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Kubuntu is a free, complete, and open-source alternative to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X which contains everything you need to work, play, or share.

Plasma 6.4 Beta1 available for testing

18 May 2025 @ 8:25 am

Are you using Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, our current stable release? Or are you already running our development builds of the upcoming 25.10 (Questing Quokka)? We currently have Plasma 6.3.90 (Plasma 6.4 Beta1) available in our Beta PPA for Kubuntu 25.04 and for the 25.10 development series. However this is...

Plasma 6.3.5 update for Kubuntu 25.04 available via PPA

8 May 2025 @ 6:28 pm

We are pleased to announce that the Plasma 6.3.5 bugfix update is now available for Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin in our backports PPA. As usual with our PPAs, there is the caveat that the PPA may receive additional updates and new releases of KDE Plasma, Gear (Apps), and Frameworks, plus...

Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released

17 April 2025 @ 4:18 pm

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 25.04 has been released. Codenamed “Plucky Puffin”, Kubuntu 25.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The release features the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop,...

Kubuntu Plucky Puffin (25.04) Beta released

27 March 2025 @ 6:30 pm

The beta of Kubuntu Plucky Puffin (to become 25.04 in April) has now been released, and is available for download. This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of Kubuntu Plucky Puffin are not recommended for: Anyone needing a stable system Regular users who are not aware...

Kubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Released

10 October 2024 @ 3:05 pm

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 24.10 has been released, featuring the new and beautiful KDE Plasma 6.1 simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Oracular Oriole”, Kubuntu 24.10 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into...

Kubuntu Oracular Oriole (24.10) Beta released

21 September 2024 @ 10:38 pm

The beta of Kubuntu Oracular Oriole (to become 24.10 in October) has now been released, and is available for download. This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of Kubuntu Mantic Minotaur are not recommended for: Anyone needing a stable system Regular users who are not aware...

Introducing the Enhanced KubuQA: Revolutionising ISO Testing Across Ubuntu Flavors

12 May 2024 @ 9:28 pm

The Kubuntu Team are thrilled to announce significant updates to KubuQA, our streamlined ISO testing tool that has now expanded its capabilities beyond Kubuntu to support Ubuntu and all its other flavors. With these enhancements, KubuQA becomes a versatile resource that ensures a smoother, more intuitive testing process for upcoming...

Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat Released

25 April 2024 @ 4:16 pm

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 24.04 has been released, featuring the ‘beautiful’ KDE Plasma 5.27 simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Noble Numbat”, Kubuntu 24.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality,...

Kubuntu 24.04 Beta Released

12 April 2024 @ 6:33 pm

Join the Excitement: Test Kubuntu 24.04 Beta and Experience Innovation with KubuQA! We’re thrilled to announce the availability of the Kubuntu 24.04 Beta! This release is packed with new features and enhancements, and we’re inviting you, our valued community, to join us in fine-tuning this exciting new version. Whether you’re...

Celebrating Creativity: Announcing the Winners of the Kubuntu Contests!

9 April 2024 @ 8:38 pm

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Kubuntu Brand Graphic Design contest and the Wallpaper Contest! These competitions brought out the best in creativity, innovation, and passion from the Kubuntu community, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results. Kubuntu Brand Graphic Design Contest Winners The Kubuntu...

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App Launchers for Ubuntu 19.04

5 May 2019 @ 6:50 pm

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 improved and became fast, reliable and predictable, reducing the need for a alternate app launchers. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As a result, many third-party app launchers have either slowed down development or simply seized to exist. Ulauncher seems to be the only one to have bucked the trend so far. Synpase and Kupfer on the other hand, though old and not as actively developed anymore, still pack a punch. Since Kupfer is too old school, we'll only be discussing Synapse and Ulauncher here. Synapse I still

A Standalone Video Player for Netflix, YouTube, Twitch on Ubuntu 19.04

29 April 2019 @ 12:23 pm

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, Floatplane etc. And it works great on Ubuntu 19.04 "disco dingo". From what we've tested, Netflix works like a charm, so does YouTube. ElectronPlayer also has a picture-in-picture mode that let it run above desktop and full screen applications.

