Weather app Stormcloud - which featured in our list of the 2012's top new applications - has seen a new release, one that costs. Completely re-written from the ground up, Stormcloud 1.2 now supports multiple locations, 'chameleonic backgrounds', and boasts some extra animations.
The last 12 months have been some of the most tumultuous yet tremendous that Ubuntu has ever seen. Before we look back at the highs and lows of Ubuntu in 2012 lets first pay some attention to the bits that help make it what it is: the apps. So here are some of the best app-shaped debutantes of 2012.
Valve have kicked off their seasonal games sale on Steam - and many top Linux games are included. Steam sales are typically very generous, particularly if you catch on the infamous flash sales or daily deals.
Despite the popularity of alternatives, Ubuntu One remains my go-to cloud storage/sync service. And good news for anyone who dual-boots Ubuntu with OS X is that the official Ubuntu Mac client has slipped out of beta and gone 'stable' in its 4.0 release.
Unity's Previews feature has seen a number of refinements over the last week as work on Unity in 13.04 continues. A slicker animation has been introduced, along with better visual differentiation between the active and inactive preview items. If you're a subscriber to our YouTube channel then you'll have seen a video of these tweaks in action yesterday.
The beta of Steam for Linux is now available to download by all, confirming the news we brought you last week. After 6 weeks as a private, invite-only download Valve, the makers of Steam, have opened the doors to anyone running Ubuntu 12.04.
Santa has come early for Linux gamers, as the latest Humble Indie Bundle goes live. Back for its 7th 'indie' outing, the latest iteration of the 'pay what you want' promotion features 6 games and the feature-length documentary 'Indie Game: The Movie'.
Will Dare Up! Wingsuit, a new addition to the Ubuntu Software Center, take off with users? Like a lot of recent game arrivals on Ubuntu Wingsuit makes it’s debut thanks to the game engine it uses, Unity3D, […]
Almost 100 bug fixes features in the latest 'minor update' to the VLC. Fixes the VLC development team say 'improves the overall stability.'
A new video celebrating the achievements of Linux during 2012 has been published online by the Linux Foundation. At 2:38 minutes long the video offers whirlwind highlights of a number of milestones reached by the open-source Unix operating system during the last 12 months.
'Steam for Linux' will be available for everyone to try from next week, after spending just over a month as a limited beta. Valve cite the 'stability of the client' as allowing for the beta to be opened up to more users.
Updated navigation bar icons for the Unity Dash have been proposed for Ubuntu 13.04. The updated designs by Matthieu James iterate rather than overhaul those currently used in Ubuntu.