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Ubuntu Touch Development Builds Are Now Raring Based

For you bleeding edge Ubuntu Touch users, starting today daily images based on Raring are newly available from the Ubuntu QA isotracker. These are not (yet) the default images, but work is being done to iron out the kinks for it's transition.

21 April 2013

10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features – From Social Lens to Window Snapping

Ubuntu 13.04 is now less than a week away from arriving - but what you can expect to find rocking up on the Raring desktop? We take a look at the 10 best new features....

19 April 2013
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Canonical Axe Ubuntu Discs for Non-LTS Releases

If you're looking forward to buying Ubuntu 13.04 on DVD later this month you might want to brace yourself

18 April 2013

Jolicloud Desktop Comes to Ubuntu – And Here’s How to Install It

The 'Jolicloud Desktop Environment' puts a HTML5 launcher with shortcuts to popular websites and services front and center, in place of the traditional desktop.

17 April 2013
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Ubuntu One Music Store to be Removed from Rhythmbox in 12.04, 12.10

The Ubuntu One Music Store is to be removed from Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 in favour of the online store.

16 April 2013

Ubuntu Website Undergoes Subtle Revamp

Some minor design changes have gone live over on the official Ubuntu website.

15 April 2013

7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04…

They're not headline features, but these 7 bits of polish to the Unity desktop in Ubuntu 13.04 deserve a bit of limelight...

14 April 2013
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VLC 2.0.6 Released With Boatload of Bug Fixes

A new version of VLC is available for download. Videolan, the team behind the app, say VLC 2.0.6 is an 'important update' to the 2.x series of the popular media player.

11 April 2013

Ubuntu Website Warns Windows 8 Users: Don’t Use WUBI

A week or so after being thrown off of the default Ubuntu 13.04 disc image, the Ubuntu website is now also warning users against using WUBI to install Ubuntu 12.10.

11 April 2013

Where’d Gwibber Go in Ubuntu 13.04? And What’s Friends?

Anyone booting into the new-fangled Ubuntu 13.04 desktop later this month will notice something missing; Gwibber does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu any longer. Why not? We find out...

10 April 2013

Ubuntu’s Top Selling Apps for March 2013

Umbrellas at the ready for another shower of discontent in the comments section: Stormcloud was once again Ubuntu's best-selling app last month.

8 April 2013

Alienware Joins the Ubuntu OEM Family

Dell Inc. subsidiary Alienware begins offering its first Ubuntu-powered PC targeted at gamers with its x51 series –a standalone tower which you would attach to your own TV and peripherals. Get yours starting at $599.

6 April 2013