An update to Compiz that improves gaming performance is on its way to Ubuntu. Compiz 0.9.8.6, currently in preparation, enables a small feature that improves full-screen OpenGL gaming performance in Unity.
Follow the story of an atypical robot hero set out to rescue his robot-girlfriend, and in turn save the city and defeat the bad guys. Machinarium, is another artfully designed puzzler from Amanita Design. Like most role-playing games, you control the titular character, in this case a robot, as you guide him through the eponymous city, collecting items and solving environmental puzzles.
With the Election in the rear-view mirror for Americans we are starting to learn about the tools, assets and people that helped President Barack Obama win re-election. One of tools that helped give Obama for America an edge was "Ubuntu" due to its cost-savings and the familiarity that members of the team had with it and how well it was supported in the cloud. I recently had an opportunity to interview Daniel Ryan, who was the Director of Front-End Development for Obama for America, and here's what he had to say...
The insanely handy task management app Nitro has finally hit the Ubuntu Software Center. And no, you're not misunderstanding: for despite its creation way back in April, it has taken a fair ol' while for the application to get approved, published, and stocked on the shelves of the Software Center..
Have you played on an in-store demo unit of the Wii U recently? If so there's a good chance you were actually playing a game on Ubuntu...
A few days back we brought you word that the hit Mac game RC Mini Racers was heading to Ubuntu. Today it's arrived. I'll brush over repeating what we said last time suffice to say it's a natty little racing game with enough individuality to make it worth the small $4.99 price tag.
After Black Friday comes the online version: Cyber Monday. Sadly, much to the chagrin of bargain hunters like myself, there aren't that many Ubuntu-specific offers to be found online. I was expecting some of the newer Ubuntu-loaded ASUS laptops to be reduced by the big retailers sites. But, alas. That said, there are a couple of offers worth knowing about.
Hit Mac racing game 'RC Mini Racers' is gearing up for an Ubuntu release. The racing title has proved popular on OS X, spending several weeks at #1 in the Mac App Store's 'Top Free Games' chart and 5 months in the top 10. Now the developers behind the game, which is also available on Android, are bringing it to Ubuntu.
Perhaps the most well-known and/or notorious derivative of Ubuntu: Linux Mint, has released its fourteenth version, codenamed: "Nadia". Priding itself on being for "newbies" and being a power user, Linux Mint is not among my favourite Linux distributions, nevertheless I've downloaded the latest version, with their Cinnamon desktop, to give it an in-depth review.
Ubuntu 12.10 is being ported to the 'Rikomagic' USB PC, thanks to the work of a third party developer. The Rikimagic MK802 III, which costs £59, ship with Android 4.0 by default, but the powerful innards have proved too tempting for Ubuntu developers not to take advantage of:
It's so-called "Black Friday" today, an annual US event in which adults gather en-mass online and at retail stores to fight each other for discounted electric whisks, George Foreman grills, and plasma TVs. But are there Ubuntu-related bargains to be had?
Several updated versions of popular applications are now available to install in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Skype 4.1, Thunderbird 17, and Firefox 17 are all waiting to be installed via Ubuntu's Update Manager.