Howto Upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04 from Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

20 April 2019 @ 1:31 pm

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 really necessary to make the jump, I'm sure many here would prefer to have the latest and greatest from Ubuntu. Here's how you upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04 from Ubuntu 18.10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Upgrading to Ubuntu 19.04 from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is tricky. There is no way you can make the jump from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS directly to Ubuntu 19.04. For that, you need to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10 first. Pretty disappointing, I know. But when upgrading an entire OS, you can't be too careful. And the process itself is not as tedious or time consuming à la Windows. And also unlike Windows, the upgrades are not forced upon you while you're in middle of something.

15 Things I Did Post Ubuntu 19.04 Installation

17 April 2019 @ 10:19 am

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 I'm concerned. Changes in Ubuntu 19.04 are more evolutionary though, but availability of the latest Linux Kernel version 5.0 is significant.

Ubuntu 19.04 Gets Newer and Better Wallpapers

3 April 2019 @ 10:16 am

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. ubuntu 19.04 wallpaper Pretty right? Here's the older one for comparison.

LinuxBoot: A Linux Foundation Project to replace UEFI Components

2 April 2019 @ 2:48 pm

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 Boot project by Linux Foundation aims to replace some firmware functionality like the UEFI DXE phase with Linux components. What is UEFI? UEFI is a standard or a specification that replaced legacy BIOS firmware, which was the industry standard for decades. Essentially, UEFI defines the software components between operating system and platform firmware. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); UEFI boot has three pha

Look up Uber Time, Price Estimates on Terminal with Uber CLI

1 April 2019 @ 11:44 am

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 that many cities and even countries are putting up barriers to protect the interests of local taxi drivers. Enough about Uber as a company. To those among you who regularly use Uber app for booking a cab, Uber CLI could be a useful companion.

UBports Installer for Ubuntu Touch is just too good!

26 March 2019 @ 11:15 pm

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 Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition hardware into a slick, clean, and usable phone again.

Retro Terminal that Emulates Old CRT Display (Ubuntu 18.10, 18.04 PPA)

21 March 2019 @ 11:54 pm

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 themselves. retro terminal ubuntu ppa Pretty cool right? Not only does it look coo

Google's Stadia Cloud Gaming Service, Powered by Linux

20 March 2019 @ 9:00 pm

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 Stadia. Stadia, or Project Stream as it was earlier called, is a cloud gaming service where the games themselves are hosted on Google's servers, while the visual feedback from the game is streamed to the player's device through Google Chrome. If this technology catches on, and if it works just as good as showed in the demos, Stadia could be what the future of gaming might look like. Stadia, Powered by Linux It is a fairly common knowledge that Google data centers use Linux rather extensively. So it is not really surprising that Google would use Linux to power its cloud based Stadia gaming service. 

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all things eye candy for linux and the perfect desktop experience

RR Transparent Shell Theme [Gnome Shell Themes]

4 July 2025 @ 1:50 am

[B]Rounded Rectangle Transparent shell Theme [/B] [B] code style adapted / Based / [/B] [B] from the Flat Remix GNOME/Ubuntu/GDM theme...

Ant Themes [GTK3/4 Themes]

4 July 2025 @ 1:44 am

A flat and light theme with a modern look [size=200][color=red][b]¡IMPORTANT![/b][/color][/size] [size=110][color=red][b]Dracula theme was moved ...

Snow [GTK3/4 Themes]

4 July 2025 @ 1:44 am

Light Gtk3.20+ theme with some gradients [B]Installation:[/B] 1.- Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. ~/.themes/ or ...

cyberpunk technotronic summer icon theme [Full Icon Themes]

4 July 2025 @ 12:41 am

The summer edition of the cyberpunk technotronic icon theme. The original blue-purple (oomox) edition can be found here...

cyberpunk technotronic icon theme [Full Icon Themes]

4 July 2025 @ 12:39 am

A blue-purple (oomox) gradient full-icon theme for all of us that love cyberpunk, neon, outrun, synthwave and retrofuture...

