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10 of the Best Unity Lenses & Scopes for Ubuntu 11.10

It's somewhat apt that Ubuntu's 'Lenses' feature has brought Unity into clearer focus for many of its initial critics. The search-orientated display windows - called 'Lenses' - make finding specific files, apps or information easy to do thanks to their tuned 'search backends' - called Scopes'. Inside we lost 10 of the best Lenses and Scopes available for Ubuntu 11.10.

27 January 2012
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Better Positioning Lenses within the Dash (mockups)

Another day and another set of Unity mock-ups. This time from the hand of Ubuntu user staticd, who wonders whether the position of the 'Lens bar' - which appears at the bottom of the Dash in Ubuntu 11.10 - could be better placed - could be better placed.

11 November 2011
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Unity Contributor Report: Ready for Beta 2, Lenses API ready to go

This is a guest post from Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) The roll up to Beta two begins as the archive starts […]

14 September 2011
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Five neat Unity Lenses in development

Following on from recent posts covering neat new 'Lenses' for Unity - visually slick ways to access information via the Ubuntu 11.04 desktop - I thought it time for a quick round-up of the most interesting lenses currently in development.

4 April 2011

Intel’s New Open Source Mono Font is Pretty Decent

Between IBM Plex Mono, Hack, Fira Code, and JetBrains Mono I think we Linux users are spoilt for choice when it comes to open-source monospace fonts that look good and work great. Still, there’s always […]

7 June 2023
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12 Features That Made Unity The Best Linux Desktop

12 Ubuntu Unity desktop features that help make it the best Linux desktop environment available, including the HUD, Unity Dash and Smart Scopes.

26 April 2017

Brand New Ubuntu Phone Goes on Sale Priced at €199

The Bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Phone is available to buy in Europe. It features a 5-inch IPS screen, nippy quad-core Mediatek CPU and 16GB storage.

9 June 2015

Ubuntu 14.10 Wallpaper Contest Now Open for Entries

Wacom tablets & lenses at the ready: the Ubuntu 14.10 Wallpaper contest is open for entries — but you only have until August 29 to take part.

8 August 2014

Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Wallpaper Contest Kicks Off

Macro lenses at the ready: Ubuntu GNOME is on the hunt for a new set of community-contributed wallpapers to feature in its forthcoming release.

21 January 2014
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Remove Product Suggestions from Unity Dash in Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04

Whether you find Unity's shopping suggestions to be a subtle invasion of privacy, or a solution in need of a problem, Ubuntu make it easy to disable results you don't want to see.

17 January 2014

Beginner-Friendly Book ‘Instant Ubuntu’ Review

With 13.10 hot off the presses, you might be hankering to show some friends what they're missing out on, and Instant Ubuntu is exactly what it says on the tin: a fast introduction to Ubuntu.

23 October 2013

Unity 8 Available in Ubuntu 13.10 – But Don’t Expect Too Much

An 'Early Alpha' of Unity 8 is available to try in Ubuntu 13.10 from today - but don't expect to find it fully functional quite yet...

2 August 2013