Development on the popular 'Bisigi' GTK+ themes has come to an end. Writing on the French Ubuntu forum, 'ZgegBall', the themes' developer, quietly announced the 'competition' of the project and that users should not expect support for Bisigi themes in Ubuntu 11.10 or GNOME 3.
Firefox 8 might have been 'out in the wild' for a few days, but today marks its official release. Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 will automatically upgrade to Firefox 8 at some point in the coming days - no PPAs or downloads necessary.
The developers of popular third-party MSN client 'emesene' have warned that some users may experience login issues with the stable version of the client. But fear not - there is a temporary fix available that should tide you over until the issue is sorted.
Canonical plans for Ubuntu to go multi-device, appearing on smartphones, tablets, TVs in addition to the regular ol' PC, aren't due to sneak out until Ubuntu 14.04. But Ubuntu user Ian Santopietro thinks you can't ever be 'too early' to start thinking about how the interface might look, and so presented his take on a multi-device Ubuntu's Unity interface to the 'Ayatana' mailing list.
With so many Ubuntu folk in attendance at last weeks UDS Ubuntu's Amber Graner made sure she grabbed some prime interview time with many of Ubuntu's important figures. Head on in for video interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Warner, and many more.
Flattr is a social micropayments service started in 2010 by a couple of entrepreneurial Swedes. The idea is that web users can support content creators by donating small amounts of money for items they like, and content creators can earn money for their hard work. The Flattr team are stoked to have us onboard, in fact they have 150 vouchers to give away to our lucky readers, to the tune of 5 euros each, which will hopefully help you get started supporting the content you love.
Flattr is a social micropayment service that's taking the Internet by storm, offering users a novel way to donate money to content creators, who then benefit for their hard work. Users are able to pay a small amount every month and then click Flattr buttons on sites to share the money they paid among those sites, comparable to an Internet tip jar. To find out more about Flattr, we decided it'd be worthwhile interviewing one of the co-founders: Linus Olsson. Read on!
It might be getting the ol’ heave-ho from the default application set in Ubuntu 12.04, but Banshee still has a lot to give. For example, the most recent release of Banshee, version 2.3.1, added in […]
Unity's Application Lens is pretty much perfect: you can search apps by text, or by category. Simple stuff, right? Well it's not simple enough for those who prefer the more traditional approach to application-menu structure. To that end the maintainer of the Unity Application Lens, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen, has put together an GNOME Menu inspired alternative. A lens he's called 'Unity Bliss'.
Ubuntu's shaky support for users of multiple monitors has long been an issue for many. But as part the fit and polish of planned for Ubuntu 12.04, users will soon find themselves at the helm of a well supported and dependable multi-screen solution. Watch a video of a working prototype inside.
Banshee will be replaced by Rhythmbox for Ubuntu 12.04. The news was confirmed during the wrap-up session of the Ubuntu Developer Summit.
Years ago, I became a full-time Ubuntu user and was looking into the options I had for contributing back. Being a Brazilian, one of those options was naturally helping with the Brazilian Portuguese translations. Shamefully I never went forward with it, but during my brief experience one name caught my attention: André Gondim.