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A handful of minor adjustments and features have been added to the Ubuntu 12.04 development builds. Rather than waffle on to pad things out let’s dive straight into the changes. What’s New/Changed Category headers have been added to the System Settings overview: The ‘Background’ tab has been renamed ‘Look‘, sports a tighter wallpaper display box, and [...]

Canonical will no longer provide financial support to the lead developer of Kubuntu after the April release of Kubuntu 12.04.

Readers of the online edition of German magazine Der Spiegel are being treated to a new series on ‘Switching to Linux’.

Ubuntu TV captured the attention and imaginations of the technology press after its reveal at CES 2012. And rightly so. The demo of Ubuntu TV shown off at the event proved that not only are Canonical serious about a multi-device future for Ubuntu and its Unity interface, but also have the engineering and design expertise to pull it [...]

Committed users of the ‘notes’ feature on the Ubuntu One website will want to make a note of ‘February 28th’ – it’s the date that the handy feature will be retired from the U1 web interface.

In need of a ‘rugged, military-grade tablet’ running Ubuntu? Well you’re not the only one apparently…

SDG Systems, a self-described reseller of ‘value-added reseller of rugged computing products, have launched an Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition version of their (somewhat aged) Trimble Yuma tough tablet.

The Unity launcher is a shelf for managing and launching our favourite applications.

But on smaller screens, such as those on netbooks, it’s easy for it to become so stacked full of pinned and running apps that things become slightly unmanageable.

If you find that that’s the case for you then give one of these ‘themed’ category quick-lists a go. They group popular applications together in a handy right-click quick-list.

Orta was one of the most popular GTK2 themes created for GNOME-based desktop. But when Ubuntu upgraded to Gnome 3 (and respectively GTK 3) in 11.10 users were no longer able to use GTK 2 themes like Orta. Luckily for us, talented theme developers have started creating new gorgeous looking GTK 3 themes as well as porting [...]

A new retro-styled puzzle game that can be played using the mind is on its way to the Ubuntu Software Center. The 52-level strong puzzle game ‘Mind Labyrinth‘ is the first game on Linux to make use of the wireless Mindwave EEG headset from Neurosky. With the headset connected and the game open, you will need to put your mind [...]

Unity 5.2 has arrived in Ubuntu 12.0, a day after the release of alpha 2.

Unity 5.2 has under gone rigorously testing over the past weeks or so ahead of its deposit in Ubuntu 12.04. Along with much improved multi-monitor support come a handful of other notable changes.