Development Update And again we are in the most interesting time of the release cycle. Today we will hit Feature Freeze at around 21:00 UTC. The time where we stop introducing new features, packages, and […]
System76 shouldn't need much in the way of an introduction to Ubuntu fans, but if they ever do then the following 30 second promo spot for their line of Ubuntu PCs is as great a place as any to start. Share the video with your social circles to help spread the word of quality hardware designed with Ubuntu in mind.
Ever since Spotify for Linux gained Apps support its stability has taken a noticeable nosedive. Thankfully Benjamin Kerensa (yes, of 'FOSS Yeah' fame) has put together a short script that tempers the buggy attitude caused, says Kerensa, by 'unwanted data being left in cache or config temps'.
New safeguards have been added to CCSM - the GUI tool for configuring Compiz - to limit damage caused by users unaware of the tools importance. When launching the app in Ubuntu 12.04 a pop-up box warning users of the potential risks from idly playing around with settings therein. The ability to disable the Unity desktop plugin from the main plugin overview in CCSM has also been removed.
Pop-up windows, external download management and the ‘Paste & Go’ support are just some of the new features present in the latest release of Qt browser Qupzilla. Other notable new stuff added to the lightweight […]
Four user-created sound themes have been shortlisted with a view to shipping as default in Ubuntu 12.04. It’s now up to you which of the four goes on to receive additional development. Thoughts, critique and […]
Ubuntu 12.04 has been gaining more visible UI changes in recent updates due to the looming ‘freezes’ on features and interface changes. Below I present a handful of the more ‘prominent’ visual changes that have […]
LibreOffice 3.5 has been released. It's the third major release of the free open-source office suite since the project was forked from OpenOffice.
A new open-source digital writing and publishing platform has been launched by non-profit group Sourcefabric. Booktype allows for collaborative editing and writing of books that can be easily outputted to on-demand print services and eReaders […]
The latest Indie Royale Bundle has been running for a few days and whilst 4/5's of the game on offer aren't available for Linux one is - and it's one that's worth mentioning.
As we mentioned last week, German magazine 'Der Spiegel' has been running a series of 'Getting started with Linux' articles on their website. Following on from the first article, which talked about the security benefits of Linux over Windows, come the final two parts.
The Bisigi themes project has been revived. The project created some of the most comprehensively designed GTK2 themes during its three active years but following the move by most major distributions to GTK3, the project wound down in November of last year.