When a product that is hyped as much as Google Drive fails to deliver for your OS from the get go it's easy to feel disappointed. But it seems patient we need to be: Google Drive is coming to Linux.
Google’s newly-launched ‘Drive’ feature may have failed to give Linux users a client from the get go – but that doesn’t mean we need to go without entirely. A temporary solution is available for those […]
Google has finally launched its long-anticipated cloud storage service 'Drive'. Offering 5GB of free storage to anyone with a Google Account, the service outdoes similar offerings from Dropbox and matches that offered by Ubuntu One.
The Ubuntu One Files Android application has been updated with a handful of new options. Seamless sharing of uploaded files through GMail, Twitter, Facebook and other popular social apps has been added, as has the ability to cancel file uploading and downloading. But the headline 'feature' of this release is support for 'Auto-uploading' photos taken with Instagram - the insanely popular photo sharing social network.
Ubuntu's Unity interface has, to many, brought a refined and beautiful look to the often staid-looking linux desktop. And this is, largely, thanks to the colour co-ordinated Dash, Panel, Launcher and Notification bubbles; the well-tuned transparency balanced throughout; the attentive-accuracy of spacing, icons and hinting; the sleek login experience; etc.
Professional video editor Lightworks – used to edit many Oscar-winning films and documentaries – is one step closer to its Linux release. Visitors to this months NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show 2012 earlier this […]
Ubuntu 12.10 finally has a codename - Quantal Quetzal. Writing (in lavish quantities of alliteration) on his blog, Mark Shuttleworth gave reasoning behind the codename for the Ubuntu 12.10 release, which, he says, will largely focus around 'Quality'.
What will you be doing come October 18th 2012? I'm not psychic, but there's a very good chance you'll be downloading Ubuntu 12.10. Yes, the tentative release schedule for the post-Precise release has been published online.
How many keyboard shortcuts for Shotwell, Rhythmbox or LibreOffice do you know? If you're anything like me (i.e. a slave to the mouse) then the chances are not many. But reader and Ubuntu contributor Thibaut B., along with a band of other contributors, have decided to create a centralised 'hub' for discovering shortcuts you might not have otherwise knew existed.
A new 'stable' release of image editor Pinta is now available to download - but is it any good? That answer will likely depend on how patient you are.
We like looking at 'Ubuntu' cropping up 'in the wild' - whether they're related to the OS of the same name or not. The following instance (or should that be inst-agram-ance) falls into this latter category.
'Keep Calm and Run Ubuntu' reads the motto on these wallpapers. The hands behind the drape, Kev Quirk, provides a selection of versions in varying resolutions in one handy .zip file download.