Ubuntu Vibes

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Released, Overview and Screenshots

Friday, September 07, 2012 | No comments |

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.

12.10, Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu

Steam Linux Beta is Just Few Days Away

Thursday, September 06, 2012 | No comments |

Steam for Linux Beta is just few days away. Well a leak seems to imply so.

Games, Steam, Valve

Script to Download Latest Chromium Build in Ubuntu

Thursday, September 06, 2012 | No comments |

Rui Oliveira has written a handy bash script that downloads latest Chromium dev build on your system.

Applications, Chromium, Scripts, Web Browsers

Battlestar Galactica Game 'Diaspora: Shattered Armistice' Finally Released

Wednesday, September 05, 2012 | No comments |

Much awaited Battlestar Galactica game Diaspora: Shattered Armistice has been finally launched after being in development for 4 years. The game is free and open source and it is based on the FreeSpace 2 Open engine.

3D Games, Battlestart Galactica, Diaspora: Shattered Armistice, Games, Space Combat, Space Exploration, Space Simulation

New Fix Improves Gaming Performance in Ubuntu 12.04

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

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.

12.04, Games, Ubuntu, Unity

Maia, A Dungeon Keeper Inspired 3D Game Coming to Linux

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Maia is a procedural, Dungeon Keeper inspired 3D space management game being developed by indie game developer Simon Roth.

3D Games, Games, Maia, RPG, Strategy

Install 'Nemo' in Ubuntu 12.04, A Nautilus 3.4 Fork by Linux Mint

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Clement Lefebvre, lead developer and founder of Cinnamon and Linux Mint, recently blogged about Nemo, a new file manager based on Nautilus 3.4.

Cinnamon, File Managers, Linux Mint, Nautilus, Nemo

Valve Jumping into Hardware Business

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Valve is making lots of buzz lately. It launched a public blog, announced Steam for Linux and Steam Big Picture Mode, applied patent for a game controller that can use keyboard and mouse as interchangeable parts and of course Gabe Newell publicly slammed Windows 8.