Alienware Joins the Ubuntu OEM Family

Dell Inc. subsidiary Alienware begins offering its first Ubuntu-powered PC targeted at gamers with its x51 series –a standalone tower which you would attach to your own TV and peripherals. Get yours starting at $599.

6 April 2013

Intel Makes It Easier To Install Their Latest Linux Drivers

In March, the Intel Open Source Technology Centre released a graphical installer providing Linux users with a user-friendly way keeping their system up-to-date the latest open source, Intel Linux drivers and components.

6 April 2013

Latest Release of GNOME Web Browser Available for Ubuntu 13.04 Users

Following on from its release last week, GNOME's default web-browser is now available for users of Ubuntu 13.04 to install.

5 April 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 Beta Released

The final beta of Ubuntu 13.04 has been made available for download.

5 April 2013

Microsoft’s Market Dominance Is Coming to an End, Say Leading Analysts

Microsoft's long-held dominance over the computing sector is coming to an end, say market experts Gartner.

4 April 2013

New Ubuntu T-Shirts Go On Sale in Canonical Store

New items have been added to the official Ubuntu Shop, including the obligatory 'new release' t-shirts.

4 April 2013

Unity’s Slick New Payment Feature Postponed Until Ubuntu 13.10

Ubuntu 13.04's Unity desktop will not ship with a new in-Dash payment feature as originally proposed.

3 April 2013

[How To] Run Unity Next on Ubuntu 12.10

Unity Next, the next-generation Qt/QML version of Ubuntu's Unity interface designed to intelligently adapt to multiple form factors, can now be tried, tested, and hacked-on right from the desktop.

2 April 2013

‘Facebook Qt’ Offers Linux Users Standalone Social Network Experience

'Facebook Qt' is the latest attempt at marrying the web's most visited website with the traditional desktop OS.

2 April 2013

In-Dash Music Purchasing Proposed for Ubuntu 13.04

Ubuntu 13.04 wants to let users buy music from the Ubuntu One Music Store directly from the Dash - no web-browser transactions needed. But 'want' doesn't always 'get'.

2 April 2013

WUBI To Be Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04, Windows Users Lose Out

In a message to the Ubuntu Devel Mailing list, Canonical's Steve Langasek states that the Ubuntu Foundations team '...does not expect Wubi to be in a releasable state for 13.04.'

1 April 2013
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[How To] Reset Unity & Compiz in Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04

Ever wondered how or needed to reset Unity and Compiz back to their default settings? We'll show you.

1 April 2013

‘Copy’ – New Cloud Storage Service With Apt Name, Linux Client

Copy, a relatively new entry into the 'cloud storage' service arena - but is it any good? We give it a quick glance over...

1 April 2013

Hands on With New Linux Twitter App ‘Birdie’

As an avid Tweeter I was pretty pleased to learn of a new desktop twitter app in development - Birdie. But what's it like? We find out...

31 March 2013

Think You Saw Unity In Last Night’s Doctor Who?

Put your hands up if you think you spotted Ubuntu's Unity desktop being used during Doctor Who's most recent episode...

31 March 2013

Smart Scopes ‘Not Mature Enough’ to Ship in Ubuntu 13.04

Smart Scopes will not ship as part of the Ubuntu 13.04 desktop as originally planned.

29 March 2013

Minimal GNOME Video Player ‘Snappy’ Hits 0.3, Improves Feature Set

Does Linux really need yet another video player? Probably not. But is it cool to have yet another anyway? For sure!

29 March 2013

Ubuntu Powered Promo Booth? You Bet [Ubuntu In The Wild]

Every day we walk past and interact with machines that run Linux, without ever noticing. But every now and then these machines go wrong, and their underlying OS is exposed for all to see...

29 March 2013