Posts from May 2010

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OpenShot survey results show users want dvd creation feature; 88% use ubuntu

The results of the OpenShot survey that was conducted over the last few weeks has ended and the results have been made available on OpenShot developer Cenwen’s blog [French]. They show many interesting things, a brief […]

9 May 2010
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Boot race video: Ubuntu 10.04 Vs Windows 7

sentvid passed me a linkto his admittedly “not very Scientific but end user perspective” boot race video that sees him pit clean installs of Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 against one another. It’s frivolous stuff […]

9 May 2010
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6 Replacement dropbox icon sets

Further to our post on the forthcoming release of Dropbox 0.8.x using an application indicator and allowing the panel icons to be customized many readers have been hard at work creating new icon sets. Below […]

9 May 2010
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Add Liferea feed reader to the Ubuntu messaging menu

Users of desktop feed-reading application Liferea can be alerted to new RSS updates via the Ubuntu Messaging Menu thanks to a patch by the very cool Maia Kozheva. Download The patch is due to go […]

8 May 2010
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Dropbox adds indicator applet, customizable tray icon

The latest testing version of popular cloud storage service Dropbox has introduced indicator applet support and, what will surely be music to icon-set makers ears’ everywhere — the ability to finally customize the dropbox tray […]

8 May 2010
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Interested in testing Compiz 0.9.x?

In case you’ve not heard, (probably due to rather extensive confusion about what and which is what) Compiz, Beryl and Compiz-Fusion have gone through a number of changes and splits and merges and has finally […]

7 May 2010
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Dell Inspiron 1300 ‘one click’ Wifi fix for Ubuntu

Do you have a Dell Inspiron 1300 with a blasted Broadcom wireless card and want a fix? Saa on the Ubuntu Forums has provided just that! Download the following folder [broken link], unzip and double […]

7 May 2010
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Newsdump: Netinstall Ubuntu, Opera repo bound & fix that ugly bootscreen

We get sent so many great ideas, awesome tutorials and see applications updates fire out updates quicker than a plasma canon hooked up to the national grid that even we can’t manage to keep up […]

6 May 2010
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How much would you pay for Five great Linux games?

How much would you pay for five really great Linux-compatible games? It really is up to you with ‘The Humble Indie Bundle’. It’s an exciting experiment in online retail & distribution — these games would […]

6 May 2010
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Chrome vs Midori

Both in response to my recent review of Midori and some argument… ehm, discussion, in yesterdays Ubuntuesday OMG! Podcast, I have taken on the task of running Midori and Google Chrome through a few tests […]

5 May 2010
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Mark Shuttleworth: No GNOME-Shell in Maverick

Every Ubuntu release is followed by Ubuntu Open Week during which Mark Shuttleworth holds a Q&A session where users can ask him pretty much anything. A condensed selection of highlights follow. Maverick will not be […]

5 May 2010
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minitunes Player makes Your music Collection look good

Minitube developer Flavio Tordini is currently developing another exciting and visually attractive project: a new music player titled ‘Minitunes‘. Now before the smart alecs at the back start groaning about ‘Yet Another Linux Music Player’ […]

5 May 2010