Section: Dev

‘Unity Greeter Badges’ Brings Missing Session Icons to Ubuntu Login Screen

A new package pitched at Ubuntu 15.04 will fix a usability paper cut in the Unity Greeter when other desktop environments are installed.

16 January 2015

Ubuntu 15.04 Finally Lets You Set Menus To ‘Always Show’

If you hate the way that Unity's global menus fade out of view after you mouse away, Ubuntu 15.04 has a little extra to win you around.

16 January 2015

GNOME Maps Adds Foursquare, Facebook Places ‘Check In’

GNOME Maps is now sporting some near integration with Foursquare, the popular location-based recommendation service and social network.

7 January 2015

This App Can Write a Single ISO to 20 USB Drives Simultaneously

Say hello to a new app called GNOME MultiWriter. It allows a single ISO or IMG file to written to as many as 20 USB drives at the same time.

4 January 2015

Ubuntu 15.04 Alpha 1 Releases Now Ready for Download

The first alpha releases in the Ubuntu 15.04 development cycle are now available to download for testing.

19 December 2014

Canonical, China Mobile Team Up for Ubuntu Phone ‘Innovation Contest’

China's youth developer community is invited to participate in the 'Ubuntu Developer Innovation Contest' with the chance to win 70,000RMB cash.

18 December 2014

Ubuntu 15.04 to Include GNOME 3.14, Updates to Default Apps

A small update, but one that should have a big impact on the lives of app developers and users alike: Ubuntu 15.04 will ship with GTK 3.14.

14 December 2014

Mozilla Releases ‘Firefox Developer Edition’ for Windows, Mac and Linux

Mozilla has released the new Firefox Developer Edition for the 10th anniversary of the Firefox browser.

10 November 2014

Prizes Ahoy! Ubuntu Scope Showdown Kicks Off

SDK at the ready: Ubuntu has launched a new development competition for its mobile platform, with some swish prizes up for grabs for the winners.

6 November 2014

Mozilla to Launch Brand New Developer Web Browser Next Week

When you woke up this morning you probably didn't expect to see the words 'New' 'Mozilla' and 'Web Browser' writ large online.

3 November 2014

Here We Go Again: Ubuntu 15.04 Now Open for Development

Barely 24 hours after the Utopic Unicorn finally bolted from the stable stable, Ubuntu 15.04 has opened its doors for development.

24 October 2014

Updated NSS Library Rolls Out To Bring Netflix Support on Ubuntu

An updated build of the 'NSS' library required to make HTML5 Netflix playback work natively in Ubuntu is now being rolled out to LTS users.

22 September 2014