Section: News

Beatbox Music Player Sees New Release on Ubuntu

Beatbox music player has been updated and made available for Ubuntu 12.04. The former-elementary application, which hits version 0.4 with this release, gains stability, performance and bug fixes in addition to a number of significant new features.

3 May 2012
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Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit

One of the worlds largest games publishers - Electronic Arts - are to deliver a short presentation at next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit. EA has published some of the worlds most successful gaming franchises, including The Sims, Harry Potter and Battlefield.

3 May 2012
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GIMP 2.8 Released

Good news for GIMP fans: after 3 long years in development a new stable version of GIMP has been released. Announcing the release on the official GIMP website, the developers also state that the update […]

3 May 2012
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Amazon Launch Desktop Cloud Drive Apps – But Not for Linux

Despite powering much of the cloud infrastructure that keeps millions of users files and folder online, Linux desktop users don’t seem to be having much luck when it comes to benefitting from the services themselves. […]

2 May 2012
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Blue Systems: ‘No Plans’ to Change Kubuntu

Kubuntu's new financial backers - Blue Systems - have 'no plans' to change the way Kubuntu is run or built. The Kubuntu Community will continue to decide and manage the direction of the KDE-based distro as they have done in the past.

1 May 2012

Ubuntu One Files App Comes to the Nokia N9 (Unofficially)

Ubuntu One users who also happen to own a Nokia N9 don’t need to go without on-the-go access to their files for much longer. Ubuntu One developer Stuart Langridge has published initial work on an unofficial […]

1 May 2012

Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix & Windows 8

He's the founder of Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical, and is the creative force behind not on the Unity desktop but its expansion to new form factors. So he's a very busy man. But every six months Mark Shuttleworth sets aside 1 hour to answer questions from the community.

1 May 2012
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System76 Debut Ubuntu 12.04 Laptops

Computing company System76 have begun shipping laptops pre-loaded with Ubuntu 12.04. The 'Precise' release is provided out-of-the-box on two models - the 14.1" Lemur Ultra and the 15.6" Pangolin Performance.

1 May 2012
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GIMP Magazine Launching Soon

A new digital magazine centred around the popular open-source image editor 'The GIMP' is gearing up for launch.

30 April 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Opens for Development

Ready to get back on the rollercoaster? Ubuntu 12.04 has officially opened for development.

30 April 2012
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[How To] Enable Unity Launcher Dodge in Ubuntu 12.04

The removal of the 'Dodge' feature from Unity's launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 bugged a lot of people. But rather than sit and complain about not having it a couple of Ubuntu users have brought it back by forking Unity, adding some patches and stuffing the resulting version into a PPA for easy installation.

30 April 2012
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Nitro Tasks App Adds App Menu Support, Sleeker Settings

The slick task management tool Nitro has added a few new features. APp menu Support, Keyboard shortcuts and even a teasing preview of its long-wanted Sync feature. More details and download instructions sit on inside.

27 April 2012