Cloud Storage Options for Linux Users: Now’s the Time

One of the biggest stories of this week was Google’s announcement of its long-awaited Google Drive cloud storage solution. You can sign up for 5GB of free storage from Google, use it efficiently with your Android device, and find out more about it here. However, many Linux users were more than annoyed that the cloud [...]

Electronic Arts At Ubuntu Summit; Linux Games Coming?

The news has been quick to spread today that Electronic Arts will be making a brief presentation at the Ubuntu Developer Summit next week… Read more at Phoronix

XCP in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS:

Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS now includes support for the Xen Hypervisor (version 4.1.2), Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) packages and XCP OpenStack plug-ins Read more ….

How to Upgrade to Gimp 2.8 in Ubuntu

Gimp users, rejoice! After 3.5 years of development, Gimp 2.8 has finally arrived. This version of Gimp brings a plethora of changes and improvement, making Gimp a even better image editing software than its previous version. Read more ….

“Precise Tweak”: Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 released!

After two months’ development, I am proud to announce the new version of Ubuntu Tweak, so called “Precise Tweak” (Sorry, I just stole the code name from Ubuntu 12.04 ). I set the release date just one day before the final release of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, because I want every one is able to upgrade [...]

Install Lenses And Scopes In Ubuntu 12.04 (SSH, Reddit, Wikipedia, Flickr, Grooveshark, Spotify And More)

Most of the Unity Lenses and scopes, that adds extra functionality to dash menu have been updated to work with Ubuntu 12.04. Some lenses like Wikipedia lens are new releases. A Lens adds an extra new category to Unity dash allowing you to find specific results from local sources, web and even do calculations. A [...]

Ubuntu Tweak 0.7: App And Source Center Are Back, More Ubuntu 12.04 Tweaks

Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 has been released today, bringing some important new features, especially for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin which will be released tomorrow. As you probably know, starting with version 0.6, Ubuntu Tweak had lost some of its main features. Well, with the latest 0.7.0, some of these features are back: App Center, Source Center [...]

Xfce 4.10 Goes Into Preview State

For those unsatisfied with the state of GNOME 3.x Shell, Ubuntu’s Unity interface, and other Linux desktop options, Xfce 4.10 is approaching with an official release planned for later this month… Read more at Phoronix

0 A.D. Alpha 9 Review and Ubuntu Installation | Screenshots

0 A.D. is a strategy game that has been around for quite some time now, and it reached a decent level of completeness despite the fact that Wildfire Games are releasing only alpha versions. It’s free, open-source and available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and the latest alpha, codenamed ‘Ides of March’, comes [...]

Interview with Ding Zhou of Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu tweak is a well known application which allows Ubuntu users to tweak various aspects of their system. The founder of the project, Ding Zhou aka Tualatrix Chou, is talking to us about the nature and the usability of Ubuntu Tweak, the relation with Canonical and the future plans of the project. Enjoy Read more [...]