Here you can discover the latest Linux apps, software and system utilities to use on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and related distributions, from office suites and music players to dev tools and CLI scripts for getting things done.
Audio player Musique; flash-free desktop YouTube viewer Minitube; and its sibling, the YouTube music jukebox 'MusicTube', were all levelled up with new features and new looks.
Minor customisation options have been added to Ubuntu Phone Live Wallpaper - an Android app that apes the look of the Ubuntu mobile lock screen.
Although it will be a month or so before we can get our hands on an image of the Ubuntu Phone, Android developers have already been making apps using design elements from it...
Spotify are giving Linux users a taste of new features first with their latest Spotify for Linux Preview release. But before you get too excited these features aren't anything particularly game-changing - that is unless you're an avid Spotify user...
Finding out the time in Ubuntu isn't exactly difficult: it's displayed on the top panel at all times. But new HTML5-based time-telling app 'Clock' thinks there's still room for a chatoyant chronometer on your linux desktop. If you're thinking "What's the point?" at this juncture I'd urge you to check your phone. Are you one of the hundreds-of-thousands of users who place a giant ticking timepiece on their homescreen, despite the time being discreetly displayed at all times in the Android status bar? Now that you're willing to give Clock a fair hearing we'll continue...
Weather app Stormcloud - which featured in our list of the 2012's top new applications - has seen a new release, one that costs. Completely re-written from the ground up, Stormcloud 1.2 now supports multiple locations, 'chameleonic backgrounds', and boasts some extra animations.
The last 12 months have been some of the most tumultuous yet tremendous that Ubuntu has ever seen. Before we look back at the highs and lows of Ubuntu in 2012 lets first pay some attention to the bits that help make it what it is: the apps. So here are some of the best app-shaped debutantes of 2012.
Desktop Reddit app 'Reditr' has been packaged up for Ubuntu and made available for download. The application, a sort of 'TweetDeck for Reddit', allows Reddit fans to browse posts from the site from a manageable, column-style layout.
Screenshot sharing tool Screencloud has been updated with Ubuntu One and Imgur uploading support. A tray-area applet, Screencloud lets you quickly take snaps of your desktop and its applications then upload them directly to one of several supported image hosting services.
What is Ubuntu? Where do Dalek's come from? And can you cook pasta in a microwave? Don't worry this is not a pop quiz, but examples of questions that I have, at various points in my life, turned to Google to get answers for. Now, a new Lens for Ubuntu's Unity desktop makes finding answers to common questions insanely easy. Meet the 'Unity Answers Lens'.
The insanely handy task management app Nitro has finally hit the Ubuntu Software Center. And no, you're not misunderstanding: for despite its creation way back in April, it has taken a fair ol' while for the application to get approved, published, and stocked on the shelves of the Software Center..
Looking for a visually slick way to browse your music collection in Rhythmbox? The following CoverArt Browser plugin might be just what you're after...