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.
Bored? Spend $2.99 on an ace space shoot 'em up. Top down arcade shooter Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is on sale in the Ubuntu Software, available to purchase for just $2.99. The sale price is valid from June 23rd until July 5th after which the game rises to $10.
If you're crazy enough to be running the still-in-development elementary dock application 'Plank' you may be longing to make a break from the minimal theme it ships with. To help here are two slick themes for use with it...
elementary developers have shown off a small slick-looking calculator utility perfectly matched to the Pantheon desktop experience.
It was only a few weeks ago that Firefox 4 was finally released after a development cycle lasting over a year. While Firefox 4 added features and speed, Mozilla believe more should be done to keep up with Google's increasingly popular browser, Chrome.
UnityMail is a small Launcher-based mail-alert app for Ubuntu 11.04 capable of displaying the number of unread messages in your inbox. It also has Unity Quicklist support, with a menu containing easy links for composing new messages and accessing your inbox by right-clicking on the launcher icon.
If you're a forgetful or just an easily excitable kind of person then you might want to know how many days are left until the release of 'Ubuntu 11.10'. The small script shows the number of days remaining until the next Ubuntu release using Ubuntu's notification system.
LibreOffice 3.3.3 is now available for download. LibreOffice 3.3.3 is a minor release containing stability fixes and improvements primarily aimed at corporate users, however all users will benefit from upgrading. Quoted in the official announcement was LibreOffice developer Thorsten Behrens, […]
Nifty screenshot-ing tool 'LookIt' is on the hunt for testers brave enough to try its 1.1 release.
Nifty desktop-based RSS scroller/ticker ‘News’ has muscled in on the PPA business, adding a repository for users to easily install and receive updates from. Preferences The extensive selection of customizable options, accessible via the preferences […]
Sergey “Shnatsel” Davidoff has revived his ‘old school gnome-menu-like Dash’ for Ubuntu. The project, which we first wrote about back in March of this year, replaces the stock Unity Dash with a traditional 'GNOME Menu' style layout based on categories.
Ever felt that emptying the trash can in Ubuntu required too many clicks or too much effort? If so you might be lazy, but the following Trash Can indicator might just prove more in keeping with your workflow...
Indicator-Syspeek is a system-monitor applet for Ubuntu, capable of displaying CPU, RAM, Disk and Network usage. And it has a cool name.