The latest iteration of the popular GNOME desktop, version 3.8, sees release today - but what are notable changes and improvements should you be looking out for? Here's a list of our 10 favourite changes - in no specific order - new to this release.
Jolidrive, a dashboard for managing various online accounts including Dropbox and Google Drive, has added support for Ubuntu One.
Ubuntu Kylin, the newly-sired Chinese edition of Ubuntu, is already starting to mould its own identity.
In an article on Norway's cyber warfare effort over on Norwegian IT site digi.no, Ubuntu's Unity desktop is clearly visible in one of the accompanying photos. So much for people not using it, eh?
Prolific Unity Scopes developer David Callé has recently been showing off some interesting new features he's built into Unity Previews. And by 'interesting' I do mean 'downright awesome'.
Blackberry CEO Thorstein Heins, in an interview with ABC, has revealed that the company are currently pursuing ways to power laptops and tablets using a single device - a smartphone.
Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu have announced that they will be officially affiliated with the Chinese government to bring a new Ubuntu based OS to the Chinese population.
Canonical software engineer Robert Bruce Park confirms plans to cancel the Twitter 'core app' for Ubuntu Touch.
A new icon for the Ubuntu Software Center has landed in Raring. The 'angled non-branded bag of exploding apps' design has been swapped for a sleeker front-on view carrying an 'A' emblem.
A new release of desktop e-mail app Geary is now available, and adds a number of significant improvements over previous versions.
Non-LTS releases of Ubuntu will see their support periods halved from Ubuntu 13.04 onwards.
Desktop weather tool Stormcloud has been updated with a handful of new customisation options, including temperature controlled background colours.