Metro: Last Light Released on Steam for Linux

Good news gamers: Metro: Last Light is finally available to buy through Steam for Linux priced at £24.99/$39.99.

5 November 2013

Debian Switches to Xfce By Default, Will Evaluate Demand for GNOME

Debian, the foundation upon which many Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, are based, is to switch to Xfce as its default desktop environment.

5 November 2013

Latest Linux Kernel Release Features GPU Power Management & Filesystem Improvements

GPU power management features arrive in the latest stable release of the Linux Kernel - an update that also brings EXT4 improvements.

5 November 2013

Press Get Hands On With Valve ‘Steam Machine’ Prototype

A recent article from US newspaper The Seattle Times offers new details on Valve's plans for bringing Linux gaming to the living room.

4 November 2013

£80 Rikomagic ARM-Based Ubuntu Mini-PC Starts Shipping

Android-powered HDMI dongles are a cheap and easy way to add smart TV features to an otherwise "dumb" screen - but did you know that many of these devices are capable of running a fully-fledged desktop like Ubuntu?

4 November 2013
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Why This Unofficial Spotify App Marks Start of Ubuntu Touch ‘Windows Phone’ Moment

A new, third-party app brings the popular music-streaming service Spotify to Ubuntu for Phones.

3 November 2013

Ubuntu Gaming Performance Edging Closer to Windows 8

Recent gaming benchmarks claim that gaming performance on Ubuntu is now "mostly on par" with that of Windows 8.1.

1 November 2013

Nerds Vs Zombies: ZHackers Volume 2 Hits Ubuntu Software Center

Like a herd of the shuffling, mindless dead, the follow up to 2012's Ubuntu-themed Zombie novel 'Zhackers' has taken a while to arrive...

1 November 2013

Save, Access And Quickly Paste Text Snippets With This Nifty Unity Launcher Tool

Repeatedly typing out certain information - like verbose terminal commands - can be a chore. Thankfully there are tools out there to help.

31 October 2013

‘Mappero’ Offers Native ‘Maps’ App for Ubuntu Touch

There are a number of applications that I see as being 'key' to a mobile OS - and some sort of Maps app is one of them.

30 October 2013

CISCO Announce New Open Source H.264 Codec

Networking company Cisco has announced plans for an open-source H264 codec - a move it says will "remove barriers" to its use in WebRTC.

30 October 2013

Power Up Your App Launching on Xubuntu With ‘Whisker Menu’

Xubuntu offers a great desktop experience, but its stock application launcher is basic. The good news is that more featured alternatives are available, such as ‘Whisker Menu‘ – a third-party app that powers up app launching with a […]

30 October 2013