-friendly desktop doesn’t offer any substantial new features this time around. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, views the existing experience as largely complete. The lack of substantial changes leads to […]
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