Ubuntu Phone Will Offer Integrated Facebook Web App

Facebook will be available for Ubuntu Touch, Canonical has announced. But not in the way most users will expect...

16 September 2013

German City Starts Distributing Free Ubuntu 12.04 CDs to Windows XP Users

The German city of Munich has begun offering free Ubuntu 12.04 CDs in local libraries in an effort to help citizens still using Windows XP.

14 September 2013

This Ubuntu Phone Mir Demo Shows ‘Performance’ Users Can Expect

Mir developers have shared an older video demo of Mir that, they say, shows the 'experience and performance' users can expect to find soon.

13 September 2013

Is ‘3’ The Latest Member of Canonical’s Carrier Advisory Group?

Canonical's 'Carrier Advisory Group' for networks interested in Ubuntu for Phones appears to have picked up a new member in the shape of 3.

12 September 2013
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Mir Performance with Unity 8 Shown Off in New Video

Unity 8 has been demoed running on top of Mir. Ubuntu software developer Didier Roche shared a short clip of the Ubuntu Touch interface running natively on Mir.  No Android surfaceflinger (What Ubuntu Touch currently uses), and […]

12 September 2013

Improve The Look of Firefox In GNOME With These 2 Add-Ons

Firefox under GNOME Shell looks and feels a little out of place. Thankfully there a couple of extensions that vastly improve its appearance.

12 September 2013

Indicator-Synapse Brings Spotlight-Like Search Bar to Linux

Take a semantic Zeitgeist-powered application/file launcher and bind it to the panel. What do you get? Something worth putting in the spotlight, that's what.

12 September 2013

Humble Indie Bundle 9 Launches, Brings 3 New Games to Linux

After a series of Windows-only bundles the latest iteration, the Humble Indie Bundle 9, is once again supporting Linux gamers.

11 September 2013

‘iRacing’ Simulator Readies Linux Release With New Alpha

iRacing, a popular realistic racing simulator used by both enthusiast and real-world racers alike, is finally available to play on Linux.

11 September 2013

Mass Effect Composer Offers To Create New Ubuntu Start-Up Sound

An award winning composer, best known for work on the Mass Effect trilogy of games, is offering to create a new start-up sound for Ubuntu.

11 September 2013

Canonical Launches ‘Ubuntu Voice’ Initiative, Aims to Harness User Feedback

Canonical has today launched a new initiative designed to help shape the future of Ubuntu, the way users want it.

10 September 2013

‘Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs’ Linux Review

From the makers of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes the next title in the Amnesia series: A Machine for Pigs.

9 September 2013