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Canonical Seeking Designer for ‘Core Apps’, ‘HIG’

A recent job posting from Canonical appears to hint at Ubuntu’s continued commitment to first-class user experience. Some of the key ‘responsibilities’ listed in the opening make for interesting reading. They call for: – ‘…[a] […]

4 January 2012
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Clementine Music Player Gets Juicier with Latest Release

The latest release of Clementine, the Qt music player whose interface was inspired by that of Amarok 1.4, brings a number of new features to the table.

3 January 2012

Canonical to Reveal ‘Ubuntu Concept Design’ At CES 2012

Canonical will show off an 'exclusive Ubuntu concept design' at next weeks (10th - 13th January) Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And, tantalisingly, we've been told that the top secret design is 'so awesome' that 'it might just surprise a lot of people in the industry.' Just what could it be? We have a think...

3 January 2012
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Open Source Screenwriting App for Linux Rises from the Dead

It might sound like the sequel to a film you never knew existed, but after five long years in the wilderness open-source screenwriting software ‘Blyte’ is back from the dead. Yes, after five long years […]

3 January 2012
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Unity YouTube Lens Updates with Browser Free Video Playback

The latest update to the YouTube Unity Lens adds Flash-free playback of videos in VLC (if it's installed) when clicking on a video result. Dapper.

2 January 2012

Lubuntu Wish Users Happy New Year With New Default Wallpaper

The default wallpaper of Lubuntu 12.04, the next major release of the lightweight Ubuntu-based OS currently in development, has received a new year revamp. After upgrading the 'lubuntu artwork' package users will find their default desktop drape changed to cool blue wallpaper with the greeting 'the lubuntu team wishes you a happy new year 2012' sat amongst a cloud of Lubuntu developers names.

2 January 2012
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Linux Screencasting Tool Kazam Goes Gstreamer, Adds PulseAudio Support

The Kazam Screen-recording tool is currently undergoing a through refit - and adding some awesome new features along the way.

2 January 2012

Revamped Elementary Icons Made Available for Testing

Elementary fans can now test the latest changes to the popular icon set via a 'testing PPA'. Elementary's semi-iconic icon theme set is getting a overhaul in time for the next release of their Ubuntu-based OS.

29 December 2011

Meet ‘Oxygen’ – A Font for the KDE Desktop

It seems that no Linux desktop worth its salt is complete without its own font. GNOME 3 has Canteral, Unity has 'Ubuntu', and now KDE is getting in on the typographic trend. Meet 'Oxygen'.

28 December 2011
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Spotify on Linux Beta Adds Spotify Apps

As previously announced Spotify on Linux now supports free accounts but the current stable release of the Linux client does not yet offer the newer features such as Spotify Apps. Spotify recently released a beta version […]

27 December 2011
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Kazam Screenrecording App Fixed for Ubuntu 11.10

Kazam Screen recorder is a useful tool for all kinds of activities, so we were sad to hear that it had issues running in Ubuntu 11.10. Thankfully developer David 'Big Whale' Klasinc has picked the application up, dealt with its dependency issues and parked it inside a PPA for easy installation in Ubuntu 11.10.

26 December 2011
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Ubuntu-integrated Cloud Music Player ‘Nuvola’ Sees New Release, Adds Lucid Support

A new stable release of 'Nuvola' music player - formerly known as Google Music Frame - is now available for download. Nuvola 1.0 adds a number of additional features and improvements to the desktop-integrated player, including support for Grooveshark, 8Track and Hypemachine.

24 December 2011