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Tag Archives: maverick
Latest Firefox Releases Coming to Ubuntu 10.04
From February 17th Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users will be automatically upgraded to the latest release of Firefox. The move comes as a result of Ubuntu’s decision to follow Mozilla’s ‘rapid release’ cycle for Firefox. Currently Ubuntu pushes updates users of Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 with ‘point’ releases for Firefox 3.6. These updates contain important security [...]
Java To Be Removed from Ubuntu, Uninstalled from User Machines
Oracle’s Sun Java JDK packages are to be removed from the Ubuntu partner repositories and disabled on users systems.
Oracle, in retiring the ‘Operating System Distributor License for Java’, means Canonical no longer have permission to distribute the package.
The change will affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTs, Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 users only.
Tetris Meets Physics In This Crazy New Version
What happens when the classic game of Tetris becomes bound to the laws of physics? Not Tetris 2, is what.
Shotwell 0.11 – Now Available For Lucid and Maverick Users
The latest version of photo-management application Shotwell – which added hierarchal tags and BMP support – has been “backported” to Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.
Martin Wimpress is the awesome individual who maintains and packages Shotwell in a PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users.
Pre-Unity Ubuntu Netbook Launcher is resurrected; put in a PPA
Users of Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 can now once again install the pre-Unity Ubuntu Netbook Interface thanks to some repackaging magic by Martin ‘Doctor Mo’ Owens.
Unity 2D PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 users
So you’re still on Ubuntu 10.10 but you don’t want to miss out entirely on the “new” Unity experience. What’s the best way to experience Unity in Maverick?
During the early development of Unity 2D – the less hardware-hungry version of Unity that uses Qt – Ubuntu 10.10 users were able to install Unity 2D for development purposes via a PPA. Understandably, the back-porting stopped as Natty got nearer.
Firefox 4 PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users
Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users wanting to upgrade to the latest release of Mozilla Firefox can do so by adding the Firefox Stable PPA to their system sources.
Quick Realtek RTL8192SU Ubuntu driver fix
Here’s quick fix for annoyed users with Realtek RTL8192SU WiFi chipsets wanting some WiFi…
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.
Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center to add ratings and reviews in February
Ubuntu 10.10 users will be able to rate and review applications within the Ubuntu Software Center on February 11th, according the official wiki page timeline for the project.
Ubuntu Server Survey 2011
If in the passed week you took a swing by the official Ubuntu website, you will have noticed a new headline post replacing the previous Maverick ad.
In an effort to improve future releases of Ubuntu server edition, Canonical is, for the third year in a row, asking users how they are using it and in what environment.
Help improve Banshee’s performance on Maverick
Banshee having been picked as Ubuntu’s new default Music player is getting popular to test on all supported versions of Ubuntu. However there is a snag, for Maverick users, of which Ubuntu has a lot testing Banshee from what I can tell looking at the incoming bugs on GNOMEs bugtracker against Banshee.
How to install vanilla GNOME 3 in Maverick
If you ever wanted to test GNOME 3 there was ricotz’s PPA but Maverick users don’t get love since it is now only available for Natty. But fear not, since the Ubuntu Desktop team have have set up another PPA to give Maverick users some upstreamy love.
Fix ‘blank’ photo prints problem in GIMP
Many users were surprised to find out that, after upgrading to Maverick, GIMP no longer prints out photographs, but instead prints out blank pages. Fortunately, I have found the fix to this, which shall land in Maverick through update-manager in a few weeks.