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- Sublime Text 2 - A Fast & Fancy Text Editor5
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The Legendary Ubuntu Cola – Now Available From Waitrose
Have you tried an Ubuntu cola?
It might sound like an odd question, but if you’re British, Swedish, Norwegian, Belgian, Irish or French then there’s every possibility you have…
Have You Seen ‘Ubuntu’ In Public?
When reader Fabio Bier mailed in a photo of this familiar looking emblem atop a drain/man hole cover (spotted in Seville, Spain, fact fans) it got me thinking: does the ‘Ubuntu’ logo ever crop up in urban landscapes?
LulzSec Used Ubuntu
In the latest (and seemingly final) batch of documents dumped on The Pirate Bay by computer hacker outfit ‘LulzSec’, a familiar looking operating system can be seen in use.
Just what is Linux mascot Tux doing in a TV cereal commercial? [Video]
Reader Dexter S. was watching TV when a commercial for ‘Fruit Loops’ cereal flashed up on his screen with a rather familiar face in tow…
Neo, meet Ubuntu [Video]
The following Windows-mocking sketch by comedy website CollegeHumor has been knocking around for a while but I’ve only just seen it myself. Reimagining ‘The Matrix’ series of movies running on Microsoft Windows, the gags are predictable but nonetheless funny. Stick with it to the end for a shout out to Ubuntu.
Control playback in Totem movie player by clapping (no, seriously)
It’ll feel like the future (albeit that lame, not quite awesome future as depicted in late 1980s hollywood films) but with one plugin you can use ‘clapping’ to control playback of media in Ubuntu’s default media player Totem.
“Far out!”
Mowing the lawn with Ubuntu
Take one insanely expensive robotic lawn mower, add in an Ubuntu-powered notebook, a webcam and a couple of shell scripts that send images back to a webserver and what do you get? Live Lawn Cam! Head over to lubica.net/mow/ to see it in action whilst it’s live.
Minor annoyances #364: UBUNTU DAWG? Y U NO LET ME INSTALL MANY FONTS QUICKLY?
Happy Easter folks! Having consumed my entire body weight in chocolate eggs it wasn’t long before the nauseous party-without-a-permit in my stomach affected my brain. Gripped by this cocoa-craziness I found myself asking what anyone feeling overly-sick on sugar-filled products would ask: Why can’t multiple fonts be installed easily in Ubuntu?
The answer? The punch line? There isn’t one.
Ubuntu homepage updates with a Natty new screenshot
One for the detail-fans amongst us: The Ubuntu homepage has been updated with a new banner showing the new-look Ubuntu 11.04 desktop: Now anyone heading over to Ubuntu.com to download Ubuntu may decide to bide their time and wait for this sexier new release. marktyrrelluk via twitter
So I deleted Windows – but why did I have it in the first place?
I deleted my Windows partition yesterday after asking myself one question: what the hell do I use it for?
HTC make nice phones and use Ubuntu
They make some of the most beautiful handsets on the market and, judging from a recent YouTube promo video, their developers also use use Ubuntu internally.
Never miss a birthday again with Birthday-Aware for Ubuntu
Trying to keep tabs on everybody’s birthdays is a pain if, like me, your brain tends to shelve dates away in a dusty box rarely to be accessed…
Hallelujah then for Birthday-Aware – a small python application that uses Ubuntu’s Notification bubbles to remind you of approaching birthdays.
Driving across Brazil with Ubuntu: That’ll be The Google Streetview cars
Driving across Brazil with Ubuntu hooked up to a solid 3G connection may sound like my own take on an ace road trip but, according to one former Google Streetview driver it’s exactly how the Google Streetview cars travel around Brazil.
Meet the Cardboard computer: sustainability with style
Meet an Ubuntu running cardboard computer with ideals fastened on saving the environment…
What does ‘Natty Narwhal’ actually mean? You’ll be surprised…
Two words that form the code name for the new version of Ubuntu – but both are rather unique. Here we take a look at where each word comes from and what it means…