The organizers behind Linux.conf.au 2012 - which is hosted in Ballarat, Australia in January next year - have announced the second keynote speaker as Bruce Perens. Perens released his first Free Software program, Electric Fence, in 1987. He is also creator of Busybox, which has spawned its own development community and is part of many consumer devices.
Users of Ubuntu's Unity 2D desktop - the lighter, less resource hungry version of Unity - might wish to tweak certain part of their desktop - such as when or how the Launcher hides. '2D-Desktop Settings' is a small third-party tool that provides users with a simple way to do just that
Full-screen distraction free writing app 'Focus Writer' has been updated. The application, which sports custom-themes, configurable toolbars and a daily goal tracker amongst its various features, has now gained basic support for the opening and saving of .Odt files (the file format most commonly used by LibreOffice).
Android Ice-Cream Sandwich is the talk of the tech-press today – and rightly so. The next iteration of Google’s Android operating system boasts not only some wonderful new features, but ships with a renewed emphasis […]
Xubuntu 11.10 users can now add Ubuntu's "App Menu" plugin to their desktop set-ups thanks to a package by XFCE user AaronLewis89.
South African Ubuntu users will shortly be able to get their hands on a new Ubuntu-powered device: The Vodafone Webbook. The Vodafone webbook, announced today by South African telecommunications company Vodacom (part owned by Vodafone), […]
A new stable release of KDE web-browser Rekonq is available for download.
The handy Windows app 'Linux Live USB Creator' has been updated to include support for Ubuntu 11.10 and its derivatives.
Popular desktop icon-set Faenza has been updated with new icons and Ubuntu 11.10 support.
Ubuntu One Bookmarks sync has been discontinued. The feature, which allowed users to sync their Firefox Bookmarks across Ubuntu systems via the Ubuntu One service, is no longer offered in Ubuntu 11.10.
A new release of circular application launcher GNOME Pie is available to download. The lack of keyboard 'control' was one of the chief complaints OMG! Ubuntu! readers noted when we first featured the slick application a few weeks ago. The release of version 0.2 addresses these complaints, as well as introducing various new features.
In the week following the release of ‘a new Ubuntu’ comes Ubuntu Open Week: a series of IRC-based ‘workshops’ aimed at introducing Ubuntu new users. Open Week is being held from Monday 17th October through to Friday […]