Floors covered in plastic snow, shoppers panicking, and collective waistlines slowly starting to expand: Yes, it's Xmas. With December now in full swing it's nice to see the Ubuntu partaking of the festive mood by way of some natty new promotions in the Canonical Store.
Ever wanted to search The Pirate Bay and grab a .torrent without opening a browser window? Now you can using a combo of 'Unity Scope Piratebay' and the 'Torrent Lens'. Read on for more information and those all important install instructions.
The latest stable release of Linux Twitter client Turpial is now available to install in Ubuntu. The python application, which also supports the Identi.ca service, has been updated with a small, but welcome, set of new features and improvements. Read on for what's new in the app, and how to get install it in Ubuntu 10.04 through 12.04.
Ubuntu 11.10 bring a lot of nifty changes in Unity featuring - chameleon theming, active blur, ability to change launcher opacity, relocation of the Ubuntu button from the panel to the launcher, and so on. These new features have opened up the door for a lot more customisation in Unity than many think possible. Read on for a guide on radically changing the look of Unity in Ubuntu 11.10...
An update to the 'Unity Cities Scope' has added wind speed and Fahrenheit to its roster of location-based stats. Windspeed is displayed in both 'km/h' (Kilometers per hour) and 'mph' (miles per hour). Temperature is now displayed in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Ubuntu's plan for a multi-device presence, to potentially include smartphones, has fired up the imagination of users. And the community have been quick to stoke their creative talents in mocking up a variety of possible implementations. Inside we show off three of designs that have been mailed into us...
Three, two, one, GO! The One Hundred Paper Cuts project is back for the Ubuntu 12.04 development cycle, to make 12.04 LTS the most bug-free, precise and pixel-perfect Ubuntu release ever! What is a paper […]
Does the placing of the 'back' and 'forward' navigation buttons in GNOME 3's Nautilus bug you? Let it no more: OMG! Ubuntu! reader Tim has written up a solution on switching the navigation arrows back to their old placing.
With the GNOME Extension catalogue now online it's never been easier to add extra features to your GNOME Shell desktop. Inside we list five extensions that you might find handy...
Huzzah! Seven weeks into the release cycle and Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 has just been announced. Bear in mind it is of alpha quality, but please go and test it if you are curious and want to help out. But what else is new in the land of Ubuntu Development? Let's take a look...
Finding 'the right' kind of keyboard is a subjective affair, but one niggle that bugs me, as a Linux user, is seeing them come with a Windows logo on the 'Super' key. So I was stoked to see industrial tech engineer and inventor Jason Gidding's Multi-Touch Glass Keyboard - which has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal of $50,000 for prototype, tooling and pre-production of the device - shuns the familiar emblem in favour of something less OS-bound.
Adding additional functionality to the GNOME Shell experience has just gotten much easier with the launch of an official 'Extensions' site.