The latest new on the next iteration of the Ubuntu desktop.
The day we've all be waiting for has finally arrived. After much hard work by the Banshee Project and Ubuntu, Banshee has finally been made the default music player in Natty.
The Ubuntu Software Centre in 11.04 Natty Narwhal will comes with support for application ratings and reviews. But how will it look? Good, one imagines. Here's how it looks currently...
Over the last few weeks a number of readers have contacted us asking what's going on with the much-lauded 'Windicators' design initiative.
We're a long long way from the release of Ubuntu 11.04 - 123 days at the time of writing, in fact. Stat hounds, infor junkies and those forever with an eye on the time may wish to add a Natty countdown widget to their blogs or forum signatures can now do so using this ace widget by reader Valentin.
Shotwell 0.8 has been released with some fantastic new features for users.
The Banshee Train is well on its way along the tracks, headed towards Ubuntu's default train station as a final destination and resting place - where it will hopefully stay as the default music player for some time. While it's not default yet, it's certainly going to happen soon - all you need to know to be prepared is in this article.
A new minor Ubuntu 11.04 updates.
Natty's default browser remains Firefox - but will it finally gain global-menu support in time for Unity's move to the desktop?
Banshee having been picked as Ubuntu's new default Music player is getting popular to test on all supported versions of Ubuntu. However there is a snag, for Maverick users, of which Ubuntu has a lot testing Banshee from what I can tell looking at the incoming bugs on GNOMEs bugtracker against Banshee.
There are some arguments I get and some I don't.
If you ever wondered why Unity uses it's own launcher instead of the SimplyAwesome™ Docky, here is an explanation, straight from Docky's creator Jason Smith.
Picture a .deb file in your mind and chances are it'll be a beige box with a dreary uniform look. Uniformly uninformative, at that. Ubuntu 11.04 may just see this change thanks to 'Deb-thumbnailer'.