Ubuntu 12.04 adds a (much longed for) option to choose your own custom color for the Unity Dash. In Ubuntu 11.10 however the Dash colour is not configurable and relies solely on the 'Chameleon' approach (unless you've braved the upgrade to Unity 5.0). So what to do if you really wish your Dash was another colour, but don't fancy switching through reams of wallpapers to try and 'get it'? Reader Guillaume mailed in with a trick so simple you'll kick yourself as to why you didn't know about it sooner.
Naval strategy game Oilrush has finally washed up on the welcoming beach of release-land.
A new set of KDE releases has been announced by the KDE development team. KDE 4.8 provides 'major updates to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform'.
It's everybody's second-most favourite time of the release again. No, not the actual release, but it's Ubuntu Developer Week!
Do you own any books about Ubuntu? The first one I ever bought was Ubuntu Unleashed 2008 (covering Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10) - and it taught me a great deal about using, configuring and getting involved in Ubuntu.
Reading about a new feature is all well and good - but there's nothing quite like playing with it, right? HUD, Ubuntu's new modern approach to using application menus, will land in Unity on Ubuntu 12.04 over the next month or so. But chances are you can't wait that long so, assuming you're using Ubuntu 12.04, a HUD-enabled version of Unity can be installed from the Unity Team HUD PPA.
A brand new way of using application menus in Unity interface is coming to Ubuntu. HUD - Heads UP Display - uses an intelligent search-based approach to finding and accessing menu items you need. It's smart too; HUD is capable of remembering what items you use most often and prioritising them in the results.
The wallpaper contest for Ubuntu 12.04 has kicked off. The contest runs an open submission process that allows anyone to submit their own photographic and illustrated wallpapers to a public pool on social networking Flickr. Of the submissions received by the deadline a dozen or so will be selected to form Ubuntu's default wallpaper pack and ship on the Ubuntu CD.
The hostname of the Ubuntu install on my netbook reads more like a barcode than a 'computer name'. Thankfully changing it to something more memorable is a snap. Read on for instructions...
Want your desktop to look totally different to others? Meet the 'Edgebound' desktop set-up. This marvellous-looking mash-up combines elements of Unity-2D and GNOME 3 with the Avant Window Navigator into a slick , easy to use desktop.
If you're one of the 14,000 or so marvellous mobile folks who use our Android app then you might be wondering where the hell we've gone. For almost a week now our dedicated Android app has not been loading new articles. Whilst we're figuring out of the cause of the issue (rather aptly it broke on SOPA strike day) we've pulled the app from the Android Market.
Running GTK+ applications on the KDE desktop isn't as brutish-looking as it once was thanks to the creation of an oxygen-gtk theme. But as oxygen-gtk isn't capable of playing all that nice with GTK3 applications the following tool was created to offer up greater control over GTK apps running in KDE.