One of the great features of Ubuntu's default instant messaging application 'Empathy' is the support for 'Adium Message Styles'. These let you theme your messaging window in a variety of ways. The only draw back is that most of the ready-made Message Styles available online are made for Adium (the Mac OS X version of 'Pidgin') and don't always work well in Empathy on Linux. But Linux-made variants are available - such as this 'Ambiance Adium Message Style' by franksouza18 3.
Mozilla Thunderbird is the default email client in Ubuntu. It is easy to use and setup, has many advanced features and allows for easy customisation. And customization is exactly what this article is all about.
Ubuntu's Sound Settings menu isn't the worst designed options pane in the history of user interfaces, but there's no denying that a bit a redesign wouldn't hurt. The Canonical Design team are on to this, and have launched a short survey to find out what users think about the current design, what they use, and what could be improved.
It might be an anagram of 'Soap' but America's proposed draconian 'Stop Online Piracy Act' (SOPA) just keeps getting murkier.
Do your calculations through the Ubuntu Dash with this nifty Unity Scope.
A sequel to the hugely successful game 'Steel Storm' is in the works - and it's coming to Linux first.
KDE users are being asked to design the default wallpaper for the next major release of the popular desktop environment. Want to take part? Click on in for the details...
A quad-core computer the size of a USB stick. A few years ago that would've sounded like a pipe-dream, but today it's a reality.
Unity is the most used Desktop Environment amongst Ubuntu 11.10 users according to our most recent poll. Just shy of 16,000 votes were cast (one vote per person) in the poll which asked readers "Which Desktop Environment Are You Using in Ubuntu 11.10?"
Google Music Frame has a new name, and some new service support to boot.
Today marks the first Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day - a new initiative designed to 'thank' people in the wider community whose work or inspiration has helped better Ubuntu.
Ubuntu-loaded ASUS netbooks are now available to buy in over 100 stores across Portugal. The ASUS EeePC 1215P, which boasts 9 hours of battery life, a dual-core 1.55Ghz Intel Atom processor and 12.2″ backlit screen, […]