Ubuntu User

The Blather, FreeSpeech, Palaver, Simon, and Vedics speech recognition programs are ready to respond to voice commands. This sounds good in theory, but there are some pitfalls in practice.

Ubuntu 13.10 offers some changes to the installation process. We'll walk you through upgrading or installing the latest release.

A new mail program for Linux, Geary, has finally arrived. The smart software brings some fresh air to the genre.

Crowdfunding can distribute the load onto many participants when making large steps in development. We'll take a closer look at what you can learn from the process.

An old EeePC with Linux is great solution for creating a powerful off-road navigation system. Putting together some of the components involves some tricks, however.

Instead of toiling over a graphics layout, you can use Graphviz to concentrate on the essential content and let the software do the design.

If the default Ubuntu image viewer doesn't cut it for you, there are plenty of other excellent image viewing applications you can choose from.

Most of the people working with computers don't interact with the community. How do we reach them anyway?