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.
Kiss goodbye to burning Ubuntu onto a regualr CD-R: the default disc size for Ubuntu 12.04 has been set to 750MB. In raising the .iso limit by a mere 50MB developers will benefit from a buffer of breathing room. Often during the development cycle tough choices have to made as to what can ship on the CD and what can't.
Zeitgeist has been ported from Python to Vala - what does this mean for you? A faster, leaner and more responsive Zeitgeist.
Canonical sell an Ubuntu-branded optical mouse in their online store - and i've can't decide whether or not to get one. My need? I can't stand the trackpad on my netbook. At all. It's small, overly responsive in places and not enough in others.
Just a short update to those who helped Seif with Gedit stats earlier this week: his wdashboard overview start page for Gedit is available to download.
Every 3 months Canonical conduct 'benchmark testing' of Unity, to ensure that the design decisions being made are improving user experience and not hampering. In a UDS session presenting the results of recent testing, some surprising results emerged - and most of it countering the negative perception many assume Unity has in the eyes of the target mind.
Ubuntu 11.04 has been listed as one 2011's 'standout hardware, software, or services' by PCWorld. The Natty Narwhal ranks in at '82', placing above Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' (83), Facebook's new timeline (87), and the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook (100).