Posts from September 2011

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Oneiric Software Centre Now Radiance Friendly

The latest updates to Ubuntu’s default themes in Oneiric have, thankfully, sorted out some of the various issues the Radiance theme when with the new-look Ubuntu Software Centre. The result is pretty… …but still not […]

2 September 2011
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Germany Lifts ‘Doom’ Ban After 17 Years – Toast Demons To Celebrate

Germany has lifted a 17 year ban restricting the sale of classic video game 'Doom' to adults only. To celebrate, why not toast some demons in 'historically accurate' Linux port 'Chocolate Doom?

2 September 2011
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GNOME 3 Adding ‘Web App’ Mode

Chrome has them, Firefox has them and, soon, so will GNOME 3. What am I wittering on about? Web apps.

2 September 2011
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‘Wallch’ Update Adds 64bit Support and New Icon

Ubuntu friendly wallpaper changing app 'Wallch' has added support for 64bit Ubuntu users in its latest release.

1 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta Released, Reviewed

The first beta release of Ubuntu 11.10 has been made available for download - but what can you expect to find?

1 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Development update 10

This is a guest post from Daniel Holbach, who will be posting updates about Ubuntu Development. (Original Post). Ubuntu Development Update The Ubuntu 11.10 release is coming closer and closer. Only six weeks left until […]

1 September 2011
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Website Hosting Linux Kernel Hacked: Don’t Worry, The World Isn’t Going To End

Kernel.org has been compromised by an intruder gaining root access to parts of their infrastructure which hosts the kernel source code. A number of servers have been accessed, apparently via compromised user credentials. The intruder installed several rootkits and monitored user activity. The intrusion went unnoticed for almost a month until the kernel.org staff discovered it on August 28th. The staff reassured the community in a blog post on kernel.org, stating that the actual repositories themselves are unaffected.

1 September 2011