It's finally arrived. After weeks of leaking screenshots and juicy tidbits on a 'mystery new launcher' we can reveal what it is. Called Synapse, the launcher is light, fast, zeitgeist powered and can do some incredible things thanks to tight Zeitgeist integration.
Come take a look at how Tyler customizes and fine tunes his Ubuntu install in the way of software, eye-candy, and usability, and try out his Compiz profile!
The latest beta release of LXDE-based Ubuntu spin ‘Lubuntu’ has been made available for testing.
I got my hands on Apple's new cool peripheral that everyone is talking about, the Magic Trackpad. When it was first released, a lot of people said that this was the beginning of the end of the humble and trusty mouse. I'm not entirely convinced that the magic trackpad spells the end, but this idea of bringing laptop multitouch to the desktop is certainly is an interesting concept...
Owners of Apple’s new ‘Magic Trackpad’ device will be pleased to hear that Ubuntu 10.10 has gained support for the device, thanks to the work of Canonicals’ Chase Douglas. Douglas’ work on adding Magic Trackpad […]
A lot has changed in Ubuntu 10.10 since last months Alpha 3 release, and when I say ‘a lot’ i really mean a lot. Download links can be found at the bottom of this post, […]
Reader Alaukik spotted the following rewording of the non-free software disclimaer as he installed the latest Ubuntu 10.10 daily build. It changes the previously less-explanatory ‘please offer me non-opensource software’ to a paragraph of a more […]
I don’t need to pad this post out: In Ubuntu 10.10 you can ‘organize desktop by name’. This replaces the previous wording of ‘clean up by name‘ which, lets be fair, was a piece of potentially confusing terminology. […]
As a self-confessed Indicator-fanboy I relish seeing projects like the following pop up that set out to ‘upgrade/replace’ existing gnome applets into modern, neat and orderly indicator applets. Indicator-Workspaces by George Dumitrescu (AppImage Thumbnailer) is […]
The default Ubuntu light themes are getting a bit of a spruce in time for Ubuntu 10.10 – but how far a spruce will it go? Since we first posted this article it has been […]
Early testers, adopters or unaware-upgraders of Ubuntu 10.10 missing their Nautilus-Elementary fix will be pleased to hear that a testing PPA is ready – already! Shouts out, as ever, to the ace ammonkey and, for […]
Avid GNOME Do enthusiasts, fans and fanatical followers may have noticed that the project hasn’t been up to much of late. The last major update we heard from the Do guys was back in March […]