This is all thanks to Marco Trevisan, who works on Ubuntu Kylin, an official “flavor” of Ubuntu targeted at China. While Ubuntu Kylin has some different software intended for the Chinese market, it ...

Perhaps one of the most missed Linux desktop environments is Ubuntu Unity Desktop, developed by Ubuntu’s parent company, Canonical. It was either loved or hated by users otherwise endeared to the ...

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) was a solid but unspectacular release, and 13.10 is shaping up to be more of the same. Perhaps Canonical's goal of reaching convergence in 14.04 is such a challenge that ...

Let me start by thanking everyone for all of the supportive comments from ‘Day 5: You Invited Me to This Party’. I appreciate it. You might notice that this Day 6 ...

During a keynote at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth unveiled a new lightweight user interface shell called Unity. The new shell is designed to use screen space ...

After years of working on a user interface designed to run across phones, tablets, and desktop computers, the developers of the Ubuntu operating system have decided to shift focus. Starting next year, ...

The popular Linux distribution Ubuntu recently finalized its move to the new Unity interface, while other Linux distributions are moving to the new GNOME 3 shell. Both interfaces are remarkably ...

The recent release of Ubuntu 12.10, aka Quantal Quetzal, is a more palatable version of the open source OS built around the Unity desktop environment.Perhaps I am growing more accustomed to Unity, or ...

Ubuntu was my Linux distro of choice for a couple of years. I loved it. Sure, the old “everything is Orange and Brown” color scheme made my eyeballs want to go all hari-kari. But, other than that, ...

Don't get me wrong. Unity still isn't for everyone. Hard core Linux desktop users-and I'm one of them-will still find it keeps them too far away from Linux's fine-tuning controls for comfort. But, for ...

Canonical recently released Ubuntu 18.04, the company's latest iteration of its popular Linux distribution, nicknamed Bionic Beaver. Ubuntu 18.04 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release and will receive ...