Ubuntu Tweak: After three days dead, user outcry brings it back to life | Linux Today

Ubuntu Tweak: After three days dead, user outcry brings it back to life

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 22, 2012

There’s nothing like absence to make the heart grow fonder, as the old saying goes, and that’s apparently just as true for software projects as it is for people.

Case in point: Ubuntu Tweak.

Fans of Canonical’s popular Ubuntu Linux distribution are probably already familiar with Ubuntu Tweak, which lets users modify not just the OS in general but the controversial new Unity desktop in particular, adding extra flexibility beyond what is offered in Ubuntu itself.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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