We’ve blogged previously about the new-look installation slideshow (designed by Dylan McCall, Michael Forrest and Otto Greenslade) that will greet all users installing of Ubuntu 10.04 – but today finally saw it get pushed into actual […]
Installed Lucid and now want rid of the social media integration stuff from the top panel but don’t want to lose the sound applet? Reader Enekk dropped the following quick solution into my e-mail inbox: […]
The first beta of the Ubuntu 10.04 development cycle has been postponed until tomorrow. In a message to the dev mailing list earlier this evening Steve Langasek states this the reason as: – Owing to […]
The first of two beta releases in the Ubuntu 10.04 development cycle is due to be released later today. Unlike previous Alpha releases no major new features or changes will be introduced at this stage […]
When heading for the ‘Suspend’ in 10.04 you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that it’s been renamed to sleep. A little change but in the past even I have had to think about whether ‘Suspend’ […]
A change in the unit reading policy of file sizes in Ubuntu 10.04 is causing some confusion amongst early adopters. Previously Ubuntu showed 1MB as 1024 (1 MiB). Now it displays 1MB to be 1000kB. […]
The repositioning of window button controls in Ubuntu 10.04 has undoubtedly been one of the most ‘controversial’ decisions taken by the OS team period. They change can seem both trivial – they are just window […]
Ubuntu many be getting a visual refresh for 10.04 but don’t expect an audible one as well. The system sound theme will likely be staying the same – and not on purpose! A commenter on […]
With the familiar brown tones of Ubuntu of yore being replaced with vibrant purple hues in the recent re-branding, the ‘purplification‘ of the default icon set had to occur sooner or later. Well, some icons […]
One of Benjamin Humphrey’s “16 things to improve in Ubuntu 10.04” concerned Lucid’s new-look sound applet – a small, square, inconsistent little box. Some of his gripes were: – The slider is too short and […]
The proposed slides for inclusion in the Ubuntu 10.04 installer have been made available to preview on line. The slides, which play during installation of Ubuntu, have been redesigned to fit in with the new […]
The Ubuntu Software Centre in Ubuntu 10.04 got a new look store front today, trading its old colourful drapes for elegant whites and greys. Note: Clicking on the pictures below will take you a full-sized […]