The login and shutdown sounds for Ubuntu haven’t changed in what seems like eternity! Given the current emphasis on creating a more modern looking Ubuntu desktop one has to ask who forgot about the system […]
This week in Ubuntu has seen a proverbial flood of new artwork for our favourite operating system’s latest pet – the Karmic Koala. One of the biggest additions has been a new default wallpaper (for […]
A bevvy of photographic wallpapers from the Ubuntu Photo Wallpaper Shortlist arrived with this morning’s Alpha 6 updates. They range from the "I would never use that": – To the visually impressive: – The rest […]
Karmic Koala’s visual refresh to Ubuntu’s ‘Network Manager’ was this afternoon pushed out on the the update wagon. As i told you about a month or so ago in my post on “Ten Things You […]
Today saw the final artwork drop for the Karmic Koala – and what an update it’s been! What’s new? Take a look below! Updated Human-theme The default theme for Ubuntu has changed! Finally! Gone are […]
Rhythmbox has been updated to 0.12.5, bringing with it new bug fixes and a new music-cover fetching feature. Codenamed “Stop Beathin’”, this new version brings 3 notable improvements: – Cover Art Search now uses discogs.com […]
The name of Ubuntu 10.04, the release due in April 2010, has been revealed as ‘Lucid Lynx’! Lynx’s Meat Lucid Lynx will be a LTS release (supported for 5 years) and will ship with Gnome […]
One unique feature of Empathy is the ability to use Adium chat themes, which is great for those looking to have a different chat layout during IM’s. Since Empathy is the new default Messenger in […]
Alpha 6 of Ubuntu 9.10 has been released, and brings with it a few nice surprises. Alpha 6 (once you’ve run update manager) finally has the gorgeous new XSplash Screen. This is the xsplash design […]
The 6th and final Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala lands today – the 17th of September. Alpha 6 brings with it, as always, a truck load of bug fixes and tweaks as well […]
Ever seen and wanted one of those “powered by Ubuntu” stickers to lavish on your laptop or desktop? Want no more because you can get a set of four free stickers thanks to awesome Ubuntu […]
Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]
