Section: News

Mozilla Firefox 29 Released With Brand New Look

Mozilla has issued the latest update to their Firefox browser, and unlike most recent releases this one packs some very significant changes.

29 April 2014
Ubuntu for Android

Canonical No Longer Developing Ubuntu for Android

A recent bug report filed against the Ubuntu website claims that Ubuntu for Android, first demoed in 2012, is 'no longer in development'.

29 April 2014

Reddit Admin Flags Potential Unity Scope Privacy Issue

An alleged privacy leak with the Unity Reddit Scope in Ubuntu has been uncovered.

27 April 2014

Solar Powered Ubuntu Laptop Readies US Release

Well, smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast! Remember that solar-powered Ubuntu laptop we wrote about last year? Well, it's emerged from the haze.

25 April 2014

Borderlands 2 On Linux Unlikely To Happen, Says Gearbox Boss

It was always an outside chance. I knew that, you knew that, heck even my cat Penelope knew that.

24 April 2014
ubuntu pressed discs

Official Ubuntu 14.04 LTS DVDs Now Available to Pre-Order

Pre-orders for pressed DVDs of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS have gone live on the Canonical store, marking the first release to be sold since 12.10.

24 April 2014

Ubuntu 14.10 Named ‘Utopic Unicorn’

Utterly unsurpassed ungulates! Ubuntu 14.10 has been named the Utopic Unicorn!

23 April 2014

How has the Press Reacted to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? We Round Up the Reviews

What sort of Ubuntu 14.04 Reviews did tech journalists and avid bloggers server up over the easter weekend? We take a look at the coverage.

23 April 2014

Yorba Working on New Calendar App for Linux — It’s About Time Someone Did

Windows, Mac, iOS, Android... All of them come pre-loaded with a calendar application right out the box. But Ubuntu? No, Ubuntu doesn't.

22 April 2014
flavours

Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu 14.04 Available to Download — Here’s What’s New

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been released and so has its family of flavours. In this post we'll give you a quick overview of what's new and improved in each, along with all the info and links you need to get them.

17 April 2014

Canonical Begins E-Mailing Ubuntu One Users To Warn of Shutdown

Canonical has begun sending e-mails to users of the Ubuntu One file service informing them of the impending shut down.

15 April 2014

Keyboard Shortcuts Added to LightDM GTK Greeter 1.8.4

We last wrote about LightDM GTK Greeter, the login screen used in many Linux distributions, most notably Xubuntu, back in January — a veritable eon in development terms.

14 April 2014