What you need: Vivaldi browser Time required: 30 minutes The free Vivaldi browser is based on the same code as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome, so it can use many of the extensions you’re already familiar with. It also has some extra tricks up its sleeve, like built-in ad and tracker blocking and, in the … Read more
As part of our ongoing look at Linux distributions that come from outside the Ubuntu and Debian empire, we are going to head over to the “other side of the tracks” so to speak. In the Linux world, the genealogy chart is dominated by two major distribution families. The Debian family is familiar to Ubuntu users, as Ubuntu and its derivatives are based … Read more
The new Kubuntu long term support release, 22.04 LTS, arrived on 21 April, 2022, and brought almost no surprises for Kubuntu fans. Kubuntu 22.04 LTS completes this development cycle of three “standard” releases which started with Kubuntu 21.04 in April, 2021. This release is the 35th version of Kubuntu and the 14th one with the Plasma 5 desktop. This … Read more
Ubuntu Unity 21.10 is the fourth release of this relatively new Ubuntu flavor which uses the Unity interface. Out on 14 October, 2021, this is the final “standard” release of three, leading to the next long term support (LTS) version which is due out on 21 April, 2022. Up until this release, each new Ubuntu … Read more
Hello again, loyal readers! I’m sorry to have missed a couple of months, but a major system crash and a bout of pneumonia will sometimes do that to you. This month, we’re going to take a look back at Chrubuntu, including a look at the KDE interface from back in the day. It has been … Read more
Deepin offers a visually stunning OS with a few unique quirks. By Bruce Byfield Deepin [1] is a distribution developed in Wuhan, China by Deepin Technology. Its homepage proclaims it “the top Linux distribution from China,” although similar claims are sometimes made for Ubuntu Kylin. Deepin has a longstanding reputation for attention to visual detail … Read more
Who needs Sky anyway? Wayne Williams explains how you can expand your viewing horizons using the amazing free software that everyone’s talking about Kodi ( kodi.tv) has been around in one form or another since 2002, but in the past year its popularity has exploded, and it will undoubtedly continue to rocket in 2017. From … Read more
Kodi is one of the most powerful media players that’s ever been released for Windows – and it’s also one of the most controversial. David Ludlow explains how to use it legally WHAT YOU CAN DO Use the latest ‘Krypton’ version of Kodi Stream your videos, music and photos Expand Kodi’s features using add-ons Transform … Read more
Not all technology memories are happy ones Windows 8.1 has a lot of users in a flap over its tiles, style and the way it works. It’s different, but it does work and it’s pretty quick as well. [wpsm_toplist] Windows Vista, the last ‘bad’ operating system from Microsoft, was met with pretty much the same … Read more
Chances are, being a TNR reader you’ll have already heard of Pop!_OS. This is an open source distro for STEM and creative users, created by System 76. Until now, Pop!_OS has been locked to x86 CPU platforms. However, a new version, powered by the latest Ubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri” 64-bit release and geared towards the Raspberry Pi’s … Read more
[wpsm_toplist] Fedora and Ubuntu are both highly regarded distros, but have different approaches in a number of areas. If you were to believe the first few Google results comparing them, you’d conclude that Ubuntu is more suited to beginners, that Fedora features new technology first, and that both have large companies backing them. But these … Read more
Review bot-at-large Jonni Bidwell does his damnedest to look past the late 90s-stylings of this project’s website… Read our Robolinux 11 Review. [wpsm_toplist] IN BRIEF A nothing if not interesting effort to ease the transition from Windows to Linux. For a fee, you can transfer your existing Windows install to a VM, or set up … Read more