Section: Apps

Here you can discover the latest Linux apps, software and system utilities to use on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and related distributions, from office suites and music players to dev tools and CLI scripts for getting things done.

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Shotwell 0.9 released with new search bar, tiff support and more

Photo management application 'Shotwell' has hit version 0.9 this morning. New features added include support for .tiff images, a new search bar and the ability to edit multiple photo titles at the same time. Installation details for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users, along with some pretty screenshots, are inside.

23 March 2011

OMG! Words! is frenetic typing game with a mean twist

Calling all grammar nazi's and typo hunters: Put your fingers where your gripes are and go up against The Editor's of OMG! Ubuntu! in time wasting typing game 'OMG! Words!'

23 March 2011
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Unity AskUbuntu ‘Lens’ installable via PPA

Natty only: Remember that neat AskUbuntu lens we mentioned a few days back? Interested parties will be pleased to hear that it's now available to install via the ease of a PPA.

23 March 2011
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Firefox 4 PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users

Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users wanting to upgrade to the latest release of Mozilla Firefox can do so by adding the Firefox Stable PPA to their system sources.

22 March 2011

[How To] Record Audio Streams to MP3 in Ubuntu

If you want - nay need - to record something from a radio station, a live web-cast performance or some other 'audio' event playing on your computer in Ubuntu how can you do so?

22 March 2011
Firefox 4 App Tabs

Firefox 4 released today; it’s faster & feature rich – is it enough to compete with Chrome?

Today marks the release of Mozilla's long awaited Firefox 4. This new version of Firefox boasts that it's faster and simpler to use, as well as introducing a few new features, most notably, Firefox Sync. But is it good enough to compete with Google Chrome?

22 March 2011

Read-Me: Google Reader app for the Ubuntu Desktop

Bored of being browser-bound when reading your RSS feeds? Check out Read-Me: a dedicated Google-reader app for the Ubuntu desktop.

21 March 2011
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Clementine music player hits 0.7 RC

Lightweight music player Clementine pushes out a release candidate ahead of its forthcoming 0.7 release.

21 March 2011
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Postler update adds docky badge, port options and more

The first update of refined desktop mail application Postler is now available to download.

21 March 2011
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Indicator-weather adds data caching, extra weather providers and locations

Indicator-Weather, the weather forecast applet, has updated this weekend, adding support for forecast data caching, extra weather service providers and making available more locations.

20 March 2011
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Phew! Nautilus-Elementary revived in time for Ubuntu Natty

Elementary's Nautilus-fork 'Nautilus-elementary' has been revived - just in-time for Ubuntu 11.04! The project, which was announced as no longer being in development last November, has proven incredibly popular with users of various distributions thanks to to its refined, uncluttered interface and themeable features. Writing on his blog Nautilus-Elementary's chief developer, ammonkey, gave his reasons for the revival, which are after the break...

20 March 2011
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AskUbuntu Unity ‘lens’ in development

Ubuntu's Jorge Castro talked about how interested folks can build their own 'Places' for Unity, but today we've learnt word of Unity Lense that's in development.

18 March 2011