The first novel has gone on sale in the Ubuntu Software Center. 'ZHackers: Volume One' tells the story of three geeks facing a Zombie apocalypse with nothing to defend themselves other than their wits. Author, David Jordan, has chosen to publish the title without DRM and license it under a Creative Commons license.
15 new wallpapers have landed in ubuntu 12.04. The package comprises of 14 winners from Ubuntu 12.04 Wallpaper Contest plus the new 'incrementally updated' default wallpaper (non-noise version).
Football fans spend hours playing simulation management games and the socially-obsessed play titles like 'The SIMs' - but what about the dedicated Linux user who dreams of creating the next Ubuntu? Enter Linux Tycoon - a new simulation game that filles a niche you never knew needed filling...
You use Linux daily - but do you know how it's built? The Linux Foundation explain in this slick 3-minute video.
The look of people's desktops are a lot like sandwiches. Some are plain and simple, others decorated with all manner of awesome-sauce. But both types can get stale if left alone for too long. If you feel that your own desktop could do with freshening up then the following Conky and wallpaper pairing might just prove to be a good starting point
Change is afoot for one of Linux's most popular GTK themes. Elementary, from its latest release onwards, only "intend" to provide support for its GTK and icon set under the Pantheon desktop environment - the default desktop of the elementary OS. Project lead Dan Rabbit describes the effort to support the various desktop environments and applications in both the gtk theme and the icon set as 'a royal pain'. "So I'm just focusing on making Pantheon work."
The default wallpaper for Ubuntu 12.04 has been revealed in a bug report. In it Canonical design team member Otto Greenslade presents two version of the same background: one with added 'noise' texture and one without. 'I would of course prefer to use this one if at all possible,' writes Otto of the former design, although notes that its larger size may be a blocker to this.
Rdio and Pandora support has been added to the desktop-based cloud music player Nuvola. Updated translations, and fixes for multimedia-keys and webkit rending also feature in the 1.0.4 release.
We can exclusively share with you the official disc artwork for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS CD and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server releases.
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