Posts from April 2009

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Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope Released

Ubutnu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ is now available to download over at Ubuntu.com! The servers will be getting a bit of a hammering so i would suggest downloading it via the official torrents: ubuntu-9.04-alternate-amd64.iso torrent ubuntu-9.04-alternate-i386.iso […]

23 April 2009
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10 Things To Do Immediately After Installing Jaunty

A fresh install of Ubuntu is great, but there are still a few bits missing such as MP3 playback, expanded software sources, and your own set of preferred programmes. Thankfully, all of these are a […]

22 April 2009
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A (Lame) Jaunty Wallpaper

Jaunty is released in less than 24 hours and I can hardly wait! I haven’t been able to test Jaunty this cycle, so tomorrow will be my first ‘hands on’ with our new favourite mammalian […]

22 April 2009
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‘Now Playing’ Music Plug-in For Pidgin

‘Pidgin Music Tracker’ is a small plug-in for Pidgin that will display your currently playing track as your status for all your contacts to see! Simply download the .deb file, double click, select install and […]

20 April 2009
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Small Chrome Updates Include Exclusive New Feature

The Chrome browser continues to take steps forward to an official Google-sanctioned release. Although the latest Linux updates for Chromium are not as drastic as the previous major update, small incremental steps are being implemented […]

19 April 2009
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5 Great Feature in Jaunty (According to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ now just days away from release, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at computerworld.com has shared a list of his favourite five things about the new edition of the mammalian-monikered […]

16 April 2009
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Free Jaunty CDs Now Available To Order!

Ubuntu’s free CD shipping programme Ship It is now taking pre-orders for Ubuntu 9.04 CDs. Requesting a free CD is a great way to get an Ubuntu installation CD, especially if your internet is subhead […]

16 April 2009
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Jaunty Release Candidate Released

We’re only a few days away from the official launch of Jaunty Jackalope, but for those early-birds who really can’t wait, the first (and likely only) release candidate has just been released. This pre-release packs […]

16 April 2009
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First Koala Alpha Due In May

The first Alpha of Ubuntu’s next version – 9.10 AKA Karmic Koala ” will be released on May 14th ” less than one month after the final release Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. Whilst this initial […]

16 April 2009
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Popular Ideas For Ubuntu: Beyond Icons

So many really great ideas pop up on brainstorm.ubuntu.com that it’s a shame not all can be implemented. One very popular idea right now is the concept of going beyond ‘icons’ as merely static launchers […]

15 April 2009
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FolderView Screenlet

This screenlet just popped up on Gnome-look.org and it’s very ‘ooooh!’. Anyone who has used KDE 4.x.x will have seen the plasma ‘folder view’ applet, if not glance below at the transparent boxes that show […]

15 April 2009
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Nature Wallpapers

Time for a new wallpaper post! (C’mon, you can never have too many wallpaper choices!) This time I’ve chosen a few from Desktopography ” a very rad non-profit project comprising of a group of very […]

15 April 2009