Section: News

Banshee becomes Ubuntu 11.04 default music player

Banshee is to be the default music player in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal - providing issues with disc space can be overcome.

29 October 2010
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Father of Social Networking worms comes to Linux and Mac OS X via Java

A new variant of Social Network worm Koobface has been discovered that affects Linux and Mac OS X via outdated version of Java.

29 October 2010
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Compiz based Unity will be available to test ‘ASAP’

Ubuntu's Jorge Castro has confirmed that Maverick users will be able to test the newly announced Compiz port of Unity via a PPA 'as soon as possible'

28 October 2010
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Firefox 4 delayed until 2011

The release of Mozilla's Firefox 4 has been pushed back to early 2011 despite being slated for relase in late 2010.

28 October 2010
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LimeWire forced to shut down

LimeWire, arguably one of the world's most well-known peer-to-peer file-sharing services, has been ordered to permanently shut down operations after a U.S. Federal judge found it liable for copyright infringement on a massive scale.

28 October 2010
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Banshee gets new UI for Podcasts

Let's take a break of all the wonderful UDS coverage to explore the first steps towards a new Podcast UI in Banshee.

27 October 2010
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Enable ‘Instant’ site loading in Chromium daily build

The Chromium daily builds on Linux now offer up the option to instantly load websites as your enter the address in the URL bar.

26 October 2010
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Gwibber to gain Unity Quicklists, Geolocation Integration and more

What's the best thing since slice bread?

26 October 2010
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Ubuntu getting a new icon theme

Whilst the big news in Mark Shuttleworth's opening address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit was regarding Unity he also touched upon the creation of a new Ubuntu icon theme - one that will be in keeping with the Ambiance and Radiance GTK themes.The icon set is by no means planned to land fully in Ubuntu Natty - the completed set is targeted for Ubuntu 12.04.

25 October 2010
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Zeitgeist’s bright future in Unity

It’s UDS time again and although I am not physically there (German VISA issue), I am happy to hear about the Unity work being done and I think I speak on behalf of the Zeitgeist […]

25 October 2010
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‘Sponsor an app’ model coming to Ubuntu Software Centre in 11.04

Helping to fund your favourite open-source applications will become much easier in Ubuntu 11.04. A new method will be introduced to the Ubuntu Software Store to allow users to 'sponsor a package' for any amount they so wish via the in-place UbuntuOne payment structure.

25 October 2010
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Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop

In his keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 11.04 will use a new desktop version of Unity for the default desktop environment.

25 October 2010