New Unity Features will Generate Affiliate Revenue for Ubuntu

Olli Ries, Director of Technology at Canonical shared information about some new features in Ubuntu 12.10 that will help in generating affiliate revenue for Ubuntu project.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Simplifies GRUB Boot Menu

Ubuntu 12.10 features a minor but interesting change in GRUB2 Boot Menu.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Released, Overview and Screenshots

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 has been released with new features. One of the major changes is complete removal of Unity2D. Unity3D is now capable of of running on old systems that do not support hardware acceleration.

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New Fix Improves Gaming Performance in Ubuntu 12.04

Unity3D in Ubuntu 12.04 has a regression that leads to slower frame rates in many 3D Linux games. This happens under Unity3D only and other sessions like Unity2D and Classic Gnome are unaffected.

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A Graphical Frontend for Configuring GRUB2 May Land in Ubuntu

Matthew Paul Thomas from Canonical design team is working on a new GUI that will make it easier to configure GRUB2.

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Ubuntu 12.10 'Gnome Edition' Alpha Images Available for Download

Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a new official Ubuntu flavor that aims to bring a pure upstream GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Adds Mac OS X Like Genie Effect

In a latest update, Ubuntu 12.10 has introduced a new behavior where any window restored from minimized state uses a 'Genie' or 'Magic Lamp' style animation effect.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Reverts to Nautilus 3.4.2

The latest changes in Nautilus file manager are causing lots of controversy.

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Unity 4.0 Public Beta to Launch Today, Canonical Presenting at Unite 2012

Game engine maker Unity Technologies announced at the Unite 2012 conference in Amsterdam that Unity 4.0 public beta will be available today.

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Nautilus File Manager Gets Improvements in Ubuntu 12.10

Nautilus file manager has got some new improvements in Ubuntu 12.10.

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After Complete Memory Loss, Mayank Gets It Back Using Internet and Linux

The Times of India, an Indian newspaper featured a story today about a young man who lost his memory because of a chronic disease and then how he gets it back Using Linux, Internet and other modern gadgets and services.

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Unity2D Removed from Ubuntu 12.10

Unity2D has been removed from Ubuntu 12.10 repositories with today's package updates.

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Ubuntu Desktop Environment Usage Statistics

Ubuntu's popularity contest or Popcon project is an attempt to map the usage of Ubuntu packages.

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Dell to Launch New Ubuntu Ultrabook This Fall

Few days back we reported that Dell has announced Project Sputnik, a six month research effort to explore the possibility of creating an open source Ubuntu laptop targeted directly at developers.

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This is How New Nautilus Looks in Ubuntu

Nautilus file manager is being completely revamped. Many improvements are made to the user interface to simplify the file manager. However, some useful features are also being removed in this process.

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Ubuntu Plans to Drop GRUB 2 for Implementing UEFI SecureBoot Compatibility

Canonical has been researching on UEFI SecureBoot for quite some time and now they have proposed a new solution to implement it.

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Wipro India Launches New Ubuntu Business PC

Wipro, one of the leading Information Technology companies in India, has announced a new low cost desktop PC for small and medium business units in India.

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Dell to Sell Ubuntu Laptops Across India

Canonical and Dell announced that Dell laptops pre-loaded with Ubuntu will be sold in 850 retail outlets across India.

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'Unity Revamped' Adds Missing Functionality to Ubuntu 12.04

Isaac Joseph has created a customized build of Unity that adds missing features to Unity Shell.

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How to Disable Unity Launcher and Use Your Own Dock

One of the advantages of Unity is the screen real estate optimization it can bring to desktop by combining global menu and window controls on top panel.

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