Google's Nexus 7 tablet is, as Mark Shuttleworth revealed last week, to be Ubuntu's 'reference' device on which the 'core' of Ubuntu will be tweaked. By 'viewing Ubuntu through a mobile lens' developers will be address CPU, RAM and power usage issues, making them better. The net result is that all devices - tablet, desktop or TV, will benefit.
Imagine the pace of innovation, change and breakthrough that could happen if supercomputing was made affordable, accessible and adaptable to the average developer. It's a dream that isn't far from being reality with the 'Parallella' - a $99 credit-sized 'supercomputer for everyone' that has just over 1 day left to reach its funding goal of $750,000.
Steam fans will want to keep an eye on next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit. As well as Valve rocking up on the event for a talk, an interesting listing has popped on the 'Open Steam Works' site titled "Steam Linux UDS Beta".
Ubuntu's founder has admitted that he 'really screwed up' an announcement on community-developer changes in 13.04.
Canonical have hired Faenza icon maker Matthieu James to work on a new icon set for Ubuntu. The news was revealed by Mark Shuttleworth during a community question and answer session earlier today.
The first all-in-one PC to ship with Ubuntu pre-installed has gone on sale. System76's 'Sable Complete' packs a powerful set of internals behind a 21.5" HD display with edge-to-edge glass, aluminium trimming and a 'sleek, industrial design'.
My favourite Twitter app for Ubuntu has been updated to support Ubuntu 12.10. Polly is a multi-account supporting and multi-column toting desktop app for Twitter. It sports a healthy set of features whilst also having a relatively light footprint on system resources. Although a stable release of Polly has yet to be made, although the 'development' build is, in my opinion, robust enough for daily use.
Apple aren't the only company dropping new products: Ubuntu computer makers System76 are also gearing up for a new product release. They tweeted this image of an 'all-in-one' PC earlier today, but no other details are yet known.
The forecast for new weather app Stormcloud is looking even brighter, with the latest release adding several new customisation options. Stormcloud is a small weather app for your desktop that uses Yahoo! Weather as its backend to present a 5 day overview of weather conditions in a given location.
Canonical have announced the release of Ubuntu 12.10, the latest version of their popular Linux operating system. The release follows 6 long months of development, and introduces many new features to the desktop.
Ubuntu 13.04 has been given its codename by Ubuntu found mark Shuttleworth. And despite many excellent community guesses - thought most we saw seemed to involve the words 'rabid' and 'rabbit' (!) - 13.04 is nicknamed the 'Raring Ringtail'.
With Windows 8 now mere weeks away from launch, hardware manufacturers have been clamouring over each other to announce their latest devices geared towards running it. But what's that got to do with Ubuntu? Let's just say that if every cloud has a silver lining, then every new Windows' must come with an orange glow...