Posts from March 2013

It’s Official: Ubuntu GNOME Remix Joins the Ubuntu Family

The Ubuntu GNOME projects has been officially accepted into the Ubuntu family.

11 March 2013

Ubuntu Touch-Style Launcher Icons for the Ubuntu Desktop

Aiming to bridge the design divide between desktop and phone, DeviantArt user Aerilius has created a set of replacement launcher assets (tile shapes, etc) that adds some of the phone's swish stylings to the stale look of the desktop.

10 March 2013

[How To] Install Ubuntu Touch Core Apps in Ubuntu 12.10

The 12 Ubuntu Touch apps being built as part of the Core Apps Project are available for testing on the Ubuntu desktop.

8 March 2013

[How To] Turn An Old Computer into a File-Sharing Server

If an old, outdated piece of computing hardware lying around, a great use for it - besides being a dust collector - would be to turn it into a file/media sharing server using Samba.

8 March 2013

New Unity-Styled Shutdown Dialogs Heading To Ubuntu 13.04

New Unity-styled shutdown dialogs are gearing up to arrive in Ubuntu 13.04 - and boy do they look good!

7 March 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 Still On Course for April Release?

Is The Decision To Ditch Ubuntu 13.04 Less Certain Than Before?

6 March 2013

Humble Bundle with Android 5 Launches, All 6 Games Available for Linux

The Humble Bundle for Android 5 has just gone live. Four titles, three of which are new to the Humble Bundle, are available to buy for whatever price you're willing to pay.

5 March 2013

Revamped QML ‘Gwibber’ Shown Off

A new QML version of Ubuntu's default social client 'Gwibber' has been demoed by its developer...

5 March 2013

Ubuntu’s New Display Server ‘Mir’ Gets Demoed [Video]

A day after its reveal the first video demos of Mir in action have been shown off by one of its developers, Thomas Voß.

5 March 2013

“World’s First Ubuntu Tablet” Starts Taking Pre-Orders – But Is It Legit?

I was pointed to the website of the 'intermatrix u7' on Google+. It bills itself as 'the world's first Ubuntu Tablet'. But before you part ways with your hard-earned cash, take a step back and consider what's really on offer here.

5 March 2013

Ubuntu Announce Unity Next, Will Be Written in Qt/QML

With the announcement of the new Mir display server, Canonical have begun the next major, multi-device shift for the Unity project: Unity Next.

4 March 2013

Ubuntu Building Own Display Server, Unity To Switch to Qt/QML

Canonical has today publicly confirmed that they are working on a new cross-platform displayer server for Ubuntu. Called ‘Mir‘, the X Window Server replacement is tasked with ‘enabling development of the next generation Unity’. Which, in yet another […]

4 March 2013
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