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Ubuntu 11.04 Unity update adds new look launcher, more effect options and scrollwheel indicator support

A few new features/options for Unity landed in the Ubuntu 11.04 alpha recently.

15 January 2011
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Ubuntu Unity 2D gets a PPA for Maverick and Natty testers

The slick Unity 2D we told you about yesterday has now got a PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04 users to test.

15 January 2011
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LCA2011 – Brisbane floods, conference hoping to go ahead

As many of you would have seen in the news, Queensland (in Australia for those geographically challenged amongst us) has been attacked by a lot of water recently in the worst flooding since 1974. But what does this mean for LCA2011, which is scheduled to go ahead in Brisbane in just over a week?

15 January 2011
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Moovida Core media player coming to Linux ‘real soon’ – but is the 3D interface?

We once labeled it no more than 'Banshee with ads', but Moovida core media player has really come on in leaps and bounds since then. Albeit for Windows. So just where is the Linux port at? We find out...

14 January 2011

Ubuntu to get 2D Unity option

A new 2D implementation of Unity, Ubuntu 11.04's new default desktop, is to be made available for users without accelerated 3D graphics support, in addition to the 'Classic Ubuntu desktop'.

14 January 2011
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Totem’s Youtube playback to enter dark ages

Soon, all of Totem users' fast computers and high-speed internet connections will be reverting to 176x144 3GP youtube video.

14 January 2011
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global-menu support for Firefox 4 in Ubuntu 11.04 available to test

Natty alpha testers keen to gain Firefox app-menu support now can, thanks to the work of Ubuntu's Chris Coulson. The small extension enables Firefox's app menu to be displayed in the panel as most other applications shipped with Ubuntu are able to do. The result helps bring a clean and consistent experience to the Ubuntu 11.04 desktop.

13 January 2011
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LibreOffice RC 3 now available

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

13 January 2011
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Natty to include ‘3 non-photographic’ wallpapers [Updated]

Ubuntu 11.04 will include 'at least 3' non-photographic wallpapers, a move many designers within the community have been longing for.

13 January 2011
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Coming soon is this ‘Natty coming soon’ for Android

The posting of one users Narwhal-shaped Ubuntu 11.04 countdown widget for Android led to something rarely seen in the comments section here at OMG!: readers in a uniform opinion. Readers worked up by the lack of elegance in that Narwhal widget design may be sated by this infinitely more elegant one....

13 January 2011
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Gentouch tablet dual boots Android and Ubuntu for $369

If I said consumers were likely to over-dose on tablets this year it might sound tasteless. But with this years CES (Consumer Electronics Show) literally shoving them down users throats every-which-way, 2011 could be the […]

12 January 2011
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Elementary OS ‘Jupiter’ now available to pre-order

The first release of elementary OS – a new Ubuntu-based operating from the elementary-project – has been made available for pre-order ahead of its March release date.

11 January 2011