Add Brightness Control to Ubuntu Desktop With This Handy App

I dual-boot Ubuntu with ChromeOS on one of my Chromebooks but, annoyingly, the brightness controls don't work out of the box. Thankfully there's a super-easy solution.

23 April 2013

Sliding Menu, Larger Thumbnails & More Added to OMG! Ubuntu! Android App

We updated our Android application yesterday with a few fixes and new features that some of you have been requesting.

23 April 2013

ASUS Revive The Netbook With Sub-$300 Model, Offer Ubuntu Option

If it looks like a netbook, feels like a netbook then it probably is a netbook right? ASUS don't think so.

22 April 2013

GNOME’s New Music App Starts to Take Shape

Work on a new music app for the GNOME desktop continues to pick up pace - going from mock-up to music player in less than a month.

22 April 2013

Open-Source E-Mail App Geary Enters Final Days of Fundraiser

Less than 3 days remain for open-source e-mail client Geary to raise $100,000 towards future development.

22 April 2013

Ubuntu Community Survey Needs Your Help

Got a spare 3 minutes? Why not be a helpful so-and-so and take part in this bi-annual Ubuntu Community Survey?

21 April 2013
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Ubuntu Touch Development Builds Are Now Raring Based

For you bleeding edge Ubuntu Touch users, starting today daily images based on Raring are newly available from the Ubuntu QA isotracker. These are not (yet) the default images, but work is being done to iron out the kinks for it's transition.

21 April 2013

10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features – From Social Lens to Window Snapping

Ubuntu 13.04 is now less than a week away from arriving - but what you can expect to find rocking up on the Raring desktop? We take a look at the 10 best new features....

19 April 2013
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Canonical Axe Ubuntu Discs for Non-LTS Releases

If you're looking forward to buying Ubuntu 13.04 on DVD later this month you might want to brace yourself

18 April 2013

Jolicloud Desktop Comes to Ubuntu – And Here’s How to Install It

The 'Jolicloud Desktop Environment' puts a HTML5 launcher with shortcuts to popular websites and services front and center, in place of the traditional desktop.

17 April 2013
Ubuntu One Music Store in Rhythmbox

Ubuntu One Music Store to be Removed from Rhythmbox in 12.04, 12.10

The Ubuntu One Music Store is to be removed from Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 in favour of the online store.

16 April 2013

Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet ‘Cultural & Aesthetic’ Expectations

The Ubuntu button in 13.04 has received a last minute change: the background swirl now spins in a clockwise direction.

16 April 2013