OS X Lion introduced natural/reverse scrolling where by "content tracks finger movement". If you've ever used a touchscreen smartphone you'll already be familiar with how this works: you drag down to scroll up; you drag up to scroll down. 'Natural Scrolling' by Charalampos brings reverse scrolling to Ubuntu.
New and exciting ways of interacting with files are being explored in GNOME 3. Rather than just navigate to and 'view' your files the following designs show off features and interfaces that are helpful, modern and in keeping with the modern GNOME desktop.
Physics-based platform game BEEP has finally been launched for sale in the Ubuntu Software Centre priced at $9.99.
A new Twitter client by the name of 'Schizobird' has been under development by Ubuntu user and avid community-goer Conscious User, with the focus on rock solid multiple account support. The name Schizobird wasn't picked at random; instead it's an allusion to the mental illness schizophrenia, which is associated with multiple personality disorder. Schizobird is designed to handle multiple accounts gracefully.
An updated Session Menu containing links for various system settings has landed in Ubuntu 11.10 this weekend.
Novacut, the open source project aiming be the world's first collaborative video editor has reached its last week on crowd funding site Kickstarter - but they're still a long way off their goal of $25,000 in funding. As OMG! Ubuntu! editor Akshat Jain wrote earlier this month, "OS X and Windows users always had no shortage of pro video editors but Linux never had such privilege. Novacut project aims to bring a pro video editor to Linux that is 100% free and open source right down to every single detail."
As you may know, some people find Linux to be really challenging when they first try it out. Because of this, I have launched a new segment called: "Ubuntu is Easy" and thought the OMG! Ubuntu! community - in the true nature of open source - could also assist Ubuntu newbies in finding their way around this great operating system.
Garron Haun wrote in to us yesterday to let us know about a project he founded called Linux 4 Hope which aims at rejuvenating donated computers by installing Ubuntu, and then giving them to people in need around his local community.
We all want the latest features and changes an app has to offer, and for many of us that means using unstable, beta or sometimes even alpha quality software. This 'bite of the beta pie' approach has drawbacks: application performance may not be ideal and you risk files being trashed by buggy new features.
The sixth instalment of wannabe-developer orientated web series 'Gnome Screencasts' is now online. And this time it's a web browser in the making...
Google have announced the release of Google Music Manager for Linux.
Ubuntu user and Python developer Jonas Frei sent us an email with a new project he's working on that's aimed at making Ubuntu updates easier to access, and consistinify (new word, do you like it?) Update Manager's presence in the panel.