Popular to-do app Wunderlist will be coming back to Ubuntu soon - but natively. With focus now shifting onto developers Wunderlist 2, they decision has been taken to move away from apps made using the Titanium to 'rewritten native applications on all platforms' - which will include Ubuntu.
The first beta build of Ubuntu 12.10 has been made available for download. In the 42 days between the last Alpha release and this beta, a bucket full of change has been chucked over the Quetzal, including new Unity features, theme tweaks and the retirement of Unity 2D.
The latest version of LibreOffice introduces something nice for Ubuntu users: native App Menu integration. For Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04 LibreOffice required an additional packaged to be installed before it could integrate with Ubuntu's App Menu.
A wallpaper from Ubuntu 12.10's community gathered set has been removed. And it happened to be my favourite...
Linux Mint's reaction to the 'controversial' changes introduced in Nautilus 3.6 was simple: fork it.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has hit back at recent claims by that 'desktop Linux is dead', describing parts of the argument as 'laughable'. The issue stems from an article written last week by GNOME founder Miguel Icaza, in which he says that the Linux Desktop is 'dead'.
The new GNOME-flavoured spin of Ubuntu 12.10 has released an early alpha build for testers to try. Aiming to provide as 'pure' a GNOME experience as possible on Ubuntu, the spin uses the latest beta of GNOME 3.6 as its default desktop environment.
A new game - 'Sacred Gold', described as a 'classic RPG' - has been added to the Ubuntu Software Center. Its arrival marks the beginning of a 'new relationship' between Linux Game Publishing and Canonical, which the company says will 'bring the greatest Linux ports of your favourite games to Ubuntu'.
12 new wallpapers have landed in ubuntu 12.10 - just days after the Ubuntu wallpaper contest itself closed.
Ubuntu 12.10 has updated the Unity Greeter – aka login screen – with some minor visual tweaks. None of the changes are drastic, and for many will be barely noticeable. The changes, or ‘finesse’, are subtle and incremental improvements to the padding, styling and alignment of items on greeter.
The Ubuntu 12.10 icon theme has been updated with new status items for use in the Messaging Menu. A total of 24 new messaging indicator icons were added - 12 for use with the default 'mono-dark' icon set, and 12 for use with the 'mono-light' version.
It's official: a pure GNOME edition of Ubuntu is to be released later this year. 'Gnomebuntu', to be based on Ubuntu 12.10, will be released on October 18th - the same day that Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu all release their latest versions.