Ubuntu Vibes

Vote for Linux Games on Steam Greenlight

Sunday, September 02, 2012 | No comments |

Steam Greenlight is a new system that uses community votes in picking some of the next games to be released on Steam.

Games, Steam, Steam Greenlight

Improved WinThumbnails Dock Extension for Gnome Shell

Saturday, September 01, 2012 | No comments |

WinThumbnails is a dock for GNOME Shell that displays live thumbnails of windows of the running applications.

Customize, Docks, Gnome Shell, Gnome Shell Extensions, WinThumbnails

Ubuntu 12.10 Adds Mac OS X Like Genie Effect

Saturday, September 01, 2012 | No comments |

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.

12.10, Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu

Open Source Cube 2: Sauerbraten Engine Running in Browser Using WebGL

Friday, August 31, 2012 | No comments |

BananaBread is a 3D first person shooter that runs on the web. It is a port of Cube 2: Sauerbraten engine, which is written in C++ and OpenGL.

3D Games, BananaBread, Cube 2: Sauerbraten engine, Games, HTML5, HTML5 Games, Javascript, Open Source Games, WebGL

Linux Game Publishing Adds 'Sacred Gold' RPG to Ubuntu Software Center

Friday, August 31, 2012 | No comments |

Linux Game Publishing (LGP) has ported a number of commercial Windows games to Linux in past.

Action RPG, Games, Isometric, LGP, Linux Game Publishing, RPG, Sacred Gold

'Planetary Annihilation' Reaches Funding Goal

Thursday, August 30, 2012 | No comments |

Planetary Annihilation is a new Real-Time Strategy game by developers who worked on games like Total Annihilation, Command & Conquer and Supreme Commander.

3D Games, Crowd Funding, Games, Kickstarter, Planetary Annihilation, Real Time Strategy, RTS

Gimp 2.8.2 Released, Install from PPA

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 | No comments |

Gimp 2.8.2 has been released with some new features and fixes.

Applications, GIMP, GIMP 2.8

Play First Unity3D Native Linux Game

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 | No comments |

Unity3D 4.0 game engine has native Linux publishing support and with release of its first beta version, developers are already trying out their games on Linux.