Posts from October 2010

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Ubuntu have no plans to complain about Microsoft

Canonical have no plans to complain about anti-competitive behaviour by Microsoft to the European Union, the vice president of business development at Canonical has told PC Pro.

8 October 2010
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Banshee now corrects your metadata automatically

We first reported on Oliver Dufoli's Last.fm audio fingerprinting extension for Banshee back in mid-September. Now less than a month later I am happy to report that the extension has been merged into the Banshee Community Extensions and is functional.

7 October 2010
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Lubuntu 10.10 CD cover

The new Ubuntu 10.10 CD cases we revealed with you a few days back are certainly worthy of praise but lets not forget ‘the spin that’s never in’ Lubuntu 10.10 and it’s own CD wallet […]

7 October 2010
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digital clock screensavers

Why not use your screensaver for something useful liking displaying the time?

7 October 2010
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Check if your next computer is Ubuntu compatible

When the fear of hardware incompatibilities puts you off buying a new computer be sure to run your intended purchase through Canonical’s ‘Ubuntu Certification’ website.

7 October 2010
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Display the time in style with Cairo-Clock

Display the time in style on your desktop without needing to install entire widget frameworks or mess with complicated conky codes using Cairo-Clock – a themeable, resizable and moveable analogue clock application.

7 October 2010
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RawTherapee – small and powerful RAW image processing app

Easily and quickly edit RAW images with RawTherapee - a free multi-platform RAW converter and digital photo processing application. Developed around the premise that a most users’ only need to 'adjust the white balance or brightness of a photo', RawTherapee isn’t loaded with filters, fancy frames or specific editing tools, instead focusing on providing the tools most users actually need.

7 October 2010
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Jupiter mono icons for Ambiance

Easy to use hardware and power management applet Jupiter may stop unnecessary power drain on your Linux netbook but its brightly coloured tray icons can’t do the same for desktop cohesion. Help is here in the shape - or should that be colour - of the following Ambiance-style mono icons for Jupiter, created by Nick Campbell.

6 October 2010
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Live DJ Software Mixxx hits 1.8.0

Free and open-source Live DJ software Mixxx, which is developed by a community of DJ’s, has today released a new and improved version.

6 October 2010
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Ubuntu One update gives you more bang for your buck

Canonicals' cloud storage service Ubuntu One has received a pricing and service refresh today.

6 October 2010
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“We are more than 1%” initiative aims to prove Linux is bigger than people think

A new ‘Linux counter’ initiative that aims to disprove press claims than Linux is used by less than 1% of the worlds desktop computer users has been launched.

6 October 2010
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the Lubuntu Desktop PPA has rewards for the brave

Lubuntu users wishing to test out some potential future additions to the lightweight distro should consider adding the Lubuntu Desktop PPA.

6 October 2010