Ubuntu Vibes

Xenonauts, New X-Com Inspired Game Coming to Linux

Monday, May 14, 2012 | No comments |

Xenonauts, a new strategy game inspired by X-Com series is coming to Linux. The game is currently on Kickstarter and the game preview has received extremely positive reviews from critics and gamers alike.

Crowd Funding, Games, Kickstarter, Strategy, Turn Based Strategy, X-Com, Xenonauts

DeaDBeeF Music Player 0.5.4 Released

Sunday, May 13, 2012 | No comments |

DeaDBeeF is a fast and lightweight music player for Ubuntu. It provides a very simple and intuitive GUI without any extra cruft.

Applications, DeaDBeeF, Music Players

Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.1 Released with New Features

Sunday, May 13, 2012 | No comments |

Ubuntu Tweak is a powerful tool to customize Ubuntu and Unity desktop. A new version of Ubuntu Tweak has been released recently with many new features and fixes.

Applications, Customize, Ubuntu Tweak

A Look at New Features Coming in Ubuntu 12.10 [UDS Summary]

Saturday, May 12, 2012 | No comments |

Many new features and plans for Ubuntu 12.10 were discussed at Ubuntu Developer Summit. Though no concrete news on a new icon theme.

12.10, Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu, UDS, UDS-Q

Ubuntu 12.10 Will Have a Gnome Shell Flavor

Saturday, May 12, 2012 | No comments |

Good news for those who like to use Gnome Shell on Ubuntu. Starting with Ubuntu 12.10, there will be separate Ubuntu 12.10 build based on vanilla Gnome Shell. The desktop interface will provide out of the box upstream Gnome 3 experience.

Gnome 3, Ubuntu

How Google Developers Use Ubuntu

Saturday, May 12, 2012 | No comments |

There was a very interesting session at UDS by Google developer Thomas Bushnell. He talked about how Ubuntu, its derivatives and Goobuntu (Google's customized Ubuntu based distro) are used by Google developers.