A recent job posting from Canonical appears to hint at Ubuntu’s continued commitment to first-class user experience. Some of the key ‘responsibilities’ listed in the opening make for interesting reading. They call for: – ‘…[a] […]
The latest release of Clementine, the Qt music player whose interface was inspired by that of Amarok 1.4, brings a number of new features to the table.
Canonical will show off an 'exclusive Ubuntu concept design' at next weeks (10th - 13th January) Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And, tantalisingly, we've been told that the top secret design is 'so awesome' that 'it might just surprise a lot of people in the industry.' Just what could it be? We have a think...
It might sound like the sequel to a film you never knew existed, but after five long years in the wilderness open-source screenwriting software ‘Blyte’ is back from the dead. Yes, after five long years […]
The latest update to the YouTube Unity Lens adds Flash-free playback of videos in VLC (if it's installed) when clicking on a video result. Dapper.
The default wallpaper of Lubuntu 12.04, the next major release of the lightweight Ubuntu-based OS currently in development, has received a new year revamp. After upgrading the 'lubuntu artwork' package users will find their default desktop drape changed to cool blue wallpaper with the greeting 'the lubuntu team wishes you a happy new year 2012' sat amongst a cloud of Lubuntu developers names.
The Kazam Screen-recording tool is currently undergoing a through refit - and adding some awesome new features along the way.
Elementary fans can now test the latest changes to the popular icon set via a 'testing PPA'. Elementary's semi-iconic icon theme set is getting a overhaul in time for the next release of their Ubuntu-based OS.
It seems that no Linux desktop worth its salt is complete without its own font. GNOME 3 has Canteral, Unity has 'Ubuntu', and now KDE is getting in on the typographic trend. Meet 'Oxygen'.
As previously announced Spotify on Linux now supports free accounts but the current stable release of the Linux client does not yet offer the newer features such as Spotify Apps. Spotify recently released a beta version […]
Kazam Screen recorder is a useful tool for all kinds of activities, so we were sad to hear that it had issues running in Ubuntu 11.10. Thankfully developer David 'Big Whale' Klasinc has picked the application up, dealt with its dependency issues and parked it inside a PPA for easy installation in Ubuntu 11.10.
A new stable release of 'Nuvola' music player - formerly known as Google Music Frame - is now available for download. Nuvola 1.0 adds a number of additional features and improvements to the desktop-integrated player, including support for Grooveshark, 8Track and Hypemachine.