Posts from December 2011

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Ubuntu Mobile Phone Concepts

Ubuntu's plan for a multi-device presence, to potentially include smartphones, has fired up the imagination of users. And the community have been quick to stoke their creative talents in mocking up a variety of possible implementations. Inside we show off three of designs that have been mailed into us...

4 December 2011
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Ubuntu’s One Hundred Paper Cuts Project is Precisely Back!

Three, two, one, GO! The One Hundred Paper Cuts project is back for the Ubuntu 12.04 development cycle, to make 12.04 LTS the most bug-free, precise and pixel-perfect Ubuntu release ever! What is a paper […]

3 December 2011
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[How to] Move Nautilus Navigation Buttons back to the Left in Ubuntu

Does the placing of the 'back' and 'forward' navigation buttons in GNOME 3's Nautilus bug you? Let it no more: OMG! Ubuntu! reader Tim has written up a solution on switching the navigation arrows back to their old placing.

3 December 2011
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Five Useful GNOME Shell Extensions

With the GNOME Extension catalogue now online it's never been easier to add extra features to your GNOME Shell desktop. Inside we list five extensions that you might find handy...

2 December 2011
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Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update 6

Huzzah! Seven weeks into the release cycle and Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 has just been announced. Bear in mind it is of alpha quality, but please go and test it if you are curious and want to help out. But what else is new in the land of Ubuntu Development? Let's take a look...

2 December 2011
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Stunning Multi-touch Glass Keyboard to Come with Open-Source Software

Finding 'the right' kind of keyboard is a subjective affair, but one niggle that bugs me, as a Linux user, is seeing them come with a Windows logo on the 'Super' key. So I was stoked to see industrial tech engineer and inventor Jason Gidding's Multi-Touch Glass Keyboard - which has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal of $50,000 for prototype, tooling and pre-production of the device - shuns the familiar emblem in favour of something less OS-bound.

2 December 2011
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GNOME Shell Extensions Site Enters Alpha; One Ups Unity?

Adding additional functionality to the GNOME Shell experience has just gotten much easier with the launch of an official 'Extensions' site.

2 December 2011
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GNOME Declares War on Minor Bugs With ‘Every Detail Matters’ Project

GNOME's Allan Day has announced the launch of a new development project aimed at fixing 'the small bugs [in GNOME] that ..undermine the overall experience.'

1 December 2011

Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 Released

The first alpha release in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release cycle is now available for download. Installing the Alpha release is not recommended due to its early yet rapid developmental stage. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is scheduled for release in April 26th 2012.

1 December 2011
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VLC Nightly Builds Bring Tweaked Look, New Features

VLC is bar far and away the most popular media player on Ubuntu, if not Linux. But its interface has never been as slick as it could be. Thankfully the VLC nightly builds, unstable snapshots of the next release, have brought with them a slightly improved look...

1 December 2011