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A 4K monitor makes photos look stunning, but the first time you open GIMP 2.10 on one, the program itself can be…

October 21, 2026

You open a favourite photograph in GIMP and your heart sinks. The rich colours you remember look pale and washed out, skin…

October 21, 2026

If you have just moved to Ubuntu, one of the first small shocks comes when you open a document. The text looks…

October 21, 2026

You create a document on one computer and it looks neat and tidy. Then you open the same file in LibreOffice and…

October 21, 2026

You open a spreadsheet you have been working on for days, and something looks badly wrong. Every formula that used to show…

October 21, 2026

You start a Zoom meeting on Ubuntu, click Share Screen to show your work, and other people see only a black window.…

October 21, 2026

You need Microsoft Teams for a work meeting or class, you are on Ubuntu, and two problems hit at once. Teams is…

October 21, 2026

You join a Discord call, start sharing your screen to show a game or document, and your friends see only a black…

October 21, 2026

You update your NVIDIA driver, reboot, open OBS Studio to record or stream, and the NVENC encoder has vanished. In its place…

October 21, 2026

You start OBS Studio, click Start Virtual Camera, then open Zoom expecting to see your scene as a webcam. Instead, Zoom only…

October 21, 2026