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See what’s new in Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2

Buckle up as we take you on a ride of what's new and improved in Alpha 2 of the Natty Narwhal...

3 February 2011

Announcing Project Bossanova

On behalf of Ohso, I'm proud to announce the launch of a new startup, Project Bossanova.

3 February 2011
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Zeitgeist is in action in the Natty software centre

Reader ‘Ingo’ spotted something nifty when playing around with his Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha install: Zeitgeist in action in the Ubuntu Software Centre.

3 February 2011
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The Emerging Elementary Experience: Plank, Slingshot, Wingpanel

Today saw news of 'Slingshot' - a new application launcher project headed up by the elementary team - leak in to the wild. But just what is it and what does it form part of? Something rather special, it turns out.

2 February 2011
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Wingpanel updates: now less wing, more panel

Anyone pulling the launchpad branch of Wingpanel - the space saving desktop panel - may be in for a surprise...

2 February 2011
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Lubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2 to be delayed

The second Alpha release of Lubuntu 11.04 will be delayed by up to two weeks, Lubuntu’s Julien Lavergne has announced. The delay is the result of hardware failure on the system which generates the ISO […]

2 February 2011
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Gnome-Shell gets a Live CD

GNOME-Shell is very nearly upon us - but it's been an absolute age since I last played with it myself (been knee deep in Natty, folks!). Work on it, regardless of my attention, soldiers on apace.

1 February 2011
Unity Application places in Ubuntu 11.04

File and Application places land in Ubuntu 11.04

The initial drop of Ubuntu 11.04's Unity Application places and File places have landed today.

31 January 2011
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Natty sound menu adds playlist support

The Sound Menu of Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha sees the return of play list support - an easy way to access your favourite track line-ups in Banshee without needing to open the app itself.

31 January 2011
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The Ubuntu font comes to London Design Museum

A new art installation featuring the Ubuntu font family opens at London's Design Museum.

28 January 2011
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Linux.conf.au 2012 location announced as Ballarat, Victoria #lca2011 #lca2012

The location for Linux.conf.au 2012 has been announced as Ballarat, Victoria. The conference will run early next year and have a similar format to the LCAs we have become used to over the past ten years - a week long Open Source conference boasting a variety of keynote speakers, talks, tutorials and sessions that makes LCA what it is.

28 January 2011
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A smattering of Natty updates: Software centre adds reviews, Dash gets improved, more

It's all ago in Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha land this week: from the Ubuntu One Control Panel to Unity's Dash - a lot of apps are receiving a lot of updates. Here we look over some of the more apparent changes changed by the, er, changes...

27 January 2011