News, tips and features on the Unity desktop environment, the default shell in Ubuntu.
The latest update to the YouTube Unity Lens adds Flash-free playback of videos in VLC (if it's installed) when clicking on a video result. Dapper.
The fantastic folks over at Spanish blog ‘Ataraeo‘ have put together a nifty a lens for browsing YouTube’s library of videos straight from the Dash. The package, a YouTube ‘Scope’ (the search engine bit) and […]
How many of Unity's keyboard shortcuts do you know? Probably not as many as you'd like! For Ubuntu 12.04 a 'shortcut overlay hint' will appear on screen when the Super key (Aka 'Windows key') is pressed and held. The overlay presents a handy list of key-combos for accessing and navigating various Unity features - which are ideal for power users.
Add some Unity integration to handy, but ugly, multi-host download manager Jdownloader with this Unity Launcher applet.
Ever wanted to search The Pirate Bay and grab a .torrent without opening a browser window? Now you can using a combo of 'Unity Scope Piratebay' and the 'Torrent Lens'. Read on for more information and those all important install instructions.
Ubuntu 11.10 bring a lot of nifty changes in Unity featuring - chameleon theming, active blur, ability to change launcher opacity, relocation of the Ubuntu button from the panel to the launcher, and so on. These new features have opened up the door for a lot more customisation in Unity than many think possible. Read on for a guide on radically changing the look of Unity in Ubuntu 11.10...
An update to the 'Unity Cities Scope' has added wind speed and Fahrenheit to its roster of location-based stats. Windspeed is displayed in both 'km/h' (Kilometers per hour) and 'mph' (miles per hour). Temperature is now displayed in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
A new Scope for Ubuntu's Unity Dash allows you to get time, weather and map information for almost any location in the world. By entering a city name into the Dash search field the 'Cities Scope' grabs various data from online services to provide the time and current weather conditions, along with a link to the location on Google Maps.
Discussions towards the shaping of Ubuntu's planned to foray into the Smart TV sector are ' warming up' according to a new blog post from Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth.
This is amazing. Benjamin Karensa was bored 'in the early A.M.' so spent 5 minutes recording a song about Ubuntu et al called 'Foss Yeaaaah!'. B. Karensa - please get bored more often. I want a whole freaking E.P. of this shiz! ;)
Do your calculations through the Ubuntu Dash with this nifty Unity Scope.
Unity is the most used Desktop Environment amongst Ubuntu 11.10 users according to our most recent poll. Just shy of 16,000 votes were cast (one vote per person) in the poll which asked readers "Which Desktop Environment Are You Using in Ubuntu 11.10?"
A new 'scope' for Ubuntu's Unity Music Lens presents results from online music service 'Grooveshark' amongst your local collection. When searching for an artist, track title or album title via the Unity Music Lens or Dash, the scope displays relevant tracks and albums playable through the Grooveshark music streaming service.
MyUnity, a new application by Italian developer Fabio Colinelli, aims to take the fear our of tweaking Unity.
Roll up, roll up: it’s poll time! This week’s poll question comes by courtesy of reader ‘Andy’, who’s interested to know how many Ubuntu 11.10 users are using Unity and how many are using GNOME […]
Another day and another set of Unity mock-ups. This time from the hand of Ubuntu user staticd, who wonders whether the position of the 'Lens bar' - which appears at the bottom of the Dash in Ubuntu 11.10 - could be better placed - could be better placed.
Tomboy is Ubuntu's default note-taking application - and a pretty good one at that. Developer Rémi Rérolle thinks so too, and wrote in to share word of his 'Tomboy' Lens for Ubuntu.
Yesterday we took a look at one users ideal vision of Unity on smartphones and tablets - but what about Unity on the desktop? The Unity interface has come such a long way in such a short space of time, and although Ubuntu 12.04 isn't likely to see too many dramatic chances in how it looks, many folks are speculating on ideal future iterations regardless.