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Ubuntu 11.10 Says Goodbye to the ‘Me Menu’

The 'Me Menu' will no longer be installed by default in Ubuntu 11.10. In its place comes a rejigged Messaging Menu.

17 July 2011
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Video-Editor ‘Novacut’ Unveil New UI prototypes, Available To Try Online

Novacut have shown off two new UI prototypes for their real-time collaborative video editor.

14 July 2011
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64bit Flash Update Adds Broadcom Crystal HD Support For Linux

A new beta release of Adobe Flash Player has been released for both 32 bit and 64 bit users.

14 July 2011
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Run Ocelot, Run! (Unity Report for 13 July)

This is a guest post from Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) Welcome to another installment of the Unity progress report. Many Unity […]

13 July 2011
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Gwibber Gets Revamped For Ubuntu 11.10: Faster, Lighter, Prettier

Gwibber - it's Ubuntu's default social client, but do you use it? Chances are you don't. Despite have a great feature set and support for almost every major social networking sites Gwibber is tarnished with a reputation for being slow, laggy, resource hungry and a notification-nuisance. But come Ubuntu 11.10 in October Gwibber will be a very different beast. Gwibber just got sexy.

12 July 2011
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The nD: A $20 Indie Handheld Games Console

How many handheld gaming consoles-stroke-platforms can you name? Chances are a good few. But is there room for another? The 'Nd' project hopes so.

12 July 2011
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elementary Music App ‘BeatBox’ Sees New Release

The first stable release of lightweight music player Beatbox is now available for Ubuntu users. Pictures and download how-to inside.

11 July 2011
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Wallpaper Contest For Ubuntu 11.10 Opened

The wallpaper contest for Ubuntu 11.10, which sees a number of user submitted wallpapers selected to ship on the Ubuntu CD, is now open for submissions.

8 July 2011
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GNOME Screencasts Episode 4 – “Creating a Posh Guitar Tuner”

Daniel Siegel has uploaded the fourth episode in his new-developer friendly video series 'GNOME Screencasts'.

7 July 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 2 Released

The second alpha release of Ubuntu 11.10 is now available for download. GNOME 3 forms the basis of the desktop, with the latest development build of Unity atop. Unity 2D is shipped on the disc […]

7 July 2011
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Unity Progress Report – Irish Edition

This is a guest post from Jorge O. Castro, External Developer Relations Liaison, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) This is the Unity weekly report for 6 July. The […]

6 July 2011
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Sexy Ubuntu Scrollbars Get Sexier for 11.10

Improvements to Ubuntu's Overlay Scrollbars for 11.10 have been shown off by the Ubuntu Design team.

6 July 2011