Ubuntu 12.10 may have not even reached its second beta - due out on 27th of September, fact fans - but planning for the next release, Ubuntu 13.04, is well underway. We'll have a few tidbits to share with you on 13.04 features/changes over the coming weeks, but the most important thing to know right now is when it's planned for release.
Ubuntu's last-minute decision to add shopping results to the Home Lens of the Unity Dash proved controversial earlier this week - but is a compromise on the cards? A Google+ update from Unity developer Didier Roche seems to hint so
Four extra games have been added to the Humble Indie Bundle 6 - including the PONG-like RPG 'Wizorb'.
Ubuntu's Global Marketing guru John Bernard has left Canonical to join Mozilla.
Ubuntu computer makers System76 are welcoming the arrival of Autumn with a nifty new offer: free hard-drive upgrades for customers.
Last week we (somewhat light-heartedly) wondered whether Ubuntu's minimize icon should be changed from a horizontal line to a vertical one so as to match the area of the screen it now affects. Not every agreed; some even felt short-changed at being "forced" to waste their time reading "blog filler". But a number of you thought: "Hey! This makes sense!".
The latest instalment of the online Ubuntu talkshow 'Ubuntu On Air' is, well, on air today. From 5:00 PM UTC you'll be able to tune in to the show live at ubuntuonair.com.
Nitrux-umd - our Ubuntu friendly spinoff of the minimal 'Nitrux' icon theme has been updated with a variety of new icons and bugfixes.
Icon changes to the Messaging Menu in Ubuntu 12.10 were met with a lukewarm reception from many users. The good news is that like all things open source if we don’t like it we can, with a little effort, tweak things to suit our personal preferences. And in this guest post from Sam Hewitt, we take a look at how to do just that....
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, has taken to his blog to add context to the latest controversial change in Ubuntu: shopping results.
Amazon shopping results have been integrated into the Dash of Ubuntu 12.10. The feature comes a day after news that Ubuntu were adding Amazon and Ubuntu One Music web-apps as default items on Unity launcher.
WINE and/or Windows XP users wanting to add some Ubuntu style to their desktops have long been able to do so by using a custom-made 'Ubuntu Theme for Windows'. That theme has been updated to resemble Ambiance (and Radiance) as found in Ubuntu 12.10, having previously been modelled on Ubuntu 10.10.