The Unity desktop environment that was recently made default in Ubuntu Linux has been nothing if not controversial, as has the alternative GNOME 3. Fortunately, thanks to the customizability that has ...

Canonical has just launched its streamlined version of Ubuntu Linux, designed for speed and targeted at netbooks and touch screen devices. The new Unity desktop has been redesigned with the main ...

When Canonical abandoned its Ubuntu for smartphones project, an independent group of developers called called UBPorts picked up the pieces of open source code and carried on. Over the last few years, ...

Enterprising geeks have already found a way to launch Ubuntu’s Unity desktop environment on Windows 10, thanks to the recent addition of the Linux-based Bash shell. But don’t expect Unity and many ...

In October 2010, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system and CEO of Canonical, announced his grand plan to build a converged Linux desktop that would work on mobile ...

How to add useful lenses to the Unity desktop environment Here’s how you can add a number of helpful lenses to your Unity desktop. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following commands then hit ...

Ubuntu’s been in the news a bit lately due to the decision to drop the Unity desktop environment, give up on smartphones and tablets, and switch to the GNOME desktop by this time next year. But today ...

While Ubuntu's Unity Shell provides users with a new way to interact with their computers, the learning curve may be costly to businesses that need a more stable, intuitive computing environment like ...

I reviewed Ubuntu 15.10 (along with openSUSE Leap 42.1 and Fedora 23) a little over a week ago. And, you know what? It is really solid. I’d go so far as to say it is the most excellent release of ...