Do you recall Ubuntu Light? Amidst the flood of Intel-based netbooks in the late 2000s came this custom instant-on OS from Canonical. Ubuntu Light was to be the proverbial glint of free software at the end of the […]
A few days back we blogged about how applications will be accessed and launched from Unity. The good stuff, my friends, has finally landed in the ‘Unity’ testing PPA and does it look good? Boy […]
Christian Giordano of the Canonical Design team posted a very nice video introduction to the new Unity Launcher yesterday showing off several new effects and features hitherto unbeknownst. Some of the new features of the ‘not-a-dock’ […]
Ubuntu Light – the “7 seconds to web” Ubuntu experience targeted at netbooks that will use the Unity interface – will more likely than not feature some form of web-app type application support from the […]
Having just reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04 I couldn't help but notice how "un-integrated" Firefox looks in the default set up. But this mismatch can be remedied by applying custom 'personas' - Firefox themes - to the browser.
Having just posted Dichotomy, an Ubuntu 10.04 Ambiance theme spin, reader armageddon dropped by my inbox to mention a Radiance theme ‘spin’ called ‘Equinox’ he spotted over on on GNOME-Look. And awesome it is, too. […]
Dichotomy is a theme with the aim to, quote, "…integrate Ubuntu’s original and distinctive identity (orange and brown) into Lucid Lynx’s upcoming Brand refresh." If you love the new Ubuntu colour scheme and, in particular, […]
Ubuntu 9.10 user wanting to use the new Ubuntu 10.04 light themes in anticpation of Lucid’s release? OMG! reader zpletan just dropped the following PPA off in my inbox to share with you guys. It […]
Using Ubuntu 10.04 and want your window control buttons back on the right? Well here’s how! Firstly let me apologise for not posting this tip sooner – I keep getting e-mails asking about it too […]
The default Ubuntu Light themes have been updated with an improved scrollbar. (Dig in, guys, as these themes will be updated a lot over the next few months). Our criticism of the “current” scrollbar was […]
When we posted the following Mock-up by Deviant Artist fibermarupok a few short days ago most of you were impressed but frustrated that such a beautiful redux was mock-up only. Well be frustrated no more […]
The Ubuntu 10.04 ‘light’ themes will be landing in Lucid updates in a few short hours but we’ve queue jumped the process to nab a sneaky peak. Do bear in mind that these are the […]