Discover an eclectic mix of tutorials covering everything from ways to install neat apps, or enable new features, to workarounds for known issues, and configuring your Ubuntu system.
Unity 2D has never been quite as customisable as its older, resoruce-hungry relative. And although this ‘gulf’ will be reduced slightly in the forthcoming release of Ubuntu 12.04, there still won’t be options for the […]
It may be yet to see a stable release but that hasn’t stopped many folks from (get ready for pirate punnery) from ‘walking the plank‘ of instability by using it. What am I jabbering about? […]
Have you ever missed a notification pop-up in Ubuntu? That's where this 'Recent Notifications' applet comes into play. The service it provides is simple enough: it logs all notifications that show up on your screen - whether you act on them or not.
A new version of wallpaper changing application Wallch is due for release at the weekend - but the developers need your help in advance. With new features set to debut, the Wallch team need some eager Ubuntu 12.04 users to take the app for a spin, and report any bugs they find.
Ubuntu 12.04 Beta users are being asked to help test an improved version of the Files Lens for Unity. The file search in the ‘testing’ version has been tweaked to look for files sources additional […]
The Ubuntu Global Jam – a weekend-long session of community activities to help improve Ubuntu – wraps up tomorrow, but if you feel a bit left out of activities here’s your chance to contribute. The […]
Ubuntu is not perfect. It crashes, breaks and bugs out on us – often at the worst of times. But as talented as many developers are they are not psychic. In order for issues to […]
Ever since Spotify for Linux gained Apps support its stability has taken a noticeable nosedive. Thankfully Benjamin Kerensa (yes, of 'FOSS Yeah' fame) has put together a short script that tempers the buggy attitude caused, says Kerensa, by 'unwanted data being left in cache or config temps'.
It's been a long time coming but Mozilla are prepping the release of 'new tab speed-dial' to ship in Firefox 13. The feature has been in nightly builds of the browser for a few weeks but has just been pushed to the 'Aurora channel' builds so that wider feedback can be sought.
The pace of development on Ubuntu’s Unity interface sees ever-more options added to it, much to the delight of tweakers everywhere. But for Unity-2D, the lighter and less resource intensive version of Unity, customisation options […]
Veromix plasmoid for KDE offers many features, including per-app volume control, configurable equaliser and global hotkeys, but it also allows you to increase system volume past the default 100% point, thus making it handy when encountering a barely audible movie or audio file. Reader Ovidiu-Florin sent in a step-by-step guide for us to share with you on installing and configuring Veromix for this purpos
We showed you how to fix Google Earth's 'ugly fonts' issue on Linux. Now, here's a quick workaround to make the entire app appear more native on Ubuntu.