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LightDM Rocks: 3D Animated Login Screen… With Imps

Does a 3D animated login screen sound cool to you? Robert Ancell, the developer behind LightDM (Ubuntu 11.10’s new login manager) demoed a 3D animated login screen as part of his talk at the Desktop […]

8 September 2011
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Oscar-Winning Video Editor ‘Lightworks’ To Land On Linux In December

News on the Linux port of Oscar-winning professional video editor Lightworks has been quiet of late - but, it seems, for good reason.

8 September 2011
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Banshee 2.1.4 Released

Banshee 2.1.4, the third development snapshot leading to Banshee 2.2, has been officially released.

8 September 2011
Pinta 0.6 for Linux released

Development Ceases On Open Source Graphics App ‘Pinta’

Is Paint.NET inspired graphics application Pinta dead? According to its only developer it is.

6 September 2011
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New Look “Aero-Snap” Coming To Ubuntu

Although the Ubuntu 11.10 development cycle has already seen an improvement to Ubuntu's "aero-snap" feature by way of a throbbing golden effect, an improved and more visually-informative animation could yet find its way into Oneiric before release.

4 September 2011
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Oneiric Software Centre Now Radiance Friendly

The latest updates to Ubuntu’s default themes in Oneiric have, thankfully, sorted out some of the various issues the Radiance theme when with the new-look Ubuntu Software Centre. The result is pretty… …but still not […]

2 September 2011
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Germany Lifts ‘Doom’ Ban After 17 Years – Toast Demons To Celebrate

Germany has lifted a 17 year ban restricting the sale of classic video game 'Doom' to adults only. To celebrate, why not toast some demons in 'historically accurate' Linux port 'Chocolate Doom?

2 September 2011
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GNOME 3 Adding ‘Web App’ Mode

Chrome has them, Firefox has them and, soon, so will GNOME 3. What am I wittering on about? Web apps.

2 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta Released, Reviewed

The first beta release of Ubuntu 11.10 has been made available for download - but what can you expect to find?

1 September 2011
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Website Hosting Linux Kernel Hacked: Don’t Worry, The World Isn’t Going To End

Kernel.org has been compromised by an intruder gaining root access to parts of their infrastructure which hosts the kernel source code. A number of servers have been accessed, apparently via compromised user credentials. The intruder installed several rootkits and monitored user activity. The intrusion went unnoticed for almost a month until the kernel.org staff discovered it on August 28th. The staff reassured the community in a blog post on kernel.org, stating that the actual repositories themselves are unaffected.

1 September 2011
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Bisigi Themes Add Ubuntu 11.04 Support

GTK themes are like sports teams: everyone has a favourite. I can't get enough of Ubuntu's default theme Ambiance, but if you're bored by the stock style of Ubuntu, the Bisigi Project provide 15 well-thought out themes for easy installation in Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and, now, Ubuntu 11.04 too.

31 August 2011
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44 Community Wallpapers Shortlisted for Ubuntu 11.10

More than 40 community wallpapers have been shortlisted for inclusion in Ubuntu 11.10. And here's where to download them.

30 August 2011