MacOS Tahoe Cursor [Cursors]

3 July 2025 @ 10:52 pm

Apple MacOS Tahoe Cursor for Linux

Breeze Chameleon Dark [Full Icon Themes]

3 July 2025 @ 8:05 pm

The folders change color depending on the[COLOR="#d88d00"] [B]Color[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#006A80"] [B]Scheme[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#8f267c"]...

Breeze Chameleon Light [Full Icon Themes]

3 July 2025 @ 8:04 pm

The folders change color depending on the [COLOR="#d88d00"] [B]Color[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#006A80"] [B]Scheme[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#8f267c"]...

Breeze-Round-Chameleon Dark Icons [Full Icon Themes]

3 July 2025 @ 8:03 pm

The folders change color depending on the[COLOR="#d88d00"] [B]Color[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#006A80"] [B]Scheme[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#8f267c"]...

Breeze-Round-Chameleon Light Icons [Full Icon Themes]

3 July 2025 @ 8:02 pm

The folders change color depending on the [COLOR="#d88d00"] [B]Color[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#006A80"] [B]Scheme[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR="#8f267c"]...

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How To Flash Android (Flyme) On Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition

25 August 2017 @ 9:52 am

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition This is a quick guide for how to reflash Fyme OS on Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition. Flyme is based on Android with some rede

Audacious 3.9 Released With Qt User Interface Enhancements, More [PPA]

22 August 2017 @ 10:34 am

Audacious 3.9 was released recently, bringing much-needed updates to the QT UI, along with various other enhancements.

YouTube-DL GUI 0.4 Ships With New User Interface, More [PPA]

11 August 2017 @ 9:05 am

After two years since the previous version, a new YouTube-DL GUI (YouTube-DLG) version was made available for download recently. The new 0.4 version ships with a a new user interface, easier format and save path selection and more.

Nemo 3.4 Without Cinnamon Dependencies Available In PPA For Ubuntu 17.04 And 16.04

10 August 2017 @ 10:50 am

Nemo 3.4 (3.4.7 at the time I'm writing this article) without Cinnamon dependencies and with Unity patches is now available in the WebUpd8 Nemo 3 PPA, for Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. While it comes with some Unity patches, this Nemo version should work with other desktop environments as well, like GNOME (Shell), etc.

Ambient Noise (ANoise) Player Fixed For Ubuntu 16.04 And Newer

14 June 2017 @ 1:38 pm

Ambient Noise, or ANoise is a simple, lightweight application for playing ambient noises, such as waves, rain, fire, and so on, useful to help you stay focused and boost productivity, or fall asleep. The application didn't work in Ubuntu 16.04 and newer until recently, when it was updated to GStreamer 1.0 and Python 3, along with some bug fixes.

Tool To Create Bootable Windows USB Stick From Linux `WinUSB` (Fork) Renamed To `WoeUSB`, Sees New Release

14 June 2017 @ 12:17 pm

The WinUSB fork we covered a while back was renamed to WoeUSB recently, while also seeing quite a few releases for the past few days.

MATE Dock Applet Sees New Release

6 June 2017 @ 10:37 am

MATE Dock Applet is a MATE panel applet that displays open windows / applications as icons. The latest 0.78 version includes 5 new types of indicators, a new option to add space between dock icons, and more.

