One of the criticisms Android has received plenty of flak for is its comparatively low battery life compared with other smartphones. Google blames it on third party applications, but I've found many other ways to improve your battery life without having to uninstall everything.
Keep your contacts in check with Dexter - a new address book application from the elementary project.
When using my netbook I loathe having to use Empathy - or any instant messenger for that matter. But why?
Over 7, 000 of you voted in our poll querying you as to your mail app of choice. Results and a pretty graph after the jump.
Linux has always been the champion in terms of speed, maybe that is why it powers 90% of the world's supercomputers. The speed is mostly seen on servers rather than desktops, but a new a patch has appeared that brings a huge speed boost to the desktops.
Lightworks - the recently open-sourced professional grade video editor - is still on course to come to Linux - but not until next year.
DIY hardware company Adafruit has announced it will give a prize of $2000 to the first person who is able to write a open source and well documented driver for Microsoft's Kinect.
Enable Push Notification support in Evolution and never have to hit the refresh button again.
Come take a look at how Tyler customizes and fine tunes his Ubuntu install in the way of software, eye-candy, and usability, and try out his Compiz profile!
Just under six months ago we shared an awesome Ubuntu 10.04 post-install guide by Danny Piccirillo. Danny emailed me yesterday to let me know he's working on a similar guide for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and he's recently blogged about it - asking for submissions of your favourite applications for inclusion.
Fed up with service-specific e-mail notification applets/tools for Ubuntu? So is Popper.
A case is being made for ‘Sent from Ubuntu’ signature to be appended to all mail sent from Ubuntu’s desktop e-mail application ‘Evolution’. What do you think? Poll and more information after the break.