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- Sublime Text 2 - A Fast & Fancy Text Editor3
- 'Der Spiegel' Helping German Readers 'Switch to Linux'4
- SDG Launch 'Military Grade' Tough Tablet Running Ubuntu 10.045
- Ubuntu One Online 'Notes' Feature To Be Removed in Feb6
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- Clean Up the Unity Launcher with Category Quick-lists8
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Category Archives: Poll
Poll Result: 15,900 votes Cast; Unity Named Most Popular Desktop
Unity is the most used Desktop Environment amongst Ubuntu 11.10 users according to our most recent poll.
Just shy of 16,000 votes were cast (one vote per person) in the poll which asked readers “Which Desktop Environment Are You Using in Ubuntu 11.10?”
Which Desktop Environment Do You Use in Ubuntu 11.10? [Poll]
Roll up, roll up: it’s poll time! This week’s poll question comes by courtesy of reader ‘Andy’, who’s interested to know how many Ubuntu 11.10 users are using Unity and how many are using GNOME Shell. Now, in the interest of fairness I’ll throw LXDE, XFCE, KDE and Pantheon into the options ring too. But do note that this [...]
How Well Did Your Ubuntu 11.10 Upgrade Go?
Ubuntu 11.10 has been out for little while now, so chances are many of you have upgraded. If you choose to upgrade via Update Manager (that is you saw the prompt below and clicked ‘Yes, Upgrade Now’) I’d love to know how it went for you. Why Do You want to Know? In all my [...]
Have You Upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10?
Okay, so Ubuntu 11.10 is barely hot off the servers but the question needs to be asked: have you already upgraded? Do you plan to do so shortly?
Perhaps you’ve decided to stick with the 10.04 LTS release or your finely tuned Ubuntu 11.04 set-up. Either way cast your vote in the poll inside and let the world know…
Does ‘The GIMP’ Need A New Name?
This week saw the release of GIMP 2.7.3, complete with a working single window mode.
With GIMP back in the spotlight, I came across a blog post by Nick Ali in which he suggests ‘The GIMP’ should be given new name.
Do you agree?
You Can Help Choose Lubuntu 11.10′s Wallpapers [Poll]
Users are being offered the chance to vote on the community-wallpapers incorporated into the October release of Lubuntu 11.10.
Ubuntu Advertising team launch user experience survey
The community-led Ubuntu Advertisement team have launched a new ‘user experience survey’ whose responses ‘may be used in statistics and publicity.’
The survey itself won’t take up much of your time and you’ll be helping out Ubuntu in the process.
The size of the Ubuntu 11.10 CD gets debated
The Ubuntu Developer Summit once again played home to discussion of whether Ubuntu should move from a 700MB sized CD ISO to something larger and more accommodating of growing package requirements.
Help improve OMG! Ubuntu! by filling out this short survey
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It’s all about making the experience the best we can for you, so if you can spare 20 minutes or so, we’d really appreciate your help in filling out this survey.
Project Bossanova unveils new website, FAQ and poll
Project Bossanova yesterday unveiled a new website, along with more information about the project and a poll where users can vote on the genre of game they’d like to see the project focus on.
Ubuntu Server Survey 2011
If in the passed week you took a swing by the official Ubuntu website, you will have noticed a new headline post replacing the previous Maverick ad.
In an effort to improve future releases of Ubuntu server edition, Canonical is, for the third year in a row, asking users how they are using it and in what environment.
Poll: Which of these five games would you want multi-touch support for?
We previously asked you which games Ubuntu developers should focus on in adding multi-touch support for.
The 5 most voted games from that post have now been arranged into a poll to see which game is truly your most desired multi-touch wannabe.
Which game should get multitouch support first?
The Ubuntu Multitouch Development team has called for feedback on which games must be focused to add multitouch capabilities in this cycle. Here is your chance to vote for your favourite game.
What e-mail app do you use? [poll]
Anyone who has tried Ubuntu will have surely come across the default mail application ‘Evolution’. It’s a powerful e-mail tool with an impressive set of features that more than rival commercial alternatives on other platforms.
But what do you use?
[Poll] If we switched to Livefyre for comments…
We know that our comments section and the OMG! community is extremely active, you guys love having your say and voicing an opinion and there has been some completely awesome discussions take place in the comments down there.