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.
Beatbox music player has improved the way additional artists/track data is displayed. Detailed artist information, discography and pictures, as well as lyrics for the currently playing track, can be revealed by clicking the new 'information' button added to the toolbar.
A shiny new speed-dial is on offer for users upgrading to the latest stable release of Firefox. The update, which bumps the browser up to version 13, also introduces a new look ‘start page’ populated […]
Several months back we posted a preview of a new ‘Dash’ like extension for GNOME-Shell. That extension, renamed ‘Bolt’ (a play on the word ‘Dash’), is now available for the GNOME Shell users amongst you […]
Not too long ago I stumbled upon a very nifty Extension that brings Unity's quicklist functionality to Gnome-Shell's Activity Bar and Dash. And with more and more developers adding quicklist support to their applications this extension ensures that GNOME users don't miss out.
Finding and reading the latest news on any subject has just gotten super easy in Ubuntu...
Handy note-taking app NitroTasks has added task syncing support in its latest release. The feature uses Ubuntu One or Dropbox to 'sync' your to-do lists across all of your computers on which Nitro is installed.
This is a guest post by Tom Slominski, a 15 year old Ubuntu user who 'loves Linux, open source and web development with a tad of alternative rock sprinkled on top.' Here Tom runs through his top 5 app picks for Ubuntu.
A minor update to the Spotify Preview for Linux client is available to download. A handful of new features are present in the release, which was originally intended to appear at the same time as the Windows and Mac builds. Sadly, a last-minute build error pushed this back a few days - but kudos for the intention, right?
How often does your desktop get covered in all manner of - to be blunt - crap? Icons, images, links, launcher, folders, stuff you don't even recall ever download... It all gets dumped on the desktop. And a cluttered desktop hampers workflow and distracts. Enter DayFolder - a small utility that can organize your desktop for you.
A lot of avid Android tinkerers use Ubuntu, and if you're one of them you may have spent time compiling the popular firmware replacement CyanogenMod from source. If so then the following tool may be of interest...
The makers of Shotwell have launched the first release of a new e-mail client for Linux. Geary 0.1 is described by Yorba as 'a lightweight email reader for the GNOME desktop'. It supports basic viewing and composing of e-mail, keyboard shortcuts and displays multi-threaded mails in a 'conversation' view.
Back in November of last year, after over four enjoyable years at Canonical, I was approached by Eucalyptus and joined their team shortly thereafter. And, as the Debian/Ubuntu Release Engineer for Eucalyptus, I am happy and proud to announce our first Alpha packages for our 3.1 release.