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Compiz-based Unity coming to PPA tomorrow

And so it begins! The Compiz-based version of Unity - due to land as the default desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 - opens up for development. A PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 users to install and test from is due to follow tomorrow.

11 November 2010
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Jolibook – Jolicloud’s very own netbook

Jolicloud's Jolibook to be released next month may just count as the first true Linux netbook and here's why.

11 November 2010
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Lubuntu 11.04 gets a release schedule

Everyone's favourite lightweight Ubuntu-based derivative inks out its course of action for the next 6 months...

11 November 2010
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Spotify for Linux update: A lot more than mono icons

As i battled trying to fix my Ubuntu desktop yesterday (seriously kiddies, leave Natty alone!) a comment by Andy Piper got lost in the moderation queue. (All comments that contain links have to be pre-approved […]

11 November 2010
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Compiz 0.9.x gets a PPA

This news is likely to be irrelevant to many readers but, for a handful, very welcome. Compiz’s (what is the possessive of ‘Compiz’? I want to say Compasses cos it sounds good) Sam Spilsbury – […]

11 November 2010
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Spotify for Linux adds mono-icons

An update to Spotify for Linux is here - and it has mono icons.

10 November 2010
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Hey, Adobe – bring Creative Suite to Ubuntu

A new vote calling for Creative Suite to be ported (in a form) to run on Linux is in effect. Find out how to add your voice.

10 November 2010
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Oscar winning video editor ‘Lightworks’ not coming to Linux until ‘late 2011’

Lightworks - the recently open-sourced professional grade video editor - is still on course to come to Linux - but not until next year.

9 November 2010
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Spread Ubuntu site gets slick new look, domain

Where am I? No, I don't know either. Why? The "relaunch" of the new-look Spread Ubuntu site - which offers a massive online catalogue of downloadable marketing materials for Ubuntu - has happened and I didn't notice!

9 November 2010
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Move Google Chrome Cache to a ram disk and speed up page loading

Got ample RAM installed? Want to speed up web page loading in Google Chrome? By moving your web cache to a RAM disk you can do just that. “It is possible to store a web […]

9 November 2010
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Happy 6th Birthday Firefox

Firefox celebrates its sixth birthday today, with Firefox's 1.0 having been released exactly on this date back in 2004.

9 November 2010
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Linux Mint: No to Unity, no to Gnome-Shell

When Mark Shuttleworth announced that future versions of Ubuntu will use Unity by default on the desktop many users of Linux Mint, a highly polished Ubuntu-derived distribution, were left wondering what it would use.

9 November 2010