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.
The latest bugfix release of KDE Software Compilation is now available for Kubuntu 11.04 users to install from the Kubuntu updates PPA.
Reader Dayle R got in touch to share a small, but still rather awesome, trick for maximising application windows in Ubuntu to the width of your screen - but not the height.
Ever felt that emptying the trash can in Ubuntu required too many clicks or too much effort? If so you might be lazy, but the following Trash Can indicator might just prove more in keeping with your workflow...
Development of Oneiric (Ubuntu 11.10) is in full swing, we just got Alpha 1 out last week and here's the list of dates that are coming up in the next few weeks...
There's no question that tabbed interfaces - be they in a web browser or chat application - help to streamline multitasking and window management. VoIP application Skype, seemingly seeing the benefits of such interfaces, recently introduced 'all-in-one' windows into their Windows and OS X clients. Skype for Linux on the other hand still sports the traditional multi-window interface. Enter SkypeTab, which enables tabbed conversations in Skype on Linux
Indicator-Syspeek is a system-monitor applet for Ubuntu, capable of displaying CPU, RAM, Disk and Network usage. And it has a cool name.
GNOME developer Allan Day has previewed designs for a new 'contacts' application due to feature in GNOME 3.2.
The speed of Ubuntu-based elementary OS's next version, code-named 'Luna', has been shown off by one of its developers.
The latest update to cross-platform media player 'Tomahawk' slipped out for Ubuntu without much in the way of fanfare. But from the improvements and new features that came with it fanfare was wholly deserved...
Further progress on the Linux port of indie-game service 'Desura' has been shown off by Desura's Linux engineer Keith Poole.