When using my netbook I loathe having to use Empathy - or any instant messenger for that matter. But why?
Adobe have announced the beta release of Flash player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Flash Player 10.2 beta introduces many new features and improvements including Stage Video, a new API which Adobe says will 'help web sites deliver smooth, beautiful video across devices and browsers by enabling access to hardware acceleration of the entire video pipeline.'
Desktop Unity became the default Desktop Environment in Ubuntu 11.04 recently. Though its quite a bit buggy, it does look good!
You're not a Gwibber fan, Evolution is not your bag and you - this one writes itself folks - have no empathy for Empathy messenger. Here's how to remove these and any other unwanted Messaging Menu entries without destroying half your install.
MMORPG Vendetta Online is now available via the Ubuntu Software Centre.
We haven't heard much about Ubuntu Light - the simplified 'instant on' version of Ubuntu intended for use on dual-boot laptops preinstalled on Windows - since it was announced back at Ubuntu 10.04's UDS. But it is - apparently - shipping pre-installed alongside Windows 7 on select Dell notebooks.
It's finally arrived. After weeks of leaking screenshots and juicy tidbits on a 'mystery new launcher' we can reveal what it is. Called Synapse, the launcher is light, fast, zeitgeist powered and can do some incredible things thanks to tight Zeitgeist integration.
Simple DVD ripping tool EzDVD Rip is now available to try as a beta.
Available pre-installed with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, the Vostro V130 builds on its predesscor the V13, maintaining the slim profile, light weight and full-bodied performance that a netbook is unable to offer.
Still plagued by the Pidgin MSN error? Fix it for good by upgrading to the latest version of Pidgin.
BURG. That fancy themeable bootloader we chant about at least once a month, ever growing in popularity and continuing to rack up new themes by the week, but not everyone is happy.
Just a quicks heads up to those following the development of GNOME-Shell - Florian Müllner has just announced that the new-look relayout branch - which we cooed over lovingly several weeks back - has landed in the GNOME-Shell Master branch.
Zeitgeist is on its way to KDE, and our favourite Egyptian hacker Seif Lotfy explains more in this post.
Until recently, unless you used a Mac, the popular writing application Scrivener was an app that passed most people by. In the last few months things have been changing on that front with the launch of a native Windows beta in October which has finally helped broaden the market for the tool. Better yet this version runs under Wine on Linux - after a bit of cajoling.
Lubuntu developers are currently debating the default application line-up for the 11.04 release of the lightweight Ubuntu spin due April 2011.
Faenza fans - adds even more squares to your desktop with this Faenza theme for Cario-Clock, which is based on the actual Faenza clock icon.
Yet more news form the world of Kinect Hacking - this time a video demoing some awesome work on 'teaching Kinect to recognize objects.'
Thanks to a partnership between Google and Adobe Google's Chrome browser ships with a built-in version of Flash that is more recent than that available to download individually. Here's how to use it in Firefox.