Theming support has landed in the the latest release of our new favourite task/to-do manager Nitro. Eight themes are included in all, with skins for Ubuntu's Ambiance and Radiance themes likely to be of particular interest to Ubuntu users.
Lubuntu is about to get a brand new icon theme — and about time, too! Little is known about the set, called ‘Lubuntu box’, so far, however the Lubuntu team have said that it will […]
One of the internets more popular news sites - The Huffington Post - recently ran a feature on the 'Ten best Jobs in the US'. Their list included a number of technology-orientated roles including 'Computer Systems' and 'Software Engineer' - the former of the former of which shows Ubuntu in the role.
The new application menus introduced to the GNOME Shell desktop are now supported in Ubuntu. Following the release of GNOME 3.4 last month, a wider number of GNOME applications have begun to make use of the one-button 'app menus'.
Over the weekend Unity 5.10, the last major update to the Unity interface before the release of Ubuntu 12.04, landed in Precise. Primarily a bug-fix and stability update, Unity 5.10 brought with it a couple of notable 'new' things - including the final version of the 'Application Installation Animation'. This, developers hope, will assist new users in quickly locating apps installed through the Ubuntu Software Centre.
A recent job posting from Canonical appears to show that the company is serious about its intentions to enter the mobile OS market. In a vacancy titled 'Business Development Manager (Ubuntu Phone OS)', the company are calling for "a business development lead to engage and develop strong relationships with industry partners in the run up to the launch of Ubuntu as a smartphone operating system," so as to, they say, "establish a commercial ecosystem around Ubuntu as a smartphone OS."
A web-based 'Send to Ubuntu One' button has been unveiled by the Ubuntu One team. The feature, which is still in development, allows you to insert a button on to your website that readers can click on to instantly deliver content to their Ubuntu One accounts.
We are almost there. Tomorrow language packs will be test-built. Next Tuesday we will hit the deadline for translations for language packs and from next week on Ubuntu 12.04 images of the release candidate will […]
The Calligra suite of applications hit the 'stable' milestone today, marking the software's first release. The Qt-based application stack offer a wide range of apps; everything from a fully-featured word processor and spreadsheet app to a comprehensive digital drawing programme are included in Calligra.
Unity is said to make your workflow faster and easier. But is that true? Ubuntu contributor Jo-Erlend Schinstad decided to see how much time he would save using Unity compared to Gnome Panel (Classic) when performing a set of simple tasks.
The weekend just past I fell in love with a desktop application - for Windows. The object of my affections? Pokki.
We like covering spots of ‘Ubuntu in the wild’ – but even more so when it crops up in places you wouldn’t always expect. Today’s nod is from an article on the Microsoft-backed “Build New […]