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 ...

Karmic Koala's desktop should be familiar to Windows users. Right-click menu shortcuts and personalizing the desktop features are similar to Windows 7. The desktop still isn't as "glitzy" as Windows 7 ...

Canonical has lifted the curtains on some ambitious plans to reinvent the GNOME panel. The changes, which could potentially debut in the next major version of Ubuntu, will help simplify the desktop ...

Three cheers for Canonical, which is actively working to solve the netbook screen problem. In a blog posted Tuesday, Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth announced that the next netbook edition of Ubuntu ...

Ubuntu 15.04, code-named Vivid Vervet, launches today and it’s bringing the controversial systemd project along with it. The first difference you’ll notice about Ubuntu’s desktop are its “locally ...

There’s a major change coming to the Unity interface this April when Canonical releases Ubuntu 14.04, Trusty Tahr: Application menus are going back into their separate windows instead of existing in a ...

Ubuntu, a free distribution of the Linux operating system, might soon win over more users with its upcoming new look, highlighted by a replacement for the traditional menu. Mark Shuttleworth, one of ...

The Ubuntu Messaging Menu gives you quick access to email, chat, and other social applications from your menu bar. If you want to hide some of the apps, though, you can remove them with a quick ...

Linux operating system developer Canonical Ltd. today announced the general availability of Real-time Ubuntu, a new and specialized version of its operating system designed for time-bound workloads ...

Ubuntu Linux is coming to smartphones. Canonical -- the British outfit that oversees Ubuntu -- has built a new version of the open source operating system for touchscreens, and unlike other smartphone ...

The Ubuntu operating system is to replace its application menus with a "head-up display" (HUD) box. Users control the HUD interface by typing in the command they want carried out. Developers of the ...