Canonical Ubuntu Linux has long been one of the most popular Linux desktop distributions. Now, its leadership is looking to its users for help to decide the default desktop applications in the next ...

Do you want to know how to tell real Linux geeks from people who just use it? Ask them what their favorite application packaging system is. Hardcore old-school Linux users will soon be telling you all ...

There’s really nothing that hard about installing programs on Linux. Anyone who still uses shell commands like say, “apt-get install some-program-or-the-other,” is doing so because they want to do it ...

Click to view Ubuntu 7.04 has quickly become the operating system of choice for millions of people around the world - whether they're Linux newcomers, Windows and Mac defectors or pony-tailed system ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Ready or not, Ubuntu's default display will be Wayland.The new Ubuntu includes the first user-facing ...

Ubuntu 9.10 only: Ubuntu Tweak, the all-in-one system modifier and software manager we've previously mentioned, has a new release out that improves the app installation process with a consolidated ...

Canonical has come up with a replacement for the global menu bar, one of the most notable features of Ubuntu's Unity desktop and also one of its most problematic.The global menu bar places application ...

The new Ubuntu version offers an enhanced multimedia experience and Web surfing, nicely wrapped up in a Windows-friendly package. All that's missing is a bow on top. The latest version of Ubuntu Linux ...

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is hosting a contest called the Ubuntu App Showdown. Participants have several weeks to build and submit a working Ubuntu application. The ...