I interrupt normal proceedings to bring you a shameless plug for one of my favourite magazines – Linux Format – and one of my favourite people – Seif Lotfy – both of whom, for this […]
The popular Faenza icon set has been ported to KDE. Whilst the KDE version still requires a bit of polishing, lacking many application and action icons, it is complete enough for daily usage and makes […]
Ubuntu design team member Otto Greenslade blogged about a set of new Ubuntu-style emoticons for use on the Canonical design blog at the weekend – and you can now use them in Pidgin.
A temporary repository for LibreOffice – the newly-announced fork of OpenOffice – has been set up for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian-based distributions to use.
Two new T Shirts for the Maverick Meerkat release of Ubuntu that comes out in just over a week have appeared in the Canonical Store.
No not that sort of galaxy but the immersive Google Earth set-up called ‘Liquid Galaxy’ which displays Google Earth in a surround view around you using eight 55-inch LCD screens. And now it’s open-source. From […]
Early Ubuntu 10.10 adopters left curious/frustrated by the inability to easily install Java package from the Software Centre in 10.10 can breathe a sigh of relief: Java has finally been uploaded to 'Canonical Partner Repository' for 10.10.
Excuse the dodgy pun but Ubuntu 10.10 is going to be a fantastic release for many reasons, not least of which is improved ARM architecture support. Amongst the many improvements the Ubuntu ARM team have […]
Find Docky looking drab? Try this ‘dark glass’ theme by artist ~half-left.
The latest beta release of LXDE-based Ubuntu spin ‘Lubuntu’ has been made available for testing.
A new mobile music streaming Android app from Ubuntu One has entered public beta testing. The app allows you to listen to music stored/synchronized in your Ubuntu One account ‘in the cloud’ directly on your […]
The Banshee project is proud to announce the release of 1.8.0, which includes a whopping 230 bugfixes as well as a sleeve of new features to users including integration with Ubuntu's SoundMenu, Amazon MP3 store integration, completely new and improved hardware support and other goodies.