Posts from April 2010

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Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.4 Released with Lucid-friendly tweaks

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.4 has been released to the wild bringing with it a few Lucid-friendly features and tweaks. Login settings One great new feature is the option to choose which background and which logo appears […]

30 April 2010

This Handy Kubuntu 10.04 Setup Guide Makes Life Easier

I know we neglect Kubuntu users around these parts but maybe here’s something that may help placate those of you who are of the K-persuasion. Samuel Sarette has written a  comprehensive guide to setting up […]

30 April 2010

‘Faster than a PC, Prettier than a Mac’: Press React to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

With every release of Ubuntu the critical eye of the mainstream tech media falls upon Ubuntu. What have they had to say about our new feline overlord? Most fixate on the new lick of paint […]

30 April 2010
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Don’t Like a Default Ubuntu App? Swap It For One of These Alternatives

The default selection of applications in Ubuntu are great for most people but it would be foolish to think that one size fits all. To make it easier for you we’re going to show the […]

30 April 2010

Scrobble using the official Last.FM client with Rhythmbox

Although Rhythmbox comes with a last.fm plug-in to scrobble your plays to the Last.fm service itself it does lacks some of the features that the dedicated last.fm player (available for Linux) provides. Although the official […]

30 April 2010
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Lucid Release In pictures: Ubuntu Cupcakes

These cupcakes, made in celebration of Ubuntu 10.04’s release, are enough get your mouth watering! Special points for them even being in the new Ubuntu brand colours! Sadly I know not the name of the […]

29 April 2010
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Buy music from the UbuntuOne Music store & Help save the Iberian Lynx

Canonical, the financial backers of Ubuntu, are donating 50% of profits made from the sale of music via the UbuntuOne Music Store to the Iberian Lynx conservation organization ‘SOS Lynx’. Only 150 individual Iberian Lynx […]

29 April 2010
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Want to use the Ubuntu Yahoo! Start Page? You still can!

Earlier on this year Ubuntu made a short-lived switch to Yahoo! as the default search engine in Firefox. This was soon redressed based on ‘user experience, user preferences, and costs and benefits for Ubuntu and the browsers […]

29 April 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ‘The Lucid Lynx’ Released!

After a hectic 6 month cycle complete with controversy, last minute bugs and exciting new features, the latest Ubuntu release, 10.04 Long Term Support “Lucid Lynx” has been unleashed into the wild. But what’s new? […]

29 April 2010
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Ubuntu fixes 102 papercuts for Lucid

The papercuts project has fixed 102 papercuts for Lucid which is, if you passed High School maths, 2 more than the target! Yay! For those who don’t know what the papercuts project is all about: […]

29 April 2010
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10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

If you’re going to be installing a freshly minted copy of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS later today or this weekend then the following list of 10 reader submitted post-install must-do’s will help ensure that you’re off […]

29 April 2010
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Ubuntu Manpages website first to reflect new branding

The Ubuntu manpages website appears to be the first “ubuntu.com” website to reveal the new branding which was announced a few weeks ago during the Lucid development cycle. You can see the rest of the […]

29 April 2010