The next generation of KDE libraries, Frameworks 5, has reached its first beta.
Ubuntu has 'patched' several GNOME applications, including the Nautilus file manager, to display full application menus in the upcoming release of 14.04 LTS.
Ubuntu's extended family have made their first beta releases of the 14.04 development cycle available for download.
It's now possible to login to a Unity 8 session in the latest development builds of Ubuntu 14.04 for the desktop.
Canonical has published details of its new Scopes technology, set to be at the core of the converged Ubuntu experience.
Designer Sam Hewitt is offering to help Ubuntu Touch developers create custom-made icons for their applications.
Two items recently covered on this site, the upcoming release of GNOME 3.12 and Ubuntu's intention to support HDPI displays in 14.04 LTS, combined neatly over the weekend.
In news few of us could have or would have predicted this time last week: Ubuntu has announced plans to switch to the Systemd init system.
Ubuntu is working to improve its support for high pixel density displays, like the Retina screen used in Apple's Macbook Pro line.
The Simple Direct Media layer (SDL), used in a growing number of high-profile games, has added support for Ubuntu's Mir display server.
Development of Shotwell is to be taken over by the team behind Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS.
For all the initial concerns GNOME's visual overhaul is really starting to come together, as the addition of new pop-over dialogs shows.