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KDE neon
KDE Slimbook V laptop released, continuing the evolution of KDE neon hardware.
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| October 29 2024 |
KDE neon
KDE Slimbook VI laptop launched, representing the latest iteration in the KDE neon pre-installed laptop lineup.
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| October 8 2024 |
KDE neon
Base upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and desktop environment update to KDE Plasma 6.2.
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| June 18 2024 |
KDE neon
Desktop environment updated to KDE Plasma 6.1.
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| February 28 2024 |
KDE neon
Desktop environment upgraded to KDE Plasma 6.
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| 2023 |
Ubuntu Touch
UBPorts claims to have contributed 95% of the code to Halium, the middleware used to communicate with hardware drivers in Ubuntu Touch.
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| February 14 2023 |
KDE neon
Desktop environment updated to Plasma 5.27.
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| October 11 2022 |
KDE neon
Base update to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and desktop environment update to Plasma 5.26.
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| July 6 2022 |
KDE neon
KDE Slimbook IV laptop introduced, further developing the KDE neon pre-installed laptop series.
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| April 6 2021 |
Full Circle
Moss Bliss began hosting the Full Circle Weekly News with Episode #204.
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| 2020 |
KDE neon
KDE Slimbook III laptop released, expanding the KDE neon hardware lineup.
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| December 2020 |
Ubuntu Touch
With the release of OTA-15, Ubuntu Touch began supporting the F(x)tec Pro1 (2019) and Volla Phone, and added support for the F(x)tec Pro1 X (2022).
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| August 10 2020 |
KDE neon
KDE neon officially switched to Ubuntu 20.04 after testing and preparation.
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| 2019 |
Full Circle
Ronnie Tucker served as Editor of Full Circle magazine, with a staff including Webmaster Lucas Westermann and editorial team members Jim Dyer, Mike Kennedy, Gord Campbell, Robert Orsino, Josh Hertel, Bert Jerred, Emily Gonyer, and Podcaster Moss Bliss.
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| November 15 2019 |
Ubuntu Touch
The PinePhone from Pine64 became available for preorder with support for Ubuntu Touch.
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| September 2019 |
Full Circle
Tucker issued a public plea for more volunteer writers to keep the magazine going, noting that long-time columnists were nearing the end of their contributions.
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| April 22 2019 |
Full Circle
Leo Chavez took over the Full Circle Weekly News with Episode 127.
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| February 12 2019 |
KDE neon
KDE neon upgraded to version 5.15, and began making KDE applications available in Snap format alongside traditional deb packages.
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| 2018 |
Ubuntu Touch
Purism and the UBports Foundation began collaborating to make Ubuntu Touch available for the Librem 5 smartphone.
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| August 2018 |
KDE neon
KDE neon preview images based on Ubuntu 18.04 became available.
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| August 2018 |
Ubuntu Touch
UBPorts released OTA-4, upgrading Ubuntu Touch's base from Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Vervet' to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus'.
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| May 2018 |
Snap
Canonical discovered and removed two applications from the Snap Store after finding they contained a hidden cryptocurrency miner running in the background during application execution. The applications were subsequently transferred to a trusted third party and re-published without the malicious code.
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| May 2018 |
KDE neon
KDE started transitioning KDE neon from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04.
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| February 2018 |
KDE neon
KDE neon developers removed LTS Editions from the downloads page, but kept them in download mirrors.
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| February 8 2018 |
KDE neon
KDE Slimbook II laptop launched, continuing the series of KDE neon pre-installed devices.
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| April 5 2017 |
Ubuntu Touch
Canonical's CEO Mark Shuttleworth announces the termination of official support for Ubuntu Touch due to lack of market interest, marking a significant turning point for the mobile operating system.
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| January 2017 |
KDE neon
KDE neon announced plans to switch its installer from Ubiquity to Calamares.
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| January 26 2017 |
KDE neon
First KDE Slimbook laptop released, marking the beginning of KDE neon's pre-installed hardware line.
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| 2016 |
Full Circle
Tucker started the Full Circle Weekly News, a short audiocast with up to 20 news items.
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| August 2016 |
Ubuntu Touch
OTA-3 was announced to support Android 6.0 BSP.
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| June 2016 |
KDE neon
KDE neon was first announced by Kubuntu founder Jonathan Riddell following his departure from Canonical Ltd., introducing a new Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS releases with latest KDE software.
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| June 8 2016 |
KDE neon
First general release of KDE neon, based on Ubuntu 16.04 and using Plasma 5.6.
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| April 2016 |
KDE neon
KDE neon upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04, which would become the base for the first general release.
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| April 2016 |
Ubuntu Touch
Released the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet and the Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition smartphone.
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| April 2016 |
Ubuntu Touch
BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition, the world's first Ubuntu-based tablet, was released.
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| February 5 2016 |
Ubuntu Touch
Announced the first Ubuntu Touch tablet, the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition.
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| January 2016 |
KDE neon
Daily installation images began being built, initially based on Ubuntu 15.10.
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| 2015 |
KDE neon
KDE neon project first started taking shape as a rolling release of KDE software on top of Ubuntu's stable OS base.
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| 2015 |
Ubuntu Touch
Marius Gripsgård seeds the UBports project, which would later become the community-driven platform for Ubuntu Touch after Canonical's withdrawal.
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| June 9 2015 |
Ubuntu Touch
Launched the Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition, another device running Ubuntu Touch.
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| May 2015 |
Ubuntu Touch
The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition went on sale in China, becoming the second Ubuntu phone.
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| February 9 2015 |
Ubuntu Touch
BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, the world's first Ubuntu-based smartphone, went on sale in Europe.
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| September 16 2014 |
Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu Touch was released to manufacturers.
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| April 17 2014 |
Ubuntu Touch
Canonical released a 'relatively stable' build of Ubuntu Touch for wider testing and feedback, alongside Ubuntu 14.04.
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| 2013 |
Ubuntu Touch
UBports introduced Side stage feature, enabling users to run multiple mobile apps simultaneously on the same screen, with the ability to resize and position apps dynamically. The feature demonstrated enhanced multitasking capabilities by showing examples like using a notes app alongside a web browser and overlaying a mobile Facebook app over a playing video.
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| 2013 |
Ubuntu Touch
At Mobile World Congress (MWC), Ubuntu Touch won the awards vote, beating Firefox OS and being considered the most complete mobile operating system package by the judging team.
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| July 22 2013 |
Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu launched a crowdfunding campaign for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone running Ubuntu Touch, which ultimately did not reach its funding target.
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| 2012 |
Full Circle
The editorial staff created the Official Full Circle Style Guide to standardize writing style for submissions.
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| July 2012 |
Full Circle
Les Pounder and the Blackpool Linux User Group took over hosting the podcast, starting with episode 29.
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| 2011 |
Ubuntu Touch
Mark Shuttleworth initiated the Ubuntu Touch project, with a goal to support smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other smart screens by Ubuntu 14.04.
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