zsync is a nifty command-line utility that can keep files up-to-date with remote ones. One of the most popular uses of zync on Ubuntu is for updating Ubuntu's daily build image with the latest changes - saving the need to download the entire 800MB .iso again. And in this guide we'll show you how to use it.
It might not be the strongly-rumoured Steambox games console itself, but on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 a physical prototype of a Steam-powered mini-PC has been on show. Valve have teamed up with hardware vendor Xi3 to build a modular, miniature PC, which is currently code-named 'Piston'.
Earlier today we brought word that Adobe's CS2 suite of apps were, rather suddenly, free to download and install. It now transpires that we were misinformed. Adobe employee Dov Isaacs took to the Adobe forum earlier this evening to say that Adobe are 'absolutely not' giving away free copies of Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2 or any other part of the Adobe Creative Suite - CS2 or otherwise.
An installable image of Ubuntu for the Galaxy Nexus handset will be released 'late February', Canonical's Alan Pope has said. The Galaxy Nexus is the main device currently used by Canonical for demoing the OS, which boasts a touch-centric version of the Unity interface. At last weeks press event unveiling the device, Mark Shuttleworth had said that an image would be available 'in the coming weeks'.
Adobe have apparently made Photoshop, along with several other Creative Suite 2 applications, free to download. And the best bit? Photoshop CS2 will even run on Ubuntu.
Support for timed login is amongst recent minor changes made to Ubuntu 13.04's login screen.
If you're an Ubuntu User that enjoys pushing their desktop customization to the limits, then you may have heard of new desktop configuration tool by the name of 'Mechanig'. Although desktop-tweaking tools aren't scarce, Mechanig aims to equip users with a fast, easy-to-use tool. I recently had the opportunity to interview the Freyja Development Team.
The Ubuntu Phone will fail to make 'the tiniest of inroads' against the mobile market dominant players, according to CNN Money's Adrian Covert. But are his pessimistic assumptions sensible? Is he missing the point?
Spotify are giving Linux users a taste of new features first with their latest Spotify for Linux Preview release. But before you get too excited these features aren't anything particularly game-changing - that is unless you're an avid Spotify user...
An Ubuntu-powered phone has been unveiled by Mark Shuttleworth in London, today. Calling the product launch a "significant next step in our history", Shuttleworth demoed the device and spoke of Canonical's plans for taking the device to an already saturated mobile market. And the interface of the OS is, possibly more than the brand-name behind it, going to drive adoption.
A new Ubuntu product will be unveiled by Canonical on Wednesday, January 2nd. Details are scant on the ground at present at present. So far the only known 'fact' is that which is written on the press release: it's an event to 'launch an all new Ubuntu product'.
In this second part of our Ubuntu 2012 in pictures we look at the notable news items from the latter half of the year.
A 'Photos' feature was added to the Ubuntu One Web Dashboard earlier this month - but what does it offer?
What a year 2012 has been for Ubuntu! Let’s look back at some of the more memorable moments of the year.
It's a System 76 Sable complete PC. Getting unboxed.
Accessing daily builds of Google's Chrome browser in Ubuntu is a bit of a fuss compared to that on Windows and Mac. Users of those platforms can install the Chrome Canary builds - a sort of pseudo-daily build that offers the latest bleeding edge features, but running insulated from any other version of Chrome installed. In Ubuntu things are less clear cut.
Between all the Humble Indie Bundle games to land on Linux thus far, few have a team as distinguished as Torchlight's.
Finding out the time in Ubuntu isn't exactly difficult: it's displayed on the top panel at all times. But new HTML5-based time-telling app 'Clock' thinks there's still room for a chatoyant chronometer on your linux desktop. If you're thinking "What's the point?" at this juncture I'd urge you to check your phone. Are you one of the hundreds-of-thousands of users who place a giant ticking timepiece on their homescreen, despite the time being discreetly displayed at all times in the Android status bar? Now that you're willing to give Clock a fair hearing we'll continue...