Early Preview of Gnome Shell 3.14 On Ubuntu GNOME 14.10

Early Preview of Gnome Shell 3.14 On Ubuntu GNOME 14.10

GNOME 3.14 is releasing in September and Ubuntu-GNOME in October, therefore this is an early access to the development versions of both of them. However Ubuntu development releases are quite stable and the same also applies for GNOME, so it should be a very usable system. Running GNOME in Ubuntu won’t give a genuine GNOME … Continue reading

Faience Theme now available for Ubuntu 14.04

Faience Theme now available for Ubuntu 14.04

  Faience Theme is a Gnome Shell theme created by tiheum, the owners of the most popular theme, Faenza and Faience icon themes. According to the developer, Faience is a Work In Progress that include GTK3, GTK2, Metacity and Gnome-Shell themes and an icon theme based on Faenza, so if you encounter any bugs or issues … Continue reading

The Linux Foundation’s Free “Intro to Linux” course – Beginning 1st August 2014

The Linux Foundation’s Free “Intro to Linux” course – Beginning 1st August 2014

On March 6, the Linux Foundation announced it is building a Massive Open Online Course MOOC program with edX, the nonprofit, open source based, online learning platform launched in 2012 by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT. The course: LFS101x is based on the popular LFS101: Introduction to Linux, with modifications which reflect the fact that … Continue reading

Introducing Betty, the Siri for the Linux Terminal

Introducing Betty, the Siri for the Linux Terminal

Betty is like Siri or Google Now for the command line. Well, sort of. The tool translates plain English into commands: it displays the command it runs and obviously, the command output, in the terminal. It can even speak the command output. Betty’s mission is, according to its GitHub page, to “provide a way to … Continue reading

Mediterranean Themes Updated For 14.04, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint (Gtk+ Xfce)

Mediterranean Themes Updated For 14.04, Install in Ubuntu/Linux Mint (Gtk+ Xfce)

Install Mediterranean Themes in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 16/14/13/and other Ubuntu derivatives (GTK + Xfce) Mediterranean pack is dark theme series but there are also light versions in this pack. Since there is no official update from original creators of this pack for latest GTK version, Rogério Brito updated this theme pack. This … Continue reading