Michael Forrest has posted details of an exciting new contest for Ubuntu users to take part in. Building upon the enormous success that the bi-annual wallpaper submission competition has garnered, attention has now turned to […]
We at the Indicator-Weather project need you to do some forecasting for us. (World groans – ed) Whilst we’ve got a pretty kicking preview that works but what we really need is to find out […]
Spend a minute today to help make the lives of yourself, other Ubuntu users and even the dear developers who toil so hardy over code that little bit easier by voting up a proposal for […]
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When installing new applications using the Ubuntu Software Centre how many times have you actually read the software description beforehand? Did it make sense, tell you what you needed to know or was it a […]
I have an ever burgeoning lmental list of things I’ve always meant to post and the following has been one of them. The GNOME foundation provide Amazon referral links for your browser. That is, every […]
Popular OS X disc burning utility ‘Burn‘ could find its way on to Linux – with a bit of help. The developer of Burn is eager to port the application over to Linux, having already […]
A demo version of Andres Rodriguez’s GSoC work on a new GTK front-end for Ubuntu Development testing application TestDrive is now available for brave users to try out. User should note that the Front-end is […]
If you use Caffeine – the screensaver and sleep inhibiting application, not the alkaloid psychoactive stimulant – then you may be able to help its development by answering one very simple question: ‘How do you use it?’ What […]
Those who installed Lucid Lynx got a surprise – from pre-releases through to the full release of 10.04, Ubuntu’s windows buttons have swapped sides! Interesting how this default setup of these buttons now mirror those […]
You will have likely already heard that Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition is introducing “global menu” ”esque application menus into the panel (think OS X if you’re confused). If you want to help to test the […]
The brave (and foolhardy) amongst you may wish to help test the Indicator Network applet being proposed for inclusion Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. Test it out in Lucid You can test Indicator Network in Lucid […]