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Unity 8 Theme For Ubuntu Unity

* Description: Since Unity won’t be a reality (at least in the way many people saw it), enjoy its graphic design in the shape of a Unity, Cinnamon and GTK 3 theme (Gnome-Shell theme coming soon) Includes – Gtk3 theme as seen in the (rare) screenshots of unity showing various widgets – Unity 7 theme (for the rest of its supported lifespan) – Cinnamon theme with vertical panel support: make your desktop look and feel like unity 8! Credit  –  ELBULLAZUL Installation Instructions – Ho

Where Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" Is Heading

As most of you guys might already know that Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” has entered Freeze state and we are going to get the very 1st beta build of Ubuntu 18.04 on 8th of this march. I decided to take a quick look at the latest daily build released. There are significant new things to be excited about as well as few bugs which are expected. Now without wasting time, let’s get started.   Download Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” Here is the link from where you can grab the latest daily

Meltdown And Spectre Processor Vulnerabilities: Is It Time To Revive Open Source Alternative?

The beginning of the year 2018 brought new challenges in the form of Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in most of the processor architectures.  In layman terms, both of these vulnerabilities allow hackers to steal sensitive data like passwords.  This vulnerability is applicable to Intel, AMD, and ARM. This means the problem is universal as it affects almost all devices ranging from embedded devices, smartphones, desktops, and servers to supercomputers.   A Brief History of Spectre an

Top Linux And Open Source Stories Of Year 2017

The year 2017 has been an eventful year for open source communities with highs and lows throughout the year. Open source and Linux continue to dominate with their presence from mobile phones to supercomputers. Let’s quickly go through some of the major events in the year 2017. 1. Ubuntu dropping Unity as its default desktop for Ubuntu and returning back to GNOME As lighting in a clear sky, Canonical announced the drop of Unity as its default desktop for Ubuntu.  Mark Shuttleworth a

Linux Phones That Could Not Survive

Linux Enthusiasts have always wanted to get their favorite operating system in the palm of their hands. Just like our computers we wish to have robustness, customizability and the ability to do what we want on our phones too. Though there is no denying the fact that we have had several Linux phones, they haven’t really been well received by users. Some people might argue about Google’s Android being based on the Linux Kernel but you know what we are talking about. So, In this article let

Ubuntu Releases Security Patch For Meltdown

In another article, I have covered what is Meltdown and Spectre and told you how critical it is for us Linux users. The Linux had been fixed immediately after the two flaws were discovered. But the Ubuntu maintained kernel was not updated against Meltdown and Spectre. Ubuntu Releases Patches for Meltdown And Spectre Yesterday on 9th January, Ubuntu released patches for Meltdown and Spectre. It had already said that the team was working on the patch thinking the date of fla

Fix For Meltdown And Spectre

Everyone is talking about Meltdown and Spectre, the two security flaws found in Intel, AMD(less vulnerable) and ARM CPUs. Using the flaws attackers can read system memory which may have your passwords and other sensitive information. The worst part of it is that most systems are affected by it. So you’re most likely affected by these flaws. Let’s see how much an Internet surfer like you is affected by Meltdown.   First question, if you’re vulnerable or not. Most probably, Yes. The flaws

Meltdown And Spectre CPU Flaws Put Computers, Laptops, Phones At Risk

Today Google security blog has posted about the two vulnerabilities that put virtually many computers, phones, laptops using Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs at risk. Using the two major flaws hackers can gain read access to the system memory that may include sensitive data including passwords, encryption keys, etc.   What are Meltdown And Spectre Flaws/vulnerabilities? The two serious security flaws discovered by Google’s Project Zero team caused by “Speculative Execution”. Speculative Exe

48th Birthday Tribute To Linus Torvalds, The Brain Behind The Linux

Placing an order through an e-commerce site, playing games on a cell phone, watching movies on a smart TV, taking water out of a refrigerator, interacting with a satellite at NASA, getting quotes from a NY stock exchange, browsing in Chromebook, putting clothes in a washing machine. Did you find one common thing in all these activities? Yes. It is Linux.   It is just everywhere. It is worth mentioning here about the actual brain behind the Linux – Linus Torvalds.  There is no doubt that

Linux Distros That Discontinued Unexpectedly

The thing about Linux is that anyone can model it to their choice, this has led to many users/teams creating their own customized distributions. Since there is no fully-fledged organization behind them, some of them are not able to sustain development. This may lead to the discontinuation of the project. So here in this article, let us have a look at some Linux distributions that discontinued unexpectedly. Fuduntu Fuduntu was based on Fedora and created in 2010. It somewhere filled

Linux Mint Releases Last KDE Edition "Sylvia"

Mint fans rejoice as the latest version of Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia with the KDE desktop is available to download on Linux Mint’s official website. The sad part is that this will be the last offering from Linux Mint that will feature the KDE desktop environment.   This was revealed in the Linux Mint’s blog sometime back by the project head Clement Lefebvre. He was quoted ‘In continuation with what’s been done in the past, Linux Mint 18.3 will feature a KDE edition, but it will be the last relea

Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" Is Available To Download

Linux Mint 18.3 “Sylvia” has been released and is available to download from the official website. The release is based on Ubuntu 16.04, contains many improvements and new applications. Some important software were rewritten making them work much faster and look cleaner. Some less useful applications have also been removed to clean the system installation. So let’s look at the major improvements in Linux Mint 18.3 “Sylvia”.   Linux Mint 18.3 “Sylvia” Support provided until 2021