[How To] Watch LOVEFiLM, Redbox Instant or Netflix on Ubuntu

Getting Netflix, LOVEFiLM or Redbox Instant to play on Ubuntu should be easy, right?

29 January 2013
Michael Hall

Ubuntu Developer Week Starts Tomorrow

During every 6 month release cycle we run Ubuntu Developer Week. It's back and we're going to have it from 29th January (tomorrow!) to 31st January. And there's never been a more exciting time to get involved...

28 January 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 Wallpaper Contest Opens for Entries

Cameras at the ready - the contest to choose 10 new wallpapers for Ubuntu 13.04 has kicked off.

28 January 2013

New Options Added to ‘Ubuntu Phone Live Wallpaper’ for Android

Minor customisation options have been added to Ubuntu Phone Live Wallpaper - an Android app that apes the look of the Ubuntu mobile lock screen.

27 January 2013

Ubuntu Not Switching to Rolling Release Model

Ubuntu will not be switching to a 'Rolling Release' model anytime soon, despite recent reports to the contrary. But Ubuntu's Jono Bacon has revealed that pieces are being put into place' to allow such a decision to be made at a later date.

25 January 2013
An Update to the Update App

‘Tweaked’ Software Updater Lands in Ubuntu 13.04

Ubuntu's system update application has received a refreshed look in Ubuntu 13.04. The new changes, which we wrote about earlier this week, is aimed at making the information displayed to users easier to digest.

24 January 2013

12 Default Ubuntu Phone Apps to be ‘Community Created’

Canonical are to seek community involvement in the design and development of 12 core apps for the Ubuntu Phone. This initiative, they say, will give the wider community 'a fantastic opportunity to create software that could run on millions of handsets.'

23 January 2013

Ubuntu Ask Community to Help Create New App Icon

Ubuntu's Design Team are reaching out to the community to help design a new icon for Ubuntu's Software Updater application. The icons in Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 are described by the design team's Matthew Paul Thomas as creating 'a usability problem'.

23 January 2013

Improved Notifications, Smooth Scrolling Heading to GNOME Shell 3.7

With version 3.6 released –and in the Ubuntu in the repositories– GNOME Shell 3.7 paves the way for 3.8, receiving much attention with the 'Every Detail Matters' initiative.

23 January 2013
Rejigged Software Updater

Usability Tweaks Proposed for ‘Software Updater’ App

A redesigned version of Ubuntu's 'Software Updater' application is likely to arrive in Ubuntu 13.04 before April. Writing about the UI tweaks on his blog, developer Michael Terry says that a patch containing the changes has been 'proposed'.

22 January 2013

New Icons, Window Snap Animation Land in Unity

A new window snapping effect is one of several changes to have recently arrived in Unity in Ubuntu 13.04. Read on for more details and a video of the effect in action.

22 January 2013

Baidu Music Search Available for Ubuntu 13.04

Chinese Ubuntu users will be able to find music from their favourite national artists straight from the Unity Dash. Search support for China's largest music download site, Baidu Music, is now available in Ubuntu 13.04.

22 January 2013