Posts from March 2013

[Ubuntu In The Wild] Unity In Use By Norwegian Military

In an article on Norway's cyber warfare effort over on Norwegian IT site digi.no, Ubuntu's Unity desktop is clearly visible in one of the accompanying photos. So much for people not using it, eh?

26 March 2013

[How To] Get Your Fingerprint Reader Working in Ubuntu

Fingerprint readers, whether for legitimate security reasons or just as a nifty feature that lets you feel vaguely James Bond-ish, have checkered support under Linux. However there is always a solution.

26 March 2013

Reasons Why I Love Unity Previews #735

Prolific Unity Scopes developer David Callé has recently been showing off some interesting new features he's built into Unity Previews. And by 'interesting' I do mean 'downright awesome'.

25 March 2013

Raring’s Smart Scopes Service Arrival Delayed, Coming April 1st

Raring testers expecting to find Ubuntu's new 'Smart Scopes' feature landing on their desktops today (March 25th) will be disappointed - it's arrival has been pushed back to April 1st.

25 March 2013

Blackberry Investigating ‘Convergent’, Ubuntu Touch-style Future for their Mobile OS

Blackberry CEO Thorstein Heins, in an interview with ABC, has revealed that the company are currently pursuing ways to power laptops and tablets using a single device - a smartphone.

23 March 2013

Ubuntu To Become The Official OS Of China

Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu have announced that they will be officially affiliated with the Chinese government to bring a new Ubuntu based OS to the Chinese population.

23 March 2013
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Twitter Core App Cancelled for Ubuntu Touch

Canonical software engineer Robert Bruce Park confirms plans to cancel the Twitter 'core app' for Ubuntu Touch.

23 March 2013

‘War In a Box: Paper Tanks’ – Tank-Destroying, Pellet-Blasting Fun for Ubuntu

Take a typical tower defence format, throw in some home-made visuals, and add a bevvy of BB pellets. What do you get? You get a stonker of a game, that’s what! Meet War in a Box: […]

22 March 2013

New Ubuntu Software Center Icon Arrives in Raring

A new icon for the Ubuntu Software Center has landed in Raring. The 'angled non-branded bag of exploding apps' design has been swapped for a sleeker front-on view carrying an 'A' emblem.

20 March 2013

Multi-Account Support Added to Linux E-Mail App ‘Geary’

A new release of desktop e-mail app Geary is now available, and adds a number of significant improvements over previous versions.

20 March 2013

Humble Weekly Sale Launches, Buy ‘Bastion’ for $1

Humble Bundle team launches 'The Humble Weekly Sale' with a single weekly game at a very attractive price.

20 March 2013

Support Period for ‘Regular’ Ubuntu Releases Halved

Non-LTS releases of Ubuntu will see their support periods halved from Ubuntu 13.04 onwards.

20 March 2013