The first public beta of elementary OS Freya is now available to download — not that the team behind the Ubuntu-based Linux distro think you should try it.
With Ubuntu placing all of its eggs in a 'convergence' shaped basket, it's left to smaller Linux distributions to push forward the more traditional desktop paradigm that most users are comfortable with.
Development of Shotwell is to be taken over by the team behind Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS.
I recently had an opportunity to sit and chat with Daniel 'DanRabbit' Foré about many things. In this first part of the interview, we discuss elementary, his role in it, recent and future prospects...
Change is afoot for one of Linux's most popular GTK themes. Elementary, from its latest release onwards, only "intend" to provide support for its GTK and icon set under the Pantheon desktop environment - the default desktop of the elementary OS. Project lead Dan Rabbit describes the effort to support the various desktop environments and applications in both the gtk theme and the icon set as 'a royal pain'. "So I'm just focusing on making Pantheon work."
The next version of elementary's Ubuntu-based operating system, code-named Luna, is likely to see release in the coming months. With work under the hood of the lightweight-Linux OS well underway, the team are starting to turn thoughts to some of the more visual aspects. This includes assembling a set of wallpapers to ship with the release. And to do so they need your help.
Elementary fans can now test the latest changes to the popular icon set via a 'testing PPA'. Elementary's semi-iconic icon theme set is getting a overhaul in time for the next release of their Ubuntu-based OS.
Good things come to those who wait - particularly elementary fans willing to wait until April 2012...
The elementary team have announced the first public release of 'Switchboard', a centralised hub for configuring system settings on the elementary OS desktop.
If you been wondering whether the indomitable elementary theme would look better dark, get ready to climb aboard: your theme-train just arrived courtesy of DeviantArtist ~satya164...
The first stable release of lightweight music player Beatbox is now available for Ubuntu users. Pictures and download how-to inside.
elementary developers have shown off a small slick-looking calculator utility perfectly matched to the Pantheon desktop experience.