Unity 7 Ubuntu developer Michael writes in his blog that his feature freeze extension request in launchpad has been approved. Because of this feature freeze, Unity 7 will now ship as a component of 13.04. He writes: It’s a lot of new code, but it should all be available in a PPA in the next [...]
Indie Game Dev Rotating Canvas Develop Google Play Lens For Ubuntu
Independent games developer Rotating Canvas has been developing a Google Play lens for Ubuntu which is now available for installation! The lens allow you to search apps in the Google Play store, though not much else, so the practical use of this lens is yet to be discovered, but we’re sure something interesting will come [...]
Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts
You’ve come a long way, baby We all know about the rocky road that Gnome 3 has been travelling on since March of last year. Not since KDE 4.0 has a desktop environment been met with such community backlash and perceived exodus. I say “perceived” because that’s what it is. In the world of Linux, these things [...]
Sexy “Previews” Set To Land In Ubuntu 12.10
New features are coming to a crawl as the Ubuntu team approaches the October release date of Ubuntu 12.10, though one new feature has surprisingly reared it pretty little head. Previews. The idea is simple enough, but very well and attractively executed. If you’re like me, you spend an awful lot of time in the [...]
Thunderfork: Canonical’s Chance To Expand Its Ecosystem With Thunderbird
Bipolar Disorder With the recent news that Mozilla will no longer be innovating with new versions of Thunderbird, many Ubuntu users might be left wondering what this will mean for their favorite distribution’s default suite of software. In fact, it seems like Canonical has had it’s hands full over the last two years trying to [...]
Gimp 2.8: So Close, Yet So Far, Yet So Close
The long-awaited and much anticipated 2.8 release of GIMP is right around the corner! Wait, I know, you’ve heard this before. You were expecting it at the end of 2010, and then in 2011, and so on… Well, fear not because it’s really coming in less than 45 days! Want proof? Nothing could be [...]
5 Reasons Why KDE Is Better Than Unity
It’s no secret that KDE is not the most popular desktop environment for Linux/Unix users. With Ubuntu’s success slowly breaking through to the mainstream, there is now a whole swath of users who have no idea about it, or recognize it as “the other one”. In many ways, it’s exotic, having no other desktops environments [...]
Launch DOS Games In Ubuntu From Unity’s Dash!
If you’re a retro gamer, you know that emulators can be a pain to deal with. The emulator is a necessary component for playing old games for old platforms, but if you are just playing one game over the course of a week or more, the process for starting the game can be tedious. This [...]
Get Some Stickers and Learn Dvorak on Ubuntu
Dvorak. Have you ever heard of it? It’s an alternate keyboard layout that aims for speed and efficiency. While not entirely perfect for lefties, it is definitely an improvement overall. Now (then, anytime in the past) you can learn Dvorak too! Install ‘dvorak7min’ either through the software center or the usual, much faster way; sudo apt-get install dvorak7min This [...]
Install Faenza 1.1, The Right Way!
The enormously famous Faenza iconset has reached version 1.1 and within the release lies a very special treat! New icons aimed at Unity! You may have seen install guides for it already, but there is one difference with this one; it works. Some items from the changelog: New apps: Gnome Documents, Gnome Contacts, Gnome Online [...]