Unity love handles

Unity Love Handles: resizing in Ubuntu just got sexy

Love handles. Sounds non-sexy, but boy it is anything but.

25 March 2011
Putting a curve on Workspaces.

Unity personalization: how much can you really do?

In such a short time of development, improvements in speed, aesthetics, usability and more have come to life in the Compiz version of Unity. But what about customization?

25 March 2011
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New look Ubuntu mug goes on sale

It's a mug from Ubuntu.

25 March 2011
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Introversion adds two new games to Ubuntu Software Centre at special price

Canonical and games publisher Introversion have teamed up to bring two hugely popular games to the Ubuntu desktop at a special price for a limited time only.

24 March 2011
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Slick thought space app ‘The Board’ gets Natty PPA, needs testing

Visually impressive thought-gathering application 'The Board' is now available for plucky Ubuntu 11.04 testers to try out and offer feedback on.

24 March 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04’s new default desktop wallpaper revealed

Drop your laser guns, volley balls and pan flutes: the default wallpaper for Ubuntu 11.04 is here.

24 March 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 adds 17 brand new wallpapers

The winning wallpapers that will form the Ubuntu 11.04 wallpaper pack have been selected. 17 images make up the set – excluding the default desktop wallpaper, which you can see here – including the first […]

24 March 2011
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Zeitgeist powered Jump-lists in GNOME Shell

Browsing around Zeitgeist developer and fellow OMG! Ubuntu! writer Seif Lotfy's YouTube I came across a short video demonstration of Zeitgeist powered jump-lists in GNOME-Shell.

24 March 2011
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Unity Bitesize Bug Status for 22 March

From now until release it's fix fix fix on the Unity team, all day every day. Dylan McCall's landed his first code contribution to Unity, though he is no stranger to contributing to Ubuntu, most people know him as the person who maintains the installer slideshow.

23 March 2011
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Shotwell 0.9 released with new search bar, tiff support and more

Photo management application 'Shotwell' has hit version 0.9 this morning. New features added include support for .tiff images, a new search bar and the ability to edit multiple photo titles at the same time. Installation details for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users, along with some pretty screenshots, are inside.

23 March 2011

OMG! Words! – A Free Game for Linux with Our Faces In

Calling all grammar nazi's and typo hunters: Put your fingers where your gripes are and go up against The Editor's of OMG! Ubuntu! in time wasting typing game 'OMG! Words!'

23 March 2011
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Unity AskUbuntu ‘Lens’ installable via PPA

Natty only: Remember that neat AskUbuntu lens we mentioned a few days back? Interested parties will be pleased to hear that it's now available to install via the ease of a PPA.

23 March 2011