An Ubuntu-powered phone has been unveiled by Mark Shuttleworth in London, today. Calling the product launch a "significant next step in our history", Shuttleworth demoed the device and spoke of Canonical's plans for taking the device to an already saturated mobile market. And the interface of the OS is, possibly more than the brand-name behind it, going to drive adoption.
A new Ubuntu product will be unveiled by Canonical on Wednesday, January 2nd. Details are scant on the ground at present at present. So far the only known 'fact' is that which is written on the press release: it's an event to 'launch an all new Ubuntu product'.
In this second part of our Ubuntu 2012 in pictures we look at the notable news items from the latter half of the year.
A 'Photos' feature was added to the Ubuntu One Web Dashboard earlier this month - but what does it offer?
What a year 2012 has been for Ubuntu! Let’s look back at some of the more memorable moments of the year.
It's a System 76 Sable complete PC. Getting unboxed.
Accessing daily builds of Google's Chrome browser in Ubuntu is a bit of a fuss compared to that on Windows and Mac. Users of those platforms can install the Chrome Canary builds - a sort of pseudo-daily build that offers the latest bleeding edge features, but running insulated from any other version of Chrome installed. In Ubuntu things are less clear cut.
Between all the Humble Indie Bundle games to land on Linux thus far, few have a team as distinguished as Torchlight's.
Finding out the time in Ubuntu isn't exactly difficult: it's displayed on the top panel at all times. But new HTML5-based time-telling app 'Clock' thinks there's still room for a chatoyant chronometer on your linux desktop. If you're thinking "What's the point?" at this juncture I'd urge you to check your phone. Are you one of the hundreds-of-thousands of users who place a giant ticking timepiece on their homescreen, despite the time being discreetly displayed at all times in the Android status bar? Now that you're willing to give Clock a fair hearing we'll continue...
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.