📰 Ubuntu Snap Prompting Improvements
If you haven’t tried Ubuntu’s ‘Permission Prompting’ feature for a while, there’s more reason to do so in the latest release. Canonical’s Oliver Calder has shared an update on recent improvements to the security feature, which sets out to “empower users” by letting them decide what software can access on the rest of the system at runtime rather than retrospectively.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-snap-prompting-client-improved
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🎄 Do you know how to respond when an English speaker wishes you a merry Christmas?’ Try this quiz - we’ll tell you the answer later! Are there any other ways you could respond? 🤶
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EXTRA: This festive season, we're sharing some of our own stories about Christmas and New Year. Link in bio.
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😊 The next time you're feeling 'happy', try using one of these synonyms instead and boost your vocabulary! ✍️ See if you can use one of them in the comments.
Note: not all the words are perfect synonyms. Pay attention to the context and grammar.
MORE: Is happiness the key to success? 🔎 Find out in this episode of 6 Minute English. Click on the link in our bio.
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🍱🥘🍲 The next time you eat something delicious, try using one of these synonyms instead and boost your vocabulary! ✍️ See if you can use one of them in the comments.
Note: not all the words are perfect synonyms. Pay attention to the context and grammar.
🎧 MORE: Click on the link in our bio to listen to a 6 Minute English box set on the topic of food.
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🚀 Take your English vocabulary to the next level by learning these alternatives to ‘less than’! Can you use one in a sentence - and do you know any more?
👀 Note: these words may not be exact synonyms - pay attention to the context.
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🤢😔 Everybody gets sick from time to time… so we made a vocabulary table with useful sickness-related English for you to learn, use, and share with a friend! 😄
Do you know any more English vocabulary related to illness? 👇
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😱 Lots of animal species are at risk of extinction. 🐘🦁🦒Can you choose the correct word to fill the gap? We’ll tell you the correct answer later! (Image: Getty)
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Here are 5 linkers that you can add to your conversation to make it flow better and sound more fluent!
1) To be honest – I’m going to give my opinion (even if it’s insulting!)
2) Actually – to correct information or say something surprising
3) Mind you – I’ve just thought of something that contrasts what I was saying
4) By the way – I’m going to introduce a new topic I’ve just remembered
5) Anyway – I’m going to finish the conversation or change topic now
Add them to your conversations to help them flow! Which one is your favourite?
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❓❓❓Do you know how to respond when an English speaker asks ‘Is the post office open today?’ 🏣Try this quiz - we’ll tell you the answer later! Are there any other ways you could respond?👇👇👇
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