Does Linux really need yet another video player? Probably not. But is it cool to have yet another anyway? For sure!
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...
Longing to try the professional-grade video editor Lightworks on Linux? Well, you don't have long to wait...
Mark Shuttleworth has been named as one American magazine Forbes' '12 Most Disruptive Names in business'
The fourth major update to the GNOME 3.x line has been released, bringing enhanced applications and a focus on privacy.
The latest iteration of the popular GNOME desktop, version 3.8, sees release today - but what are notable changes and improvements should you be looking out for? Here's a list of our 10 favourite changes - in no specific order - new to this release.
Jolidrive, a dashboard for managing various online accounts including Dropbox and Google Drive, has added support for Ubuntu One.
When is Microsoft Office not Microsoft Office? When it's actually a faithfully-crafted imitation, of course!
Ubuntu Kylin, the newly-sired Chinese edition of Ubuntu, is already starting to mould its own identity.
In an article on Norway's cyber warfare effort over on Norwegian IT site digi.no, Ubuntu's Unity desktop is clearly visible in one of the accompanying photos. So much for people not using it, eh?
Fingerprint readers, whether for legitimate security reasons or just as a nifty feature that lets you feel vaguely James Bond-ish, have checkered support under Linux. However there is always a solution.
Prolific Unity Scopes developer David Callé has recently been showing off some interesting new features he's built into Unity Previews. And by 'interesting' I do mean 'downright awesome'.
Raring testers expecting to find Ubuntu's new 'Smart Scopes' feature landing on their desktops today (March 25th) will be disappointed - it's arrival has been pushed back to April 1st.
Blackberry CEO Thorstein Heins, in an interview with ABC, has revealed that the company are currently pursuing ways to power laptops and tablets using a single device - a smartphone.
Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu have announced that they will be officially affiliated with the Chinese government to bring a new Ubuntu based OS to the Chinese population.
Canonical software engineer Robert Bruce Park confirms plans to cancel the Twitter 'core app' for Ubuntu Touch.
Take a typical tower defence format, throw in some home-made visuals, and add a bevvy of BB pellets. What do you get? You get a stonker of a game, that’s what! Meet War in a Box: […]
A new icon for the Ubuntu Software Center has landed in Raring. The 'angled non-branded bag of exploding apps' design has been swapped for a sleeker front-on view carrying an 'A' emblem.