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Unity update delivers the initial drop of a revamped Dash

Just in, and an update to the Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha has brought with it the first iteration of what will soon blossom into Unity’s long-awaited Dash revamp.

21 January 2011
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LibreOffice Release Candidate 4 available to download

The fourth release candidate of OpenOffice fork LibreOffice has been made available for download.

20 January 2011
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Docklet API ‘coming’ to Unity Launcher [updated]

Unity’s launcher could get some added oomph with the release of a new Launcher API for developers to use. When asked whether Unity’s launcher could allow for "…the installation of the Gmail Docky Docket in […]

20 January 2011
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LibreOffice now default Office Suite in Ubuntu 11.04

The update Natty testers have been waiting for has landed: Open Office fork LibreOffice has, in an update this morning, replaced Open Office as the default office suite in Ubuntu 11.04.

20 January 2011
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Natty’s new Ubuntu One Control Panel takes shape

Long time readers or those with good memories may remember that a new - and very elegant- Ubuntu One control panel was targeted for Ubuntu 11.04. So how's it coming along?

19 January 2011
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The new GNOME 3 website goes live

The official website for GNOME 3, the next iteration of the GNOME desktop, has gone online in alpha state.

19 January 2011
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Ubuntu Server Survey 2011

If in the passed week you took a swing by the official Ubuntu website, you will have noticed a new headline post replacing the previous Maverick ad. In an effort to improve future releases of Ubuntu server edition, Canonical is, for the third year in a row, asking users how they are using it and in what environment.

19 January 2011

System76 add 2 more laptops to their Ubuntu-based line-up

Ubuntu-dedicated hardware company System 76 has today announced the launch of two new laptops.

17 January 2011
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Xfce 4.8 adds remote shares browsing, new desktop panel, more

The latest version of lightweight desktop environment XFCE has been released, adding support for remote shares browsing, a rewritten desktop panel, and improved settings/file transfer dialogs.

17 January 2011

LCA2011 to go ahead in Brisbane, organizing committee announces

One of the largest Linux conferences in the southern hemisphere, LCA2011, is to go ahead next week in Brisbane after the worst floods to hit Queensland in over 20 years shed some dubious light on whether the event could continue.

17 January 2011
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LCA2011 – Ubuntu Australian LoCo Team to present on Open Day

With Linux Conference Australia 2011 fast approaching, it's worth mentioning that the very active Australian Ubuntu LoCo Team are planning to have an Ubuntu showcase stall throughout the open day, on Saturday.

16 January 2011
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NowSpide: New desktop RSS reader in development

NowSpide is a shiny modern desktop RSS reader in development by Siyan Panayotov, whom many will know as the hands behind lightweight image viewer ViewNior.

16 January 2011