Ubuntu uses GNOME, and GNOME—by default—offers a very minimal and focused user experience that can feel limiting. Thankfully, ...

Ubuntu 25.10 no longer includes the Startup Applications tool, so learn how to autostart scripts and run custom commands at ...

GetDeb's web site has long been the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and Debian, and Mint) users to grab the latest copies of software not yet released by their official repositories. Now GetDeb makes it even ...

As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user ...

Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass Ubuntu Summit More than one Linux-adjacent vendor ...

The Ubuntu Software Center organizes apps into 13 Departments: Accessories, Education, Fonts, Games, Graphics, Internet, Office, Science & Engineering, Sound & Video, Themes & Tweaks, Universal Access ...

One of Canonical’s main goals in bringing Ubuntu to mobile devices is to create a converged platform across smartphones, tablets, and PCs. As such, a developer should be able to write an app that has ...

It's bound to roil open source advocates, but some Ubuntu leaders are asking the community which third-party, proprietary applications should be available for easy installation. You can weigh in on ...

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 ...

What the Atrix 4G first promised, it looks like the folks at Canonical may deliver. Think back to CES 2011, when Motorola showed us a future where our phone was the only computing device we would need ...