The following articles below were published during the month of August 2012 (times are based on UTC):
Just small notes (since I'm rather busy) - you can read the official announcements ;) [notice] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-August/000160.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-August/001800.html [/notice]
DoStuff: A todo.txt client for humans. DoStuff is a unusual application - it's simple, and it is based off of a "standard". For those of you who don't know, there is a project called todo.txt, which plans to "Future proof" your todo list by storing it in a file called... todo.txt of all things! A product of the Ubuntu App Showdown, DoStuff is simple. While I personally won't use DoStuff because of what I do (I need something a little more complicated than todo.txt can provide), I highly recommend using DoStuff, if todo.txt is your thing. You can install it via PPA, at least until it lands in the Ubuntu Software Center. Instructions are at the link. For more on ...
Remember 0 A.D.? Well, the recent weekly report brings some great news. A feature freeze for the next release is in effect, which means a new release is on the way. So what will it bring? According to the weekly report: We are very excited as well about stwf's new sound manager, which will bring sound to Mac users! This week stwf and historic_bruno committed the sound manager to the main data branch (using svn), and fixed some related bugs. Pureon has been working on a new building for the Brythonic Celts: the crannog! This fortress is unique, as it is built on a small artificial island. And while it doesn't create units, it allows a major garrison to fire ...
Greybird, the default theme in Xubuntu 12.04 (and soon to be 12.10), has been updated, no, rewritten - and has been released today. (Screenshot via Satyajit Sahoo) This refresh focuses more on better performance, better contrast, and interestingly, on looking good, not only in GTK+ 3, Unity and Compiz, but especially in GTK+ 2. Why? Well, Greybird isn't really used by GTK+ 3 desktops like Gnome 3 and Unity as much, so it makes sense to focus more on GTK+ 2. which XFCE will be using until GTK+ 3 is leaner, and meaner. Update: As Satya pointed out to us via Google+, the focus on GTK+2 is not all the story told. There is support for elementaryOS's Granite library, a ...
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If you are looking for an easy way to change a variety of wallpapers automagically, or add a beautiful clock to your desktop then this is the utility for you. Slidewall is a very easy app to install and fairly feature full, even though it requires some command line work, so lets dig in. First thing you are going to do is call up the terminal, if you are using Ubuntu go ahead and hit the "super" key type in "terminal" and...Read More
I'm not sure when this landed, but I learned today that Ubuntu One now offers a referrals program, and you can get up to 20GB of extra space for free. That's enough to back up my entire music library with space left over (just barely ;)). [caption id="attachment_3332" align="aligncenter" width="472"] Screenshot. It happened.[/caption] If you have not yet suggested/tried Ubuntu One, this should be more incentive to do so. It sure is better than the 8 or so GB that you can get from Dropbox referrals. Hopefully, this competitive edge will help Ubuntu One to "sky-rocket" at last in the market for cloud storage, while at the same time lending to making Canonical more profitable. I'm also waiting to see ...
Looking for a music player that just does what you ask it to do? Look no further. Noise is what you need, and no, I'm not talking about the chaotic sound your dog is making. It's no secret around here that I've got a bit of love for elementary OS and the applications that come out of their camp. Noise is one of those applications that has won my affection. In my opinion, if using Gnome's Rhythmbox ever becomes a problem, Ubuntu could use this instead ;). If you have never heard of a Noise before, here is a short introduction: Noise The music player of elementary OS. Forked from Beatbox. Fast, light, beautiful. Equalizer built-in. Album view, music browser, ...
[notice] The year of the Linux desktop may be long gone fantasy, but that doesn't mean that we are not in the midst of a revolution. In fact, never before has there been such global momentum toward a turning of the tables. With Android dominating the mobile market, Windows 8 about to kill the Windows monopoly, MeeGo (now Mer) and TIZEN OS looking to jump into the fray, Valve talking of a Linux-based Valve Box, and... OUYA - making waves - there is no doubt that Linux is taking over. Sadly, much of this progress has come with much division. Be it Unity and Gnome, or the confusing mass of distros out there, the Linux ecosystem is a confusing ...
I installed VMWare Player a while back and when I tried to run it, it always failed while checking the Network Device available for it. This question on askubuntu.com really helped me to get it working again. So, just thought I'd share this with you as well :)