Posts from June 2010

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Canonical Joins The Open Invention Network; helping to secure The future of Linux

Ubuntu’s parent company Canonical have become the first member to sign up to the ‘Open Invention Network’s new associate membership program. The Open Invention Network exists to acquire patents and license them royalty free to […]

24 June 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 so far (in 339 words)

With the second Alpha of Ubuntu 10.10 due shortly (July 1st, fact fans) so here’s a quick look back at some of the notable changes that the first Alpha has served up. Alpha 1 is […]

24 June 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Retro Desktop Themes

With a move towards every sleeker, ever more visually animated desktop themes and GUI’s it’s easy to forget how far the themes we use now have come along in such a short space of time. With that in mind here are some retro desktop themes in case all the fancy-pants themes of today have left you longing for the BeOS styling's of yesteryear…

24 June 2010
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‘Introduction to Unity Launcher’ video shows off some very slick features

Christian Giordano of the Canonical Design team posted a very nice video introduction to the new Unity Launcher yesterday showing off several new effects and features hitherto unbeknownst. Some of the new features of the ‘not-a-dock’ […]

24 June 2010
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Yet another proposed future for Nautilus

We’ve covered tweaks, add-ons, analysis, proposals and more when it comes to Nautilus. Garret LeSage’s design idea’s for Nautilus cover’s much of the same ground as some of the other analysis that we’ve looked at before, […]

24 June 2010
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.07 for ARM arrives in July

A new version of Ubuntu Netbook Edition (NBE) optimised for ARM-based devices is due for release in July. It’s called Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.7 and is based on the latest Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release. A video […]

23 June 2010
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SkypeKit Launch Could bring Skype video calling to your favourite apps

Skype’s launch of a new Software Development Kit that offers both software and hardware developers the ability to integrate Skype functionality into their own applications and devices promises to bring a big boon to Linux […]

23 June 2010
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Weather Indicator Applet: Genesis of an itch into an app (Updated with PPA)

The new Date Time indicator that is all-set to replace the Gnome Clock applet in Ubuntu 10.10 will certainly make your life easier: A slick interface combines easy access to set timers and events direct from the […]

23 June 2010
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Easy MySpace Music Download Application

As the name suggest MySpace Music Downloader is a tool for downloading music from MySpace. (Providing you have the permission of the work and copyright holder in questions.) If you’ve ever wanted to download a […]

23 June 2010
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How To Install the Banshee MeeGo Interface in Ubuntu 10.04

With Banshee heading to default status in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition the possibility of pre-enabling the very slick MeeGo interface as standard is now under review. As such you may want to try it out […]

22 June 2010
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PPA Purge coming to Ubuntu Tweak; available to test now

Popular desktop utility Ubuntu Tweak is adding support for ‘PPA Purge’ affording users the ability remove a PPA and all libraries, apps etc installed form it at the push of one single button. Users can test it […]

22 June 2010
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GoogSysTray 1.2.0 Released – adds previews, new features

A new version of popular Google services notification tray application (!) GoogSysTray has been released. This version adds Google Docs support, mail previews, new Gmail features, Gnome Keying support & “a bunch of new translations”. […]

22 June 2010