Section: Video

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Portuguese Store Worten Reveal Promo Ad for New Ubuntu Netbook

A video advert for Ubuntu has been added to the YouTube channel of Portugal's most well known electronics retailer Worten. Click on inside to view the advert and learn more about the device it promotes...

28 November 2011
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Unity 3D Ported to OpenGL ES on ARM

The Ubuntu Developer Summit held earlier this month in California, US, was home to a wealth of discussion, demo and debate on all manners Ubuntu. Part of that extended to Linaro - the ARM-orientated software engineering company of which Canonical are a driving member - who showed off a port of Unity 3D running on an ARM Cortex-A9 Pandaboard using OpenGL ES - a "..subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles." And its potential is massive.

22 November 2011
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15 Year Old Ubuntu Developer Bilal Akhtar Gets Interviewed

Novacut's Jason DeRose spent some of his time at last weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit interviewing various Ubuntu developers. Amongst them was Bilal...

10 November 2011
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Ubuntu Developer Summit Interview Videos Go Online

With so many Ubuntu folk in attendance at last weeks UDS Ubuntu's Amber Graner made sure she grabbed some prime interview time with many of Ubuntu's important figures. Head on in for video interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Warner, and many more.

8 November 2011
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Ubuntu 12.04 Will Have Better Support for Multiple Monitors [Video]

As part of polish of planned for Ubuntu 12.04, users will be able to make use of multi-monitor setups with fewer headache and hurdles to jump through.

4 November 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 at ARM TechCon 2011 [Video]

Canonical are putting a lot of effort into Ubuntu on ARM, and based on the small glimpses seen at this years ARM TechCon in California, the effort is paying off.

27 October 2011
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New Overlay Scrollbar Changes available in PPA for Oneiric users

Last week Ubuntu’s Andrea Cimitan, showed off some initial improvements to Ubuntu’s overlay scrollbars bound for inclusion in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

11 October 2011

‘What Makes Ubuntu 11.10 So Great?’ Video

That's the question that the latest video "ad" uploaded to the official Ubuntu YouTube promo channel video asks, and then answers it by showing off a slick overview of some of Ubuntu 11.10's key features.

7 October 2011
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Minor Improvements to Ubuntu’s Overlay Scrollbar for 12.04 [Video]

It may have only just got a name, but work on April's release of Ubuntu 12.04 is already underway. Posting a video detailing some improvements to Ubuntu's Overlay Scrollbar is Canonical's Andrea Cimitan.

5 October 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 Gets Positive Review On Indian News Station CNN-IBN

Ubuntu bagged itself some mainstream media exposure this weekend when it was reviewed on Indian news channel 'CNN-IBN'. Review (in english) can be found by clicking on in...

26 September 2011
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See The Desura Linux Beta In Action [Video]

To help ease any curiosity you have about the first Linux beta of indie-gaming service Desura, Hungarian Ubuntu LoCo member Richard Somlói has put together a video showing off the client in Ubuntu. Click in to see it.

23 September 2011

Live USB Sticking it to GRUB 2 [Video]

Is your Master Boot Record royally messed up? Who needs Live CDs? This video tutorial will show you how you can use an Ubuntu Live USB drive to do a complete reinstall of GRUB, even when your boot device is inaccessible.

23 September 2011

Unity Got You Down? [Video]

In this episode of my Ubuntu is Easy series I show you the easy way to switch back to the classic desktop feel of older Ubuntu releases in Ubuntu 11.04.

10 September 2011

Linux Q&A ; Why I Play for Both Teams

Recently a number of you in the OMG! Ubuntu community have been wondering about my "Ubuntu is Easy" videos, and why I have chosen to create a series of what seem like extremely simple tutorials. A few of you have wondered if they're even necessary. A few more think that I shouldn't use Windows at all if I'm a true open source proponent. Here's my short answer to that and more Linux politics.

13 August 2011

A Surprisingly Easy Tip for Upgrading Ubuntu

Some versions of Ubuntu don't automatically give you the option to upgrade to the latest version. In this week's Ubuntu is Easy segment, I show you the easy way to upgrade Ubuntu to the latest release, which as of when this video was released is 11.04, Natty Narwhal!

7 August 2011
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The Girl Who Didn’t Want Ubuntu [Video]

Alligators in sewers, lucky escapes from hook-handed serial killers and the unpalatable notion that we all eat 8 spiders a year whilst snoozing: all are Urban myths. Until recently I assumed that the well-known story of a girl from Wisconsin USA, whose inadvertent purchase of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu saw her dropping out of her online college classes, was like all of the example above, a load of hot-air. Turns out it actually happened.

5 August 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10’s New Look Alt+Tab [Video]

The new look Alt+Tab switcher present in the Ubuntu 11.10 development releases was touched on by Jorge and Ahmed in their weekly ‘Unity Development Update‘ post. If you’re sensible enough to be waiting until October […]

27 July 2011

How-To Remove Old Kernel Entries From GRUB [Video]

As you may know, some people find Linux to be really challenging when they first try it out. Because of this, I have launched a new segment called: "Ubuntu is Easy" and thought the OMG! Ubuntu! community - in the true nature of open source - could also assist Ubuntu newbies in finding their way around this great operating system.

23 July 2011