Posts from February 2011

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Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" sees release

Today sees the release Debian 6.0, the latest stable release of the free open-source operating system upon which Ubuntu is based.

6 February 2011
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Window switcher DockbarX adds media player buttons, Dock Helpers

The latest release of Window management applet 'DockBarX' has been released, adding in media player control for all music players that use MPRIS2 (I.e. any that show up in the Ubuntu Sound Menu).

6 February 2011
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Banshee Pre-alpha for Windows: A quick run down

An unofficial pre-alpha Windows build of media player Banshee is available for testing. We take it for a quick spin and give our verdict.

6 February 2011
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Faenza icons for LibreOffice

So you've installed LibreOffice but find the default icons a bit, well, OpenOffice-y. Nab some Faenza style replacements.

4 February 2011
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AppStream: The unified App Store for Linux

In an effort to make the installation and management of software on Linux less of a hassle a new, multi-distro ‘app store’ is in the making. Lets face it, whilst installing applications on Ubuntu is […]

4 February 2011
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Wintermute project aims to bring Artificial Intelligence to Ubuntu

Named after a computer from a very famous novel, Wintermute is an attempt to implement the world's first personal edition of an intelligent framework of applications and libraries, and in the future, an intelligent operating system.

4 February 2011
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Lego CAD app ‘Konstruktor’ hits beta

The first beta release of Lego LEGO CAD (computer-aided design) application 'Konstruktor' has been made available for download.

4 February 2011
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Bodhi Linux hits RC: adds netbook interface, install slideshow, more

If you’ve yet to be bitten by charms of Bodhi Linux then now’s the perfect time to try it out: it’s just hit release candidate status.

4 February 2011
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Hotot twitter app adds Indicator applet support. Again.

It feels an absolute age since I last mentioned slick Twitter application Hotot on these pages but today finally saw a feature fix that gave me reason to: Indicator-applet support is now working. "Wait, didn't it already have this?" you ask. Well, yes it did but the emphasis lies very much on the 'did'.

4 February 2011
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GMusicbrowser Made Default Music Player in Xubuntu 11.04

Lightweight music player ‘GMusicbrowser’ is to replace ‘Exaile’ as the default music app in Xubuntu 11.04. Why GMusicbrowser? One criticism of currently default, Exaile, centred around its ‘slow and buggy’ performance when handling larger collections […]

4 February 2011

Canonical’s New Year gift!

Chinese communities worldwide began a new year on February 3rd. With 15 days of cultural celebrations rolling , Canonical decided to kick-start the party with a gift of its own.

4 February 2011
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LiLi for Windows: the easiest way to try Linux

With the release of Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2 many of you will be grabbing the nearest USB stick available and taking the Narwhal for a whirl. If you’re a dual booter using Windows then try […]

3 February 2011