Usage of Linux-based desktop operating systems grew again in May 2020, according to stats shared by web analytics firm NetMarketShare.
As we enter the 2020s, here’s a look back at Ubuntu’s most defining moments from the 2010s. And what a rollercoaster the past ten years have been. As the world’s leading desktop Linux distribution squares […]
Our poll to find the best Ubuntu release of the past ten years has concluded. In this post we reveal the Ubuntu version readers crowned their winner.
It's Ubuntu's 15th birthday! October 20 2019 marks the 15th anniversary of Ubuntu 4.10 'Warty Warthog', which schlepped out on to the world stage in 2004.
Is Ubuntu the unassuming trendsetter behind some of today’s most common software naming conventions? From Windows to Android, the distro’s influence could reach further than we think. Earlier today, reader Abu A. pinged us with […]
News that Ubuntu is to u-turn on Unity, can Convergence, and scrap its smartphones took the open-source community by total surprise last week. In this post we roundup the reactions that some prominent free software stalwarts, Linux pundits, and former Canonical employees had to […]
Zipping to life, live daily images of Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus are now available to download. The images arrive almost two weeks after the Ubuntu 16.10 release, more than enough time for you to get bored with […]
Here's five things I secretly miss about Ubuntu of yore, from its rough edges to its well remembered desktop backgrounds.
Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu — but it doesn’t integrate with the Unity desktop as well as it could. That’s where the following Ubuntu Firefox add-ons come in. These little extras, trivial though they seem, help […]
At 11.06 AM on this very day back in 2004, Mark Shuttleworth took the Ubuntu mailing list to announce the inaugural release of Ubuntu 4.10.
The German city of Munich has begun offering free Ubuntu 12.04 CDs in local libraries in an effort to help citizens still using Windows XP.
PowerPC builds of Ubuntu desktop are to be dropped by the end of this week developers have announced, after a month of failing to build.
Google developers have today shown off Ubuntu running on …Google Glass. In a session at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, cheekily titled “Voiding your warranty“, developers shared how to root Google Glass and […]
Some minor design changes have gone live over on the official Ubuntu website.
Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu have announced that they will be officially affiliated with the Chinese government to bring a new Ubuntu based OS to the Chinese population.
Confirming the expected, Canonical have unveiled a new 'tablet' face for Ubuntu as part of their focus on convergence across devices.
Ubuntu will not be switching to a 'Rolling Release' model anytime soon, despite recent reports to the contrary. But Ubuntu's Jono Bacon has revealed that pieces are being put into place' to allow such a decision to be made at a later date.
Chinese Ubuntu users will be able to find music from their favourite national artists straight from the Unity Dash. Search support for China's largest music download site, Baidu Music, is now available in Ubuntu 13.04.