Adobe are to cease providing official builds of Adobe Air on the Linux desktop. Citing 'flat growth' and low-uptake of the official Linux Air runtime as contributing factors to the decision, Adobe will instead 'focus resources' on mobile clients - such as Android - whose market share is increasing by the day.
The development branch of elementary music player 'Beatbox' has seen initial introduction for an album-art view and Ubuntu Sound Menu support.
Nifty screenshot-ing tool 'LookIt' is on the hunt for testers brave enough to try its 1.1 release.
Nifty desktop-based RSS scroller/ticker ‘News’ has muscled in on the PPA business, adding a repository for users to easily install and receive updates from. Preferences The extensive selection of customizable options, accessible via the preferences […]
There's been a lot happening in the Unity world as of late, with a tonne of new contributors fixing loads of bugs, and the list of major bugs and features is growing ever longer. Read on for more!
Bit torrent application Vuze (previously Azureus) is popular with many, but the look of its panel icon in Ubuntu leaves a lot to be desired.
Want an Ubuntu-powered laptop that looks like it fell out of the genius mind of Jules Verne? Have a spare $5000 and you can. Each laptop features intricate and attentive detailing, engravings and choice of materials. On the portability side the solid wood and metal encasement might require an additional purchase, such as a piston-powered exoskeleton.
Add some Ubuntu-themed beauty to your Symbian-powered Nokia handset with the following 'Natty Ubuntu' themes by ~danielfsousaa,
The release of Ubuntu 11.10 might be several months away but ramp up the excitement anyway with this 'Narwhal meet Ocelot' design wallpaper.
A PPA for easy installation of elegant Ubuntu theme fork 'Ambiance Evolution' is now available for users of Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04. Ambiance Evolution is the work of DeviantArt user ~simplygreat, and see the theme mod upgrade the stock Ubuntu Ambiance version to a borderless beauty boasting Ubuntu One style dark toolbars and improved application sliders, progress bars and buttons.
It's easy to get angry at software and hardware companies that don't provide support for Linux, but have you ever taken time to thank those that do?
Sergey “Shnatsel” Davidoff has revived his ‘old school gnome-menu-like Dash’ for Ubuntu. The project, which we first wrote about back in March of this year, replaces the stock Unity Dash with a traditional 'GNOME Menu' style layout based on categories.