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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Deditor is a Dedicated python text editor for Ubuntu

Meet Deditor – a lightweight Python-specific text-editor for Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s default text-editor ‘Gedit’ is a capable choice for python programming whether new or adept but for those seeking something developed towards the needs of python-developers […]

7 November 2010
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‘Ease’ Presentation App Makes Impress Look Less Than Impressive

'Ease Presentation editor' for the Gnome desktop aims to make presentation creation easy whilst providing all the standard features you'll likely need to create slick, visually impressive presentations. Better yet it has a very neat, animated cluttter-based interface that makes OpenOffice.Org Impress look so Windows 95 in comparison!

6 November 2010
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Deluge 1.3.1 hits PPA

Just a quick poke about torrent application Deluge. Last week saw it bumped up to version 1.3.1 in a new, albeit somewhat minor, update. This update has now landed in the Deluge PPA for Ubuntu […]

5 November 2010
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AskUbuntu Extension for Chrome, Firefox & Opera 11

Avid users of the recently launched AskUbuntu.com service can now keep up-to-speed with a third-party add-on for Google Chrome.

4 November 2010
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Banshee 2.0 gets official release date, vows to provide excellent Ubuntu experience

The Banshee project is proud to announce that Banshee 2.0 will land on April 6th 2011, continuing the alignment of the Banshee and GNOME schedules as predicted. As Banshee has been granted the honor of […]

3 November 2010
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Impressive digital painting app ‘myPaint’ gets updated

The digital painting application myPaint sees a new release full of improved features.

3 November 2010
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Firefox 4 delayed until 2011

The release of Mozilla's Firefox 4 has been pushed back to early 2011 despite being slated for relase in late 2010.

28 October 2010
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Banshee gets new UI for Podcasts

Let's take a break of all the wonderful UDS coverage to explore the first steps towards a new Podcast UI in Banshee.

27 October 2010
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Banshee OMG style, now with 100% more genre filtering

Since Joey scooped me by posting Alex Launis exellent Play Queue enhancement, I figured now the time has come to show off a 5 month old feature in Banshee. Yes.. 5 months old. Namely Alexander […]

24 October 2010

Pastie – handy clipboard manager indicator applet

Pastie is a small clipboard manager that uses an indicator-applet to display and give access to you clipboard history.

24 October 2010
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TextRoom – Distraction free full-screen rich text editor for writers

Open-source rich text editor ‘TextRoom’  is another of ‘minimal, distraction free’ tool designed for writers. Editors of this ilk share one common goal: to get you writing. To do this they shove any potential distractions […]

18 October 2010
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‘Web Launcher’ adds website shortcuts to the Ubuntu apps menu

There are hundreds of ways to add website shortcuts to your desktop: Prism apps, Chrome WebApps, good ol' fashioned dragged n' dropped shortcuts on your desktop. The issue? Most of these require some effort on your part. Enter Web Launcher and it's crusade against hassle.

14 October 2010