Why Oracle Java 7 And 6 Installers No Longer Work

2 June 2017 @ 9:41 am

Oracle Java Because I've received more than 50 emails about this, I though I'd make a post about it, to clear things up for everybody. While Oracle Java 6 and 7 are not supported for quite a while, they were still available for download on Oracle's website until recently. However, the binaries were removed about 10 days ago (?), so the Oracle Java (JDK) 6 and 7 installers ava

Tilix (Previously Terminix) 1.5.8 And Guake 0.8.9 Available In PPA

31 May 2017 @ 12:12 pm

Tilix (previously called Terminix) and Guake terminal emulators have had new releases recently, and are both available in PPA for Ubuntu / Linux Mint. Tilix 1.5.8

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Available For Download

13 April 2017 @ 12:09 pm

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Ubuntu 17.04 has been released. The new version brings updated applications and various under-the-hood improvements, along with bug fixes. As expected, Compiz and Unity have onl

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JetPack 4 EOL – how to keep your userspace secure during migration

3 July 2025 @ 8:30 am

NVIDIA JetPack 4 reached its end-of-life (EOL) in November 2024, marking the end of security updates for this widely deployed stack. JetPack 4 has driven innovation in countless devices powered by NVIDIA Jetson, serving as the foundation of edge AI production deployments across multiple sectors. But now, the absence of security maintenance creates risk for […]

Source to production: Spring Boot containers made easy

2 July 2025 @ 2:09 pm

This blog is contributed by Pushkar Kulkarni, a Software Engineer at Canonical. Building on the rise in popularity of Spring Boot and the 12 factor paradigm, our Java offering also includes a way to package Spring workloads in production grade, minimal, well organized containers with a single command. This way, any developer can generate production-grade […]

Spring support available on Ubuntu

2 July 2025 @ 9:53 am

This blog is contributed by Vladimir Petko, a Software Engineer at Canonical. The release of Plucky Puffin earlier this year introduced the availability of the devpack for Spring, a new snap that streamlines the setup of developer environments for Spring on Ubuntu. In this blog, we’ll explain what devpacks are and provide an overview of […]

Live Linux kernel patching with progressive timestamped rollouts

2 July 2025 @ 12:01 am

In internet connected environments, where Ubuntu instances can reach livepatch.canonical.com, Livepatch Client supports timestamp-based rollout configurations. Organizations can implement controlled and predictable update pipelines from staging to production environments, without the hassle of deploying a self-hosted Livepatch Server, and managing the distribution of Livepatch updates through Livepatch Server.

Chiseled Ubuntu containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21

1 July 2025 @ 3:48 pm

Today we are announcing chiseled containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21 (Open Java Runtime Environment), coming from the OpenJDK project. These images are highly optimized for size and security, containing only the dependencies that are strictly necessary. They are available for both AMD64 and ARM64 architectures and benefit from 12 years of security support. […]

Introducing Canonical builds of OpenJDK

1 July 2025 @ 11:00 am

Java has long been the most popular language for software development in large enterprises, with 90% of Fortune 500 companies using it for backend development, particularly in industries like finance, healthcare, and government.  Java developers, more than most, are tasked with balancing the implementation of new features against the critical requirements of legacy application security, […]

Update Livepatch Client for the newest kernel module signing certificate

1 July 2025 @ 4:48 am

The kernel engineering team at Canonical has generated a new module signing certificate on May 16, 2025, and it is embedded in all Ubuntu kernels published after that date. Livepatch Client version 10.11.2 published on June 13, 2025 includes this new certificate. Livepatch Client 10.11.2 or greater is required to successfully Livepatch all kernels published by Canonical after July 2026.

How to get a job at Canonical

30 June 2025 @ 11:57 am

If you’re interested in applying for a role at Canonical, it can help to have some insider guidance. A lot has been written on social media about Canonical and our hiring processes. Some of it is even true. I share responsibility for what we do, because I am a hiring lead at Canonical. Hiring leads […]

How is Livepatch safeguarded against bad actors?

27 June 2025 @ 12:01 am

What safeguards the Livepatch security patching solution against bad actors and malicious code masquerading as an update? Learn about Secure Boot and module signing.

Accelerating data science with Apache Spark and GPUs

26 June 2025 @ 2:55 pm

Apache Spark has always been very well known for distributing computation among multiple nodes using the assistance of partitions, and CPU cores have always performed processing within a single partition.  What’s less widely known is that it is possible to accelerate Spark with GPUs. Harnessing this power in the right situation brings immense advantages: it […]