And so it begins: the Unity desktop and related packages have been removed from the ‘seeds’ used to build Ubuntu 17.10. As previously announced, Ubuntu 17.10 will ship with GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment in place of […]
Many people still read the news from RSS feeds, using services like Feedly, Feedbin and Old Reader to fetch, read and sync content between devices – myself very much included. Feedreader is a desktop RSS reader for Ubuntu […]
A more accessible way to enable low graphics mode on Unity 7 may be on the way. The desktop already supports a low graphics mode of sorts, which can be enabled via Compiz. But this is far a) not easy […]
12 Ubuntu Unity desktop features that help make it the best Linux desktop environment available, including the HUD, Unity Dash and Smart Scopes.
Enjade is a new project that aims to recreate the Unity desktop experience atop KDE Plasma, including features such as the Unity Dash.
It's been just over 24 hours since Mark Shuttleworth's bombshell announcement. How are you feeling about the news that Ubuntu is to 'refocus'?
News that Ubuntu is to drop Unity and switch back to GNOME has been greeted by users with a mixture of confusion and surprise. It is, without doubt, big news. Probably the single biggest bit of Ubuntu news since January […]
If you want to reset Ubuntu desktop to default try Resetter, a new app for Ubuntu & Linux Mint that helps you perform a 'factory reset' of sorts.
A reader's tweet left us feeling all nostalgic so join us as we go back to 2009 and look at 5 Linux apps we all used to use, but now never do…
It is crazy how fast — and how drastically — tastes change. The desktop screencast in the video player aboves my Ubuntu 8.10 desktop as it looked back in 2008, in all its gaudy, over-glossed glory. AWN? Check. Screenlets? […]
Unity low graphics mode on Ubuntu will soon be easier to enable thanks to a new option added to the Unity Control Center app.a
We show you how you can enable Unity 7's low-graphics mode on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and above, and benefit from a faster, leaner desktop as a result.