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During the transition period, when GNOME Shell and Unity were pretty rough around the edges and slow to respond, 3rd party app launchers were a big deal. Overtime the newer desktop environments i...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/05/top-app-launchers-ubuntu1904.html

Snap apps are a godsend. ElectronPlayer is an Electron based app available on Snapstore that doubles up as a standalone media player for video streaming services such as Netflix, YouTube, Twitch,...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/electron-video-player-for-netflix-ubuntu.html

As most of you should know already, Ubuntu 19.04 "disco dingo" has been released. A lot of things have changed, see our comprehensive list of improvements in Ubuntu 19.04 . Though it is not reall...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/howto-upgrade-to-ubuntu-1904-from-ubuntu1810-1804.html

Ubuntu 19.04, codenamed "Disco Dingo", has been released (and upgrading is easier than you think ). I've been on Ubuntu 19.04 since its first Alpha, and this has been a rock solid release as far ...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/15-things-todo-ubuntu-1904.html

A "Disco Dingo" themed wallpaper was already there. But the latest update bring a bunch of new wallpapers as system defaults on Ubuntu 19.04. Pretty right? Here's the older one for comparis...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/ubuntu-1904-wallpapers-disco-dingo.html

UEFI has a pretty bad reputation among many in the Linux community. UEFI unnecessarily complicated Linux installation and distro-hopping in Windows pre-installed machines, for example. Linux Boo...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/linuxboot-uefi-replacement-for-linux.html

The worldwide phenomenon that is Uber needs no introduction. Uber is an immensely popular ride sharing, ride hailing, company that is valued in billions. Uber is so disruptive and controversial t...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/04/uber-time-price-estimates-terminal-ubuntu.html

Even as someone who bought into the Ubuntu Touch hype very early, I was not expecting much from UBports to be honest. But to my pleasent surprise, UBports Installer turned my 4 year old BQ Aquari...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/ubports-installer-ubuntu-touch-ubuntu1904.html

We've featured cool-retro-term before. It is a wonderful little terminal emulator app on Ubuntu (and Linux) that adorns this cool retro look of the old CRT displays. Let the pictures speak for ...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/retro-terminal-ubuntu1810.html

Unless you live under a rock, you must've been inundated with nonstop news about Google's high-octane launch ceremony yesterday where they unveiled the much hyped game streaming platform called S...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/google-stadia-linux.html

Ubuntu 19.04 is scheduled to arrive in another 30 days has been released. I've been using it for the past week or so, and even as a pre-beta, the OS is pretty stable and not buggy at all. Here ar...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/ubuntu1904-new-features-updates.html

The hype around "convergence" just won't die it seems. We have heard it from Ubuntu a lot, KDE, even from Google and Apple in fact. But the dream of true convergence, a uniform OS experience acr...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/purism-linux-os-convergence.html

Live wallpapers are not a new thing. In fact we have had a lot of live wallpapers to choose from on Linux 10 years ago. Today? Not so much. In fact, be it GNOME or KDE, most desktops today are fa...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/live-wallpaper-ubuntu-komorebi.html

Nintendo's Mario needs no introduction. This game defined our childhoods. Now you can install and have fun with an unofficial version of the famed Mario platformer in Ubuntu 18.10 via this Snap p...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/snap-install-mario-platformer-on-ubuntu.html

Apellix is a Florida based startup that specialises in aerial robotics. They intend to create safer work environments by replacing workers with its task-specific drones to complete high-risk jobs...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/03/startup-builds-ubuntu-drones-robotics.html

Openpilot is an opensource driving agent which at the moment can perform industry-standard functions such as Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Assist System for a select few auto manufactu...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/02/openpilot-opensource-tesla-autopilot-alternative.html

OK, that might be an overstatement. But Oranchelo is good, really good. ORANCHELO ICONS THEME FOR UBUNTU 18.10 Oranchelo is a flat-design icon theme originally designed for XFCE4 desktop...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/02/oranchelo-icons-theme-ubuntu1810.html

Have been using "Cosmic Cuttlefish" since its first beta. It is perhaps one of the most visually pleasing Ubuntu releases ever . But more on that later. Now let's discuss what can be done to impr...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/02/11-things-todo-after-installing-ubuntu1810.html

"RIOT powers the Internet of Things like Linux powers the Internet." RIOT is a small, free and opensource operating system for the memory constrained, low power wireless IoT devices. RIOT O...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2019/02/riot-os-tiny-opensource-os-for-internet-of-things.html

The $34 billion all cash deal to purchase opensource pioneer Red Hat is IBM's biggest ever acquisition by far. The deal will give IBM a major foothold in fast-growing cloud computing market and t...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/10/ibm-acquires-redhat-34billion-deal.html

One day left before the final release of Ubuntu 18.10 codenamed "Cosmic Cuttlefish". This is how you make the upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10. UBUNTU 18.10 HAS A BRAND NEW LOOK! As you c...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/10/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-1804-to-1810.html

A real private mode in Firefox? A Tor integrated Firefox could just be that. Tor Project is currently working with Mozilla to integrate Tor into Firefox. Over the years, and more so since C...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/09/project-fusion-tor-firefox.html

In another major win in a span of weeks for the proponents of open source solutions in EU, Bern, the capital of Switzerland, is pushing ahead with its plans to adopt open source tools as its sof...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/05/bern-switzerland-opensource-contract.html

Germany's Federal Information Technology Centre (ITZBund) opts for an on-premise cloud solution which unlike those fancy Public cloud solutions, is completely private and under its direct control...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/04/germany-says-no-to-public-cloud-chooses.html

Not many might remember HP's capable webOS. The open source webOS operating system was HP's answer to Android and iOS platforms. It was slick and very user-friendly from the start, some even cons...

http://www.techdrivein.com/2018/04/lg-webos-operating-system-open-source.html