Posts from January 2011

Unity Application places in Ubuntu 11.04

File and Application places land in Ubuntu 11.04

The initial drop of Ubuntu 11.04's Unity Application places and File places have landed today.

31 January 2011

Quick Realtek RTL8192SU Ubuntu Wi-Fi Driver Fix

Here's quick fix for annoyed users with Realtek RTL8192SU WiFi chipsets wanting some WiFi...

31 January 2011

Install XFCE 4.8 in Ubuntu 10.10

The newest and most exciting release yet of the lightweight XFCE desktop has gained a PPA for brave Ubuntu 10.10 users to install from. XFCE 4.8 was released on Monday 17th of January and added remote shares browsing, a rewritten desktop panel and improved settings/file transfer dialogs.

31 January 2011
Midori adds Unity quicklists

Midori 0.3.0 released, adds new default search engine

The latest version of lightweight webkit browser Midori has been released. Alongside bug fixes and stability improvements version 0.3.0 sees duckduckgo.com set as the default search engine.

31 January 2011
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Natty sound menu adds playlist support

The Sound Menu of Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha sees the return of play list support - an easy way to access your favourite track line-ups in Banshee without needing to open the app itself.

31 January 2011

10" Ubuntu Tablet gets priced, spec’d and demoed

It’s hard to keep up with the slew of identikit Ubuntu tablets slipping out on to the Chinese market, but at least this one has some new information for us to digest.. The ‘TENQ P07’ […]

30 January 2011
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Our exclusive interview with Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds has probably done more for the world than many know, and his influence stretches far and wide throughout all corners of the globe with a variety of amazing implementations of his original vision that started almost two decades ago. Whether you know it or not, at some stage in your day-to-day life you probably come into contact with Torvalds' work. Without him, many wouldn't be where they are today, Ubuntu wouldn't exist and Free Software wouldn't be such a prevalent mainstream ideology used by millions. I caught up with Linus for a chat in Brisbane to get his opinion on Ubuntu, Linux in the mobile space and find out what new stuff is happening in the kernel this year.

29 January 2011
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CodeWeavers unleashes new Windows Impersonator

CrossOver Impersonator, a Windows emulator, promises high performance for Unix/Linux systems. With Wine 1.3.9 under the hood, it raises the question: what differentiates this Wine based program from any other? We ordered a copy to find out.

29 January 2011
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The Ubuntu font comes to London Design Museum

A new art installation featuring the Ubuntu font family opens at London's Design Museum.

28 January 2011

Five neat new Covergloobus themes

Five pretty CoverGloobus themes. Including one by me. Sssh. Let's go.

28 January 2011
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Linux.conf.au 2012 location announced as Ballarat, Victoria #lca2011 #lca2012

The location for Linux.conf.au 2012 has been announced as Ballarat, Victoria. The conference will run early next year and have a similar format to the LCAs we have become used to over the past ten years - a week long Open Source conference boasting a variety of keynote speakers, talks, tutorials and sessions that makes LCA what it is.

28 January 2011

Days 3 and 4 of #LCA2011; rockets, balloons, Linus Torvalds

Days three and four of LCA2011 have passed, and now we are almost halfway through the fifth day, Friday. The past couple of days have been quite interesting, with many very cool talks, two social events in the evenings and I got lucky enough to spend some time with Linus Torvalds!

28 January 2011