The free p2p application FrostWire has launched the first release in its new 4.21.x series this week. The release is marked by two notable upgrades - Automatic Updates (via Bit Torrent) and the latest Vuze Core 4.5.0.4 powering its torrent engine, claiming to result in even faster Bit Torrent downloads.
Lightweight music player Xnoise 0.1.11 has been released, adding support for Ubuntu 10.10's new sound menu amongst many other changes. Read on for more details.
The latest development release of The Gimp image editor comes with a handy option single-window mode, but what if you're sticking with the latest, floaty-palette stable release, like those available in the Ubuntu repositories, but would love such a feature? Can it be done? Yes, it can thanks to a project called 'Gimpbox'.
“Don’t Call It A ‘Party’ If It’s Not!” yells the catchy slogan from the Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo team in their promotional call-to-arms for celebrating Ubuntu 10.10’s release next month. The humorous complaint is simple: Many […]
Users accustomed to retrieving hard-copies (digital hard copies, that is) of online videos from various flash-using sites via the /tmp directory may be frustrated to learn that this no longer works. Recent versions of Adobe […]
Ubuntu’s education spin ‘Edubuntu’ has gained a new-look installer, some new applications and much more for its 10.10 release coming next month. Talking about the changes Edubuntu’s Jonathan Carter notes that whilst 10.10 doesn’t see […]
Stat fans looking to get a informational fix on the applications they use may be interested to hear news on semantic tracking tool Zeitgeist’s latest possible excursion into the desktop – via the Ubuntu Software […]
An updated version of elementary styled Firefox theme ‘Firefox elementary’ has been released today. The theme helps to seamlessly integrate Ubuntu’s default web browser into your Elementary themed desktop. Download http://seahorsepip.deviantart.com/art/Firefox-elementary-2-0-180837401 Download, extract and double-click […]
I'm very pleased to announce that Ubuntu Gamer, the gaming website we've been working on for a while, is now live and ready for action! Focusing primarily on gaming on Ubuntu we will be presenting you with lots of fantastic content over the coming months.
Y’know how the Elementary team are toying with Rhythmbox right now? Well it might just end up looking like the slick puppy below… Elementary’s designer Dan Rabbit has moulded a ‘collection of ideas for a […]
Lightweight music application ‘Xnoise’ had added Sound Menu integration. Posting news of the success to the Xnoise mailing list, developer shuerhaaken noted that whilst development hadn’t been as straightforward as hoped full sound menu integration […]
The OpenOffice development community have today announced the launch of a new foundation - The Document Foundation - that will oversee, guide and develop a new fork of OpenOffice named 'LibreOffice'.
Docky users seeking more control over how their Dock looks, behaves and functions will surely find a treat or two amongst the following five tips.
The new Ubuntu font that Canonical commissioned typeface designers Dalton Maag to develop for the Ubuntu operating system has landed in Ubuntu 10.10 for all users.
The plug will be pulled on cross-browser bookmark sync service XMarks in 3 months time, Xmarks CTO Todd Agulnick has announced today, forcing its 2 million users to go elsewhere. Citing the in-built bookmark syncing […]
Facial recognition software may be nothing new but did you know you can use your webcam to log in to your Ubuntu desktop? Logging in to Ubuntu with nothing more than a smile is possible using the pam-face-authentication utility which was specifically designed for regular everyday users to use.
Today sees the start of UbuntuAppDeveloper Week – a five day series of sessions aimed at ‘enabling and inspiring developers to write applications’ on and for the Ubuntu desktop.
Looking for some gorgeously gruff geometry for your desktop background? Fractals are what you seek and the tool mentioned inside helps you to bag a boatload...