Unity Tweak Tool is Unity configuration tool that aims to expose all the most needed Unity, Compiz, Appearance and Desktop settings in one interface to rule them all.

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Later today a developer preview of Ubuntu Touch will be made available to download and install on a handful of Nexus devices.

Just a quick note to say we’re coming back with a brand new season of the Ubuntu UK Podcast Live on Wednesday 27th February 2013. Listen to this episode to hear the other exciting news about season 6!

This has to be the find of the day. I was skeptical about the relevance of a full-fledged voice recognition application in a desktop OS like Ubuntu. But all that changed once I saw the video demonstration of the same. Not only does the app looks awesome, it is tightly integrated with Ubuntu's default notification system.

A powerful voice recognition tool  has been demoed on Ubuntu by a Linux developer John McClain.

His app allows users to perform a wide range of actions by hitting a shortcut key and speaking.

It can:

Ubuntu is on a roll. Barely a month and a half after the official unveiling of Ubuntu for Phones, Canonical has just revealed their next flagship product, dubbed as Ubuntu on Tablets. With the introduction of platforms tailor-made for phones and tablets now, Canonical have made their intentions very clear. Ubuntu is not going to be an also-ran.

One of the easiest ways to get notified of new posts by your favourite websites is to add their RSS feed to a feed reader.

Whether on the desktop, mobile or web, most create a centralised hub for keeping track of and reading articles.

But while RSS feeds are versatile - and the #1 choice for those keeping tracks of hundreds of websites – they do have flaws.

Its announcement may only be a few hours old, but the new Ubuntu Tablet interface is already being met with a phenomenal level of praise from users and developers alike.

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It’s official: Ubuntu is coming to tablets.

As the CeBIT upcoming convention in Germany nears, Canonical has announced what it will be showcasing at the event–which, in turn, provides some clues about where the company behind one of the world’s most popular open source operating systems might be concentrating its efforts in coming months.

It’s either a masterstroke of timing or an unfortunate coincidence but both Canonical and Taiwanese smartphone & tablet makers HTC are to make important new product announcements later this evening.

Linux fans in Europe have reason to celebrate this week with Dell’s announcement that its “Sputnik” XPS 13 laptop powered by Ubuntu, which the company released in the United States

Several UI elements of Ubuntu Phone OS were instant hits across the web when it was first introduced to the public.

TextAdept is a fast, minimalistic text editor that can be extended through Lua. The application is free, open source and runs on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

TextAdept features unlimited split views, support for over 80 programming languages, powerful snippets and key commands, code autocompletition and API lookup and is entirely keyboard driven.

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has revealed how the OS will address the on-going privacy concerns around its online searching feature in Unity.

KDE's Spark Tablet running Plasma Active user interface was quite a phenomenon during CES 2012, though there was no trace of it during the just concluded

TypeCatcher allows you to search, browse, and download Google webfonts for off-line use. You can preview fonts with adjustable size and text.

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Welcome to the Raring Ringtail Alpha 2 release, which will in time become the 13.04 release.

This alpha features images for Kubuntu and Ubuntu Cloud.