News, tips and features on the Unity desktop environment, the default shell in Ubuntu.
f you've installed the preview release of Unity Web Apps in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 you may be wondering what sites are already supported. To help you explore the exciting opportunities that the Unity Web API brings, here is an exhaustive list of websites that are currently supported out of the box in Unity WebApps.
A team of wily developers have brought Ubuntu's Unity desktop to Fedora...
Unity Glass is a third-party "tweak" for Unity's Launcher tiles that can add a refined new look to your desktop. It replaces the default 'square' image tiles using by Unity with rounder versions that are in keeping with the shape of the BFB.
Avid users of OMG! Ubuntu! can now help manage their addiction by adding a nifty OMG! Ubuntu! item to the Unity launcher. Okay, so it's nothing more than a glorified bookmark in Unity clothing, but it does give you super quick access to various OMG! Ubuntu! sections. In fact all you have to do is press Super (a.k.a. the Win key), type OMG! and start OMG! Ubuntu! to open the homepage in your default browser.
When the Unity News Lens was first released earlier this year, our excuse for not being knowing what’s going on in the world …Well, it evaporated. And now, in the Unity News Lens’ most recent update, […]
Credit to Apple for raising the hardware game with the introduction of retina display in their "all new Macbook Pro" (aka the 'Macbook Pro Pro').. But such a high pixel density display creates a problem for an OS like Ubuntu which hasn't, as yet, added support for super-sharp "retina" screens.
Want to know of a movie is worth watching? A new scope for Ubuntu's Unity desktop aims to make finding out super easy.
The ability to see the night sky is an important part of amateur astronomy. To help make the planning of stargazing activities easier, a new Unity lens has been created by developer David Turner.
Not too long ago I stumbled upon a very nifty Extension that brings Unity's quicklist functionality to Gnome-Shell's Activity Bar and Dash. And with more and more developers adding quicklist support to their applications this extension ensures that GNOME users don't miss out.
Finding and reading the latest news on any subject has just gotten super easy in Ubuntu...
A new stable release of Skype-Wrapper is available for download. Skype-Wrapper is a small third-party 'plugin' that integrates many of Skype's features directly into the Ubuntu desktop. This includes support for Ubuntu's Messaging Menu, notification system and Unity launcher.
Ubuntu 12.04 offers a pretty fantastic experience right out of the box but that doesn't mean it will be 100% perfect for everyone. In fact there are a few things about it that bug people. Below we've listed solutions to six common questions we've seen routinely asked in the comment section here on OMG!