Comparison of Linux Desktops OpenGL Performance

With Steam officially being released for Linux  I took some time out this evening to run a few benchmarks on my Ubuntu 12.04 based Bodhi sys...Read more »

Group Favourite Applications Into One with Drawers

Drawers is a simple application which allows us to group many applications launcher together. This application is useful especially for netb...Read more »

How To Hide Unity Launcher "Forever"

In my opinion, the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS unity is much better than ever. It's fast, stable, and easy-to-use. But I still don't like the U...Read more »

Bring Unity 'Dodge Windows' Behavior Back on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

If you used Unity on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, you might know what Unity Dodge Windows behavior is. When there is no window opened, the U...Read more »

Tutorial: How to create a Unity lens for Ubuntu

Have you ever tried your hands for developing a lens for Unity ? Here is a nice tutorial from canonical on how you can start writing your ow...Read more »

Unsettings: Unity Configuration tool

UnSettings is a new tool for tweaking Unity in Ubuntu. Although there are many other tweaking applications like MyUnity , Gnome Tweak Tool ...Read more »

Unity 5.x Design Concept (Mockup) for Ubuntu 12.04

Frederico Araújo Mendes sent us his design concept (Mockup) of Unity 5.x that was intended for Ubuntu 12.04, is this design will be the next...Read more »

Linux Desktop Environment Round Up

A year and a half ago I did an entry entitled " Overview and Explanation of Linux Desktop Environments ". Anyone that is in the te...Read more »

Ubuntu 11.10 Unity Keyboard Shortcut

Ubuntu 11.10 comes with Unity as default interface, although Unity run on top of Gnome 3, the appearance and functionality between Unity and...Read more »

Shuttleworth Misses the Point Yet Again

I caught an article on Lxer.com entitled: "Shuttleworth: Linux Power Users Aren't too Cool for Unity" There are a number of q...Read more »

Switch from Unity to Gnome in Ubuntu 11.10

Enter the following command in Terminal, sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s gnome-shell   Reboot PC. Read more »

Does your hardware support Unity 3D?

Unity is enabled by default on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, and the latest version Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot will enable Unity by default t...Read more »

Something Gnome3 and Unity could Stand to Learn from Windows 8

I've mentioned a few times now that I don't understand this touch infatuation technology has developed in recent years. What ever t...Read more »

Ubuntu, see you in October 2012

Most of you probably know that Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot has reached Beta status today. After intentionally skipping any reference to Nat...Read more »

Did GNOME Shell Miss the Mark?

Having played with a couple of tablets over the last week it occurred to me that these are the sort of devices the GNOME 3 Shell is said to ...Read more »

Hacking to make things Usable

I've noticed a disturbing trend occurring with software. Until recent months it was largely limited to closed source software such as iO...Read more »

Ubuntu 11.04: how to switch from Unity to Gnome

You can easily switch to Gnome from new Unity Desktop. Select Ubuntu Classic from System > Administration > Login ScreenRead more »

Thoughts on the Unity Desktop

Ubuntu's 11.04 release is now on the horizon and unless you have been living under a rock then you know that their big change is going t...Read more »

Ubuntu's Unity in 11.04 - Not All That Bad

With all the upheaval around Unity and Gnome Shell and not having used Ubuntu since 'Breezy Badger' (that was 5.10) I thought I take...Read more »

Huge Ubuntu Changes to Come (Unity review)

The last Ubuntu news have made quite some noise lately. Rightly so, for the Canonical supported distro is about to make some very aggressi...Read more »