The latest new on the next iteration of the Ubuntu desktop.
Another Thursday and another update to Ubuntu 11.04 desktop shell Unity. What's new today? Eyes down for a gander at the goodies...
Take one torrent application, one almost-beta OS and add in some indicator-applet support. What do you get? A bunch of relieved users...
Unity is Ubuntu's innovative new user interface, designed to catapult Ubuntu into the revolution of contextual search, launchers and social integration. The unique design provides an enticing alternative to the likes of Windows and OS X. But could Unity be better?
Like a creative version of Moore’s Law the quality of entries to the bi-annual ‘Ubuntu Wallpaper Contest’ just keeps doubling with talent. Check in for five of our favourite picks from the potential contenders…
Jean-Baptiste Lallement from the Ubuntu Quality Assurance team has announced the introduction of a weekly testing program for nVidia proprietary drivers.
In this Unity Bitesize Bug Report, Jorge introduces new contributor Anrea Azzarone as well as covering a few new Unity updates and of course letting everyone know how you can get involved! Hit up the link for the juicy details...
Yesterday Benjamin showed off some slick conceptual Unity behaviour mock-ups. Today some of those ideas presented in those exist in code thanks, once again, to the work of Andrea Azzarone.
Can't live without Shutter/Dropbox/Opera/insert-other-app-here sitting in Natty's system panel? Quick fix ahoy.
Thunderbird fans: Do remember we shared news of Mike Conley’s neat Unity Launcher + Thunderbird integration a few days back?
Update: Shocker! Mark Shuttleworth has just added a comment to the bug report stating that once the issues with Unity 2D are fixed, the theme will be going back to 0px border goodness. As if to prove our own wisened words of Alpha Caution true, one of our favourite tweaks to Natty has been reversed in less than 24 hours.
It's been a while since I last played around with alternative Ubuntu connection manager 'Indicator-Network' - but by jove it's come a long way since!
We've expressed our own love of borderless GTK+ themes before so we're delighted to find Ubuntu 11.04's Light themes have followed suit, adopting zero-pixel window borders on windows.