Mark Shuttleworth today blogged about an exciting new interface development due for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10 UNE: the adoption of a global menu panel. Why? The rationale is simple: It increases vertical space by reducing […]
Ahead of Thursday’s release of Ubuntu 10.04 the official press releases have been, well, released to media organizations the world over to help inform and promote this impending release. The ‘Ubuntu Desktop’ press release succinctly […]
Wallets at the ready folks – The first new items designed using the new Ubuntu branding are now available in the Ubuntu Store. New look t-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse mats and more are available. T-Shirts […]
Here’ a free CD offer that is actually free this time. (*shakes fist at OS Discs*) ShipIt – the official Canonical backed distributer of Ubuntu CD’s – are now taking pre-orders for Ubuntu 10.04 discs […]
With Ubuntu 10.04 having switched its default search engine from Google to Yahoo! and then back to Google again we’ve had a few ‘new’ Firefox start pages to look at this cycle. The latest, and […]
You could leave your freshly burnt CD-R of Ubuntu 10.04 looking average or you could splash out and paste on one of these lovelies designed by leogg instead. First impressions count and all that! In […]
Many users coming to Lucid in a few days time may be confused to discover that the System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Interface tab is no longer there. Reasons for its removal The tab […]
Guest post by Tyler James With the release of Nautilus-Elementary 2.30 I’ve been thinking quite a bit about File Browsers. I did a comparisonof the 4 file browsers I see the most often, (Finder, Nautilus, […]
Flyback is an Apple ‘Time Machine’ style backup solution for Ubuntu. The developers state that “..Linux has almost all of the required technology already built in to recreate it.” As such Flyback doesn’t require pallets […]
Design demi-god Dan Rabbit is working on a new project ” and needs your help! He states: “I’m working on a project that I think everyone will enjoy, and there’s something I need to make […]
The latest beta release of Ubuntu based LXDE spin ‘Lubuntu’ has been made available. This release is termed ‘Beta 3′ rather than ‘Release Candidate’ as with Ubuntu 10.04 due in part to Lubuntu not gaining […]
In response to my post on workspaces, several of you expressed a desire to have applications automatically open to a particular virtual desktop. Well this is not a hack that requires future dreams and hopes, […]