October Prime Day is a great time to kick off your holiday shopping, but it’s also just as good as a time to swipe up extra savings on everyday products and affordable tech. Plus, with other major retailers like Walmart More
If you missed out on all the great TV deals during Amazon’s July Prime Day sale, you have another chance to save big on some of the best TV models from Samsung, Sony, LG, and more during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, which runs Oct. 8-9. And with so many early discounts on great smart TVs, you don’t even have to wait for the official sale to snag a new TV on the cheap.Also: The best Prime Day deals right nowRival retailers like Walmart More
Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you’re seeing SOS mode on your phone today, you’re not alone. Verizon, the largest wireless carrier in America, is experiencing a massive outage that’s affecting users across the US.Around 10 a.m. ET, users reported that they could not call, text, or use cellular data. Many added that their phones were in SOS mode.Also: Verizon is adding satellite texting as soon as this fall, but not for all devicesPhones enter SOS mode when not connected to their carrier network, either because they are in an area with poor coverage or because of a technical problem. Given that most of today’s reports are from major cities, this issue seems to be the latter. More
Zorin OS is a beautiful desktop distribution. <!–> For some time now, Zorin OS has been among the finest Linux distributions available. One of the reasons for its success: The desktop is highly customizable. And if you opt for Zorin Pro–>, you get additional customization options. The developers of this Linux distribution have never been […] More
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Download a lifetime license to Microsoft Office at a deep discount with this deal. Stack Social If you need access to Microsoft Office but don’t want to pay the yearly fee to access Office 365, you’re in luck: Stack Social is offering a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac, starting […] More
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Ubuntu 24.10 pays homage to the OG release, 4.10 and 20 years of desktop Linux. Jack Wallen/ZDNETAh, Ubuntu. I remember those early days well. Back in 2004, I made the switch from Red Hat Linux (before there was Fedora and after using it since 1997) to this upstart distribution and never looked back. Since then, I’ve used only Ubuntu or a Ubuntu-based distribution for my primary OS.With good reason.Ubuntu is as stable and user-friendly as an OS can be. And with a clockwork-like release scheduled, I can always count on when a new version is about to hit. Also: 10 things I always do after installing Linux – and why you should tooWell, it’s nearly October, and that means there is yet another new release. This time around it’s something special because it’s the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu’s first release (Warty Warthog – version 4.10). There have been plenty of ups and downs along the way (think Ubuntu Unity) but the rough spots have been well smoothed over, and, for the most part, Ubuntu releases can be counted on to be reliable and enjoyable.As soon as I installed a test version of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole), I nodded my head and smiled in recognition of all that is familiar and good about this open-source operating system.But what’s new with the latest release from Canonical?GNOME 47Linux distributions live and die by the desktop environment. Without an outstanding UI, a distribution doesn’t stand a chance of surviving in this hyper-competitive world that is inundated with enough choices as to induce apoplectic fits of indecision.GNOME 47 is here and it includes plenty of polish. No, there aren’t any game-changing features to be found but what the developers have added improves an already brilliant desktop. The new additions include:Native accent color supportNew dialogs look with floating buttons and changes to improve the look on narrow displays.Improved interface for low-resolution monitors.Hardware-encoded screen recording.Persistent remote login sessionsImproved Nautilus sidebar (with rearranged shortcuts for easier access to Trash, Network, and more; easier bookmark management; internal drives now appear in the sidebar; and bookmarks can be rearranged via drag-and-drop).Improved UI for Disk Usage Analyzer.More settings options including “activate windows on hover” and improved online accounts.Progress bars in Dock launchers for snap apps are used when an app is updating in the background. More
