Extend Ubuntu Unity Lens functionality with search filters and new lenses
Unity Lens helps you manage an incredibly efficient desktop, and you can make it even more powerful with searching filters and new lenses. The search filters and lenses are easy to use, and the new...
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Simplify Your Life with the “Unity Orientation Guide” (Fully Revised)
With the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the Ubuntu Vancouver Local Community (UVLC) has updated its guide to Unity. Say hello to our fully revised “Unity Orientation Guide.” If you’re new to Ubuntu, or...
View ArticleI’ve had enough of Ubuntu Unity!
Everyone I know who’s used Ubuntu of late can’t stick the Unity interface. Admittedly, a dozen people does not maketh a statistically coherent sample. But still, I feel it’s indicative of some real...
View ArticleUnity alternatives – the many desktops of Ubuntu
Ubuntu’s Unity is far from the only desktop environment available for the distribution. For users who want to stay with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but prefer another desktop environment, there are plenty of...
View ArticleInstall Compiz On The Unity Desktop On Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
This tutorial shows how you can configure Compiz on an Ubuntu Linux 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Unity desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here)....
View ArticleUnity Revamped Adds New Features to Ubuntu 12.04
Isaac Joseph created a customized version of the Unity interface for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, called Unity Revamped. Read more here
View ArticleConfigure Ubuntu’s Unity With MyUnity
Easily configure Ubuntu‘s Unity, without causing crashes and instability. MyUnity is an application for customizing Ubuntu’s interface and is so stable and easy to use, it’s included in the default...
View ArticleUbuntu Unity: Making the desktop seriously efficient again
I’ve noticed something lately. Since Ubuntu 12.04 was released, and I migrated over from Linux Mint, I’m working much more efficiently. This isn’t really so much a surprise to me, but to many of the...
View ArticleBring Ubuntu’s Classic Menu To Unity
Not everyone hates Ubuntu’s Unity, but there are a few things you might miss from Ubuntu’s old interface — like it’s easy-to-navigate dropdown menu for applicatoins and settings. ClassicMenu Indicator...
View ArticleDisable global menu autohide behaviour in Ubuntu 12.04
The Unity Revamped PPA created by Isaac Joseph, which provides Unity with two patches: Dodge Windows and minimize/unmaximize on click for the Unity launcher, has been updated yesterday with some fixes...
View Article10 Awesome Indicator Applets for Ubuntu’s Unity Desktop
If you’ve used Ubuntu a while, you might remember GNOME applets – icons that sat on your panel and gave you access to controls and information. If you miss panel applets, try installing third-party...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Unity Desktop Comes To Fedora 17
For those not liking the GNOME Shell, KDE, Xfce, or one of the other desktop environments already available on Fedora 17, Ubuntu’s Unity is now available. Read more here
View ArticleNew Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Concept Looks Amazing
After introducing last week a very nice video that presented an amazing mockup of the Unity interface for Ubuntu OS, we’re now proud to announce today, August 2nd, another nice concept that looks...
View ArticleTweaking Unity?
When Ubuntu’s new user interface was first released, it had much of its configurability hidden from the user. Not necessarily by design, but simply as a new interface there weren’t tools available to...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Unity Has Room To Improve Performance
Following yesterday’s news that Ubuntu 12.10 will drop the Unity 2D desktop, I carried out some quick tests comparing the latest state of the Unity desktop with Compiz against the lightweight Unity 2D...
View ArticleUnity 2D dropped from Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal”
The 2D variant of Canonical’s Unity desktop user interface – introduced in Ubuntu 11.10 for systems without 3D/OpenGL hardware acceleration – will not be included in future versions of Ubuntu. Read...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Unity Decision Affects 2D Performance Too
Last week I delivered OpenGL/3D benchmarks of Ubuntu 12.10 when comparing the performance of the default Unity desktop to the now-defunct Unity 2D environment. Canonical’s decision to kill Unity 2D...
View ArticleTouring the Ubuntu Unity Desktop
Ubuntu’s Unity desktop has similarities to both Windows and OS X, meaning that users considering the switch to Ubuntu should not have much difficultly becoming familiar with this alternative operating...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Unity/Compiz Gets Even Slower
Updates were recently pushed into the Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” repository for the Unity desktop and Compiz compositing window manager. Performance improvements were talked about, but still there...
View ArticleUbuntu’s Unity Is Also Painful For 2D Performance
Besides the Unity desktop and Compiz window manager in Ubuntu impairing the Linux OpenGL performance, the 2D performance is also dramatically affected by this desktop configuration. Read mrore here
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