Ubuntu for Android

Ubuntu for Android Gets Shown Off At Mobile World Congress

Canonical are over at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week to schmooze, show off and shore up support for their stunning (no hyperbole needed) Ubuntu for Android feature. AndroidCentral's Phil Nickinson is over in Barcelona to attend the MWC and, in Hall 7, got to lay his hands on the technology. Video and reaction tucked inside.

27 February 2012
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Unity Tweaking Tool Gets New Look, New Features

Third-party Unity tweaking tool MyUnity has received new features and a whole new look in its latest release. Now sporting a linear layout with tabs at the top, MyUnity looks and feels that bit more […]

27 February 2012

Chromium or Google Chrome: Which Do You Use? [Poll]

Reader David G mailed in to see we'd be interested in running a poll to see which 'brand' of Chrome Linux users prefer to use - either Google's Flash-plugin packing Google Chrome or the open-source, ready-in-the-repos Chromium. Given that our visitor stats don't distinguish between Chromium (both are grouped together as 'Chrome')I thought this would, indeed, be rather interesting to see. So, Sunday poll time: Do you use Chromium or Google Chrome? Let us know by voting in the poll inside.

26 February 2012
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Shutter, ViewNior Receive Minor Updates

A few minor application updates have slipped out this weekend. ViewNior The lightweight image viewer ViewNior has been updated with a ‘single’ button menu, wallpaper setting support for GNOME 2, GNOME 3 and XFCE. It […]

26 February 2012
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Broadcom CrystalHD Indicator Applet for Ubuntu

Broadcom’s cheap and cheerful CrystalHD card, which can found in many netbooks, laptops and desktops, offers real-time hardware-accelerated decoding of HD video content – including HD flash – at up-to 1080p. Broadcom provide a set of […]

24 February 2012
Ubuntu Software Centre App Recommendations

Login Screen, Software Center, Ubuntu One Changes Land in Ubuntu 12.04

Today saw the User Interface Freeze for Ubuntu 12.04 take effect, the point past which no major changes can be made to the appearance of applications and/or features. As a result of this, a last […]

23 February 2012
CoreBreach

CoreBreach – The Best Racing Game on Ubuntu?

I am rubbish at racing games. Pole position in awfulness. I can just about manage a middling existence on Mario Kart, but that's about it. So quite how I came to not only be addicted to a proper sci-fi themed racing game, but become rather good at it is still a mystery to me. The game? CoreBreach.

23 February 2012
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Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update 14

Development Update Nine weeks until release and one thing is clear already: 12.04 will be a kick-arse release. Thanks everyone for your hard work on it! Still there’s a few things which still need to […]

23 February 2012

Stunning: We Love This Ubuntu Mini PC Concept

The allure of Ubuntu-branded hardware never quite fades, does it? Following Nick Rutledge's divine Ubuntu Laptop Concept comes this Ubuntu Mini PC idea by Lucas Romero Di Benedetto.

23 February 2012
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Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown Banner Contest Opens

The countdown banner contest for Ubuntu 12.04 is now open for submissions. As one of the most widely distributed pieces of pre-Ubuntu release media, the countdown banners provides creative users of Ubuntu with the chance […]

22 February 2012
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Adobe Abandons Flash on Linux

Adobe will no longer provide new releases of Flash Player for Linux after version 11.2, the company has today announced. Google will, instead, take over the implementation of Flash Player via a new plugin API […]

22 February 2012
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Hungry? New Cooking Lens Puts 4000 Recipes in the Dash

Developers continue to cook up intuitive uses for Unity's Lenses feature - the latest of which of a Cooking Lens. The lens uses social food network 'recipefy.com' as its search back-end, meaning access to a searchable catalog of 4000 recipes is placed within easy reach. You can search by keyword, ingredient, or dish type, and see information such as cooking time required and difficulty level.

22 February 2012