"The folks at Kogan are pretty good when it comes to Linux" said reader Paul when tipping us off to Australian (and UK) technogloy outfit 'Kogans' latest laptop. Available for ordering, but not shipping until late May, the new 'Agora Pro' ultra-portable comes with the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu so far - Ubuntu 11.04 - but is it a fitting shell for an operating system so, well, natty? Kind of.
Packaging has often been lamented as a massive weak point in getting software to users for testing or distribution. It can sometimes be more complicated to package a piece of software than it is to write it in the first place. Thankfully, the Launchpad team have been hard at work trying to make packaging easier.
It was billed as the "social browser" but it never found enough friends; 'Flock' web-browser will be formally discontinued on April 26th this year, an announcement on the company's website reads.
Sentinella might sound like name of a posh fragrance but the small app has been designed to keep your OS feeling fresh rather than yourself smelling such. It does this by monitoring your system resources for a pre-set 'condition', and then launching a specified action when this condition is met.
Would you love to see Minecraft for sale in the Ubuntu Software Centre? One plucky Minecraft fan has gone right ahead and suggested that to the developers behind the game, and you can add your voice too.
Where Chromium leads, Chrome surely follows... Following yesterday's news of Chromium Daily adding experimental support for Ubuntu's new Global Menu, Google Chrome Unstable - which is based upon Chromium - has also been updated with support for it.
YouTuber briantwill has taken a rather long and thorough look at the design of Ubuntu 11.04's Unity in the following 26 minute long video. The length of the video may put you off, but whether you're an avid critic or gallant fan of Unity the chances are you'll find a lot to agree with in what briantwill has to say. And he looks at it all - from the Dash to the Launcher, to Global Menu and the Panel. Video after the jump.
With its version number jumping up almost as fast as a kid on a bouncy castle, Yorba have announced a new release of digital photo manager Shotwell.
Ever wondered how much work has gone into Unity this cycle? How about if we showed you an awesome visualization of the Unity branch, sped up into a 30 second video? Ubuntu's very own Jorge Castro made this video of the Unity branch using gource, a tool that allows you to visualize software revision branches hosted with things like bzr and git.
This cycle we started off determined to make it easy for anyone who wanted to contribute to Ubuntu Unity to have no roadblocks in their way. Read on for a breakdown and overview of how well the 'Bitesize bugs' initiative went...
The latest Daily Builds of open-source browser Chromium have added in experimental support for Ubuntu 11.04's new Global Menu via the about:flags staging area.
The Unity Launcher is nifty for many reasons - the way it hides, the way you can drag file types on to the launcher to open up in an appropriate app, etc. The following 'app' by reader Vincent makes it niftier still by adding a 'drag and drop' Imageshack uploader to your launcher line-up...
Ubuntu 11.04 will rock, not least so by automatically downloading your Epson printer driver upon connection of an Epson printer to your computer.
The Humble Bundle is back, once again letting you set your own price for a set of five DRM-free games.
Just in time for the release of Ubuntu 11.04, Canonical have unleashed the Natty Narwhal T Shirts into their online store. The navy T Shirts sport a large centered orange Narwhal design on the front and ?Natty Narwhal 11.04? on the back.
I think it is fair to say that the Desktop Cube has been one of Linux's iconic features. The cube provided both an easy way to visualise workspaces as well as a nice bit of eye-candy when using it.
The days might be clicking closer to April 28th but the number of bug fixes and visual tweaks continue to come apace.
Add some style to your desktop with the Equinox Evolution suite of themes by Faenza creator tiheum.