Ubuntu Launcher : Absolute Unity flavor to the Android system

Ubuntu Launcher is a Launcher which provides a Unity interface experience for Android devices, the application is characterized by its shape, similar to the interface of hand sidebar and absolute applications as it met for the adaptation and customization is extremely and other features, the software is still in its pilot phase and is expected to face a number of faults, but they certainly experience distinctive.

You can download the application via the Google Play store from here.
By the way the application is open source and you can download the source code from here.

Have you tried it ? What do you think of it ?

     

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Windows 8.1 Adds Unity-Style Search Feature

The next update of the system Windows 8 - which is what is known as Blue or 8.1 - adds a new search experience to the desktop, Ubuntu users will are already familiar with this because it is similar to the existing one in Ubuntu (Unity).

Windows 8.1 inbuilt feature called Windows Search to provide search results and not just the results of local applications , files and settings on your computer , but also from the Internet and social networking sites ; resembles the Unity Dash in Ubuntu .

While Microsoft does not create something away from what in Unity , it is fair to say that Ubuntu was the first operating system that has made ​​the equation : " Find anything , anywhere ," a key part of the desktop.

- Microsoft says : " You can see everything you can do on your computer in one part , you can be running applications , and operates music , and even bring the results of the Web ."

There is an additional resemblance which is: that the Unity interface displays search results in the application browser  (DASH) , which also benefits from property Unity previews ( Unity previews ) to add more information and procedures , and in this context, Windows 8.1 has a new feature similar called "Search Heroes ".

Unity aims to do something similar with another new feature Smart Scopes , which aims to find what you 're looking for and then shows you the results that match with it.

Because Microsoft has a full search engine "Bing" not to mention a wide range of media content sites , there is no doubt that the results will be incredibly accurate .

 The most important point in this issue is that Ubuntu has proven itself among its competitors through this feature .

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Mechanig: a new tool to customize the Unity interface

Mechanig is a new tool and a powerful high-profile to customize the Unity interface, aiming to customize the most needed things in Unity, such as appearance, Desktop customization, Compiz  ..

Mechanig is currently under development, where there is not yet a stable version to launch it, so do not expect everything to be perfect in this tool, there are many problems, but you will get a day on some of the new reforms.

To install the beta version on Ubuntu Open the terminal and run the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/mechanig-daily 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install mechanig

     

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New feature added to Ubuntu 14.04 - filtering App Spread windows by names

It seems that Canonical as usual added some new features to Ubuntu 14.04, one of these features gives the ability to filter application windows in the spread by name.

This feature makes multitasking even better. Because this change will make app switching easier when viewing all your open app windows (Super + W) at once. and you can filter windows you want by hitting the keyboard and typing the name you want.

Video showing the process :

     

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Try Gnome online

After we saw Unity online provided by Ubuntu Website, here is another website : Symbiose which gives the opportunity to try gnome online for those who want to see the interface and know if they will like it or not.

Give it a try and see how it goes :

Try Gnome online 

     

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