Gnome development is moving forward with leaps and bounds and the developers are trying to create a complete desktop environment to cater every needs of the user. Some new apps that have hit the spotlight are a new software installer for Gnome, Gnome Clocks, Boxes, Calender etc. Among this, developers are working on an app that will allow you to take quick notes and memos – Gnome Notes.

Steam is coming soon for Linux, and Valve is making sure that the Linux gaming experience is the best seen ever. Currently, we can expect some unstable Steam client to arrive soon. If you would like to be the first to experience Steam on Linux, you can opt to be a beta tester for Valve.

The Gnome foundation has announced the second beta release of the Gnome 3.5.91 desktop environment. This codebase will be merge into Gnome 3.6 that is scheduled to be released soon.

Oracle will ship the stable version of JDK 8 on summer next year. However, some early builds are already available which you may install for testing purposes. To do this in Ubuntu, you will need to add a Personal Package Archive or PPA and download the installer., The installer will fetch the JDK binaries for you.