When Ubuntu founder and space tourist Mark Shuttleworth speaks, people tend to listen — more so since he and his company Canonical announced they were planning to enter the manic mobile market place with Ubuntu for Phones.
Two manufacturers, China based Meizu and Spanish OEM BQ Readers, are both set to release Ubuntu-powered handsets at some point 'within 2014'.
A new version of the popular open-source media player 'Banshee' has been released.
It may not be planning any big new features, but the forthcoming release of Ubuntu 14.04 is intending to ship with a raft of refinements.
The Humble Indie Bundle is here again with another 5 games for Linux!
One year on from its arrival in the Ubuntu Software Center, Steam for Linux now offers more than 500 gaming titles - an increase of 900%.
Ubuntu is working to improve support for the development of HTML5 applications on Ubuntu Touch through Cordova.
Designer Sam Hewitt is offering to help Ubuntu Touch developers create custom-made icons for their applications.
Sound Switcher lets you switch between audio input and output devices straight from the system tray - no need for Ubuntu System Settings.
Ubuntu Kylin, a version of Ubuntu orientated to Chinese users, has been downloaded more 1.5 million times in over the last year.
Two items recently covered on this site, the upcoming release of GNOME 3.12 and Ubuntu's intention to support HDPI displays in 14.04 LTS, combined neatly over the weekend.
The weather is pretty torrid here in my home town at present, but it will likely pale to the storm that this post will generate: yes, I'm writing about a Windows GTK theme.