The New Lemur Laptop

Third Gen System 76 Lemur Laptop Goes on Sale

The third generation model in Ubuntu-dedicated hardware company System 76's Lemur Ultra laptop line is available to buy.

25 October 2011
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How To Install GNOME-Shell Themes in Ubuntu 11.10

Earlier today we ran down five of our favourite themes for GNOME Shell. Chances are you'll want to try a few of those themes out on your desktop - but how to do it? Providing you're using Ubuntu 11.10 and GNOME-Shell it's actually quite simple...

24 October 2011

Five Pretty Awesome GNOME Shell Themes

One of the great things about GNOME Shell is that it’s comprehensibly themeable – from the top panel and applet menus to the awesome on-screen keyboard. Below are five are five of my top GNOME Shell […]

24 October 2011
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New Movie Scope Brings Rich Meta-Data Filters to Movie Files in Ubuntu

Browsing your movie files could soon become a lot easier in Ubuntu. A new 'Movie scope' in development for Ubuntu's Unity File Lens aims to enhance browsing your locally available video files by adding searchable movie-related meta-data.

24 October 2011
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Online Linux Games Store ‘Gameolith’ Launches UK and European Storefronts

The online Linux game download store Gameolith have launched two new sites for European and UK customers to purchase games in their own currencies.

24 October 2011
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Alpha Release of Linux Spirit Font Available For Download

An alpha release of Mint Sprint - a new system font for Linux Mint - has been made available for download.

24 October 2011
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Tanglet: Boggle Style Game for Ubuntu

I'm currently addicted to various Boggle-style word games available via the Android market. Needing to 'get a fix' when on Ubuntu at my desk I headed into the Ubuntu Software Centre to see if I could find something similar.

24 October 2011

How Well Did Your Ubuntu 11.10 Upgrade Go?

Ubuntu 11.10 has been out for little while now, so chances are many of you have upgraded. If you choose to upgrade via Update Manager (that is you saw the prompt below and clicked ‘Yes, […]

23 October 2011
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Five Alternative Terminal Emulator Apps for Ubuntu

Though for many users it is likely comforting to know that use of the terminal can be largely, if not entirely avoided with today's crop of shiny Linux distributions, there are those among the community who love the raw utility of the command-line. Others still find they need the Linux terminal to effectively accomplish certain tasks.

22 October 2011
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop To Be Supported for Five Years

Next April’s release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will provide desktop users with five years of support and maintenance releases Canonical have announced. Previous ‘Long Term Support’ releases provided 3 years of support for desktop users, […]

21 October 2011
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Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update 1

(This is a guest post from Ubuntu developer and Canonical employee Daniel Holbach, which was originally posted here.) Ubuntu Development Update It is always an exciting time when a new release opens. As a developer […]

21 October 2011
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Would You Get an Ubuntu Tattoo Like This?

As the editor of an online Ubuntu website it'd be fair to surmise that i'm fairly committed to the Ubuntu project. But committed enough to get the Ubuntu logo tattooed on to my arm?

21 October 2011