Posts from November 2012

Dedicated ‘Amazon Shopping Lens’ Created for Ubuntu

Ubuntu 12.10 debuted a new 'Shopping Lens' feature - but not everyone found it useful. mongst those who liked the idea of the Shopping Lens, but not the way it works by default, was developer Mark Tully. But rather than gripe, uninstall, or miss out - he made his own dedicated Shopping Lens...

4 November 2012

Almost Half Of Users Have Already Upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10

Almost 50% of OMG! Ubuntu! readers have already upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 - are you one of them?

2 November 2012

Ubuntu PC Sales Skyrocket in 2011

Canonical's VP of Sales and Business Development, Chris Kenyon, shared some interesting stats on Ubuntu's uptake in the world during the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit.

2 November 2012
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Ubuntu on the Mongol Steppe – Carving Paths into Emerging Markets

While the Western world flounders in its debt crises and stagnating growth, much of the developing world is telling a different story. Journalist Terrence Edwards explains more in this exclusive guest post for OMG! Ubuntu!

1 November 2012
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[How To] Add Live Wallpaper to The Ubuntu Desktop

Desktop looking drab? Spice it up with an animated background. Live Wallpapers aren't anything new in Linux - various methods for enabling them have been around. But LiveWallpaper, a relatively new implementation, is perhaps the easiest to use of them all.

1 November 2012

Linux Mint Lands Another Hardware Deal

The Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution have announced a new tie-up with small American hardware reseller ThinkPenguin. For every Mint-branded computer sold by ThinkPenguin 10% of the total sale will be given back to the project.

1 November 2012