Section: News

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Browser Round-up: Firefox 7 Beta 5, Google Chrome 14, and Opera 12 Pre-Alpha

What’s been happening in web browser land over the past seven days? Let’s take a quick look… Google Chrome 14 – New Stable Release The latest stable release of Google Chrome – now sitting at […]

19 September 2011
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Desura for Linux Enters Beta, Hints At New Games To Come

Linux users are one step closer to having a native version of indie-game store Desura with the recent launch of a closed beta client for the service.

19 September 2011
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Semantic Launcher Synapse Sees New Release

It's been a literal age since we last mentioned the neat semantic file and application launcher Synapse - but today saw the release of Synapse 0.2.8, and with a new release comes new features...

19 September 2011
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Recent Unity Updates Bring Changes to Workspaces Overview, Alt+Tab & Unity Launcher

With Beta 2 of Ubuntu 11.10 quickly approaching us - it's due on September 22nd - things haven't exactly been standing still in development land. Below are a number of minor, but pretty noteworthy, visual tweaks that Ubuntu 11.10 has received over the last week.

19 September 2011
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Google Music Frame 0.2 Released With New Icon, Features

A new version of Google Music Frame - the user-created desktop app for accessing Google's cloud-based music player - has been released with a new icon, support for multimedia keys, unity integration and a little bit more...

18 September 2011
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New Dev Release of Linux Hardware Monitor ‘Psensor’

A new development release of Psensor - a small utility for monitoring hardware temperature in Linux - is now available for download.

16 September 2011

Banshee News In Brief

OMG! Ubuntu!'s regular Banshee contributor David Nielsen is currently having all manner of issues so is unable to post, but he armed me with a bunch of nifty news snippets that should help tide over the Banshee faithful until he returns...

16 September 2011
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Linux Video Editor Openshot Prepares New Release

It's almost here, folk: the first major update to video editor OpenShot in what seems like an eternity. (Well, since February to be exact.) What will be shipping in it? We take a look...

16 September 2011
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Help Create A Countdown Banner for Ubuntu 11.10

The bi-annual call for Ubuntu countdown banners seems to have been whispered rather than shouted this year, but if you're game for creating a mini-timer the world can plaster around the interwebs from Oneiric Beta 2 onward - now's your chance!

15 September 2011
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Unity Contributor Report: Ready for Beta 2, Lenses API ready to go

This is a guest post from Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) The roll up to Beta two begins as the archive starts […]

14 September 2011
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The Winning Lubuntu 11.10 Community Wallpapers

You helped choose them, and now Lubuntu 11.10 has them.

14 September 2011
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Windows 8: Competition For Linux?

Microsoft have been busy showing off Windows 8 today - and, to their credit, it's looking and behaving pretty different to any release of Windows in the past. Whatever your take on the release, there are a number of features and changes present in Windows 8 that may provide some competitive flair for Linux developers to work against.

13 September 2011