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Desktop Reddit App ‘Reditr’ Available for Ubuntu

Desktop Reddit app 'Reditr' has been packaged up for Ubuntu and made available for download. The application, a sort of 'TweetDeck for Reddit', allows Reddit fans to browse posts from the site from a manageable, column-style layout.

2 December 2012

Screenshot App ‘Screencloud’ Adds Imgur, Ubuntu One Uploads

Screenshot sharing tool Screencloud has been updated with Ubuntu One and Imgur uploading support. A tray-area applet, Screencloud lets you quickly take snaps of your desktop and its applications then upload them directly to one of several supported image hosting services.

29 November 2012

Make Ubuntu Smarter With The ‘Unity Answers Lens’

What is Ubuntu? Where do Dalek's come from? And can you cook pasta in a microwave? Don't worry this is not a pop quiz, but examples of questions that I have, at various points in my life, turned to Google to get answers for. Now, a new Lens for Ubuntu's Unity desktop makes finding answers to common questions insanely easy. Meet the 'Unity Answers Lens'.

29 November 2012
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Compiz Fix To Bring Better Gaming Performance to Ubuntu

An update to Compiz that improves gaming performance is on its way to Ubuntu. Compiz 0.9.8.6, currently in preparation, enables a small feature that improves full-screen OpenGL gaming performance in Unity.

28 November 2012

Machinarium for Linux [Review]

Follow the story of an atypical robot hero set out to rescue his robot-girlfriend, and in turn save the city and defeat the bad guys. Machinarium, is another artfully designed puzzler from Amanita Design. Like most role-playing games, you control the titular character, in this case a robot, as you guide him through the eponymous city, collecting items and solving environmental puzzles.

28 November 2012
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We Interview Daniel Ryan, Director of Front-End Development for ‘Obama for America’

With the Election in the rear-view mirror for Americans we are starting to learn about the tools, assets and people that helped President Barack Obama win re-election. One of tools that helped give Obama for America an edge was "Ubuntu" due to its cost-savings and the familiarity that members of the team had with it and how well it was supported in the cloud. I recently had an opportunity to interview Daniel Ryan, who was the Director of Front-End Development for Obama for America, and here's what he had to say...

28 November 2012

To Do App ‘Nitro’ Hits Ubuntu Software Center

The insanely handy task management app Nitro has finally hit the Ubuntu Software Center. And no, you're not misunderstanding: for despite its creation way back in April, it has taken a fair ol' while for the application to get approved, published, and stocked on the shelves of the Software Center..

28 November 2012

Is Ubuntu Powering Wii U Demo Booths?

Have you played on an in-store demo unit of the Wii U recently? If so there's a good chance you were actually playing a game on Ubuntu...

28 November 2012
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‘RC Mini Racers’ Hits Ubuntu Software Center

A few days back we brought you word that the hit Mac game RC Mini Racers was heading to Ubuntu. Today it's arrived. I'll brush over repeating what we said last time suffice to say it's a natty little racing game with enough individuality to make it worth the small $4.99 price tag.

27 November 2012
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Ubuntu Cyber Monday Deals: $279 Ubuntu Dell Laptop & 50% Off O’Reilly eBooks

After Black Friday comes the online version: Cyber Monday. Sadly, much to the chagrin of bargain hunters like myself, there aren't that many Ubuntu-specific offers to be found online. I was expecting some of the newer Ubuntu-loaded ASUS laptops to be reduced by the big retailers sites. But, alas. That said, there are a couple of offers worth knowing about.

26 November 2012

Hit Mac Game ‘RC Mini Racers’ Gears Up for Ubuntu Release

Hit Mac racing game 'RC Mini Racers' is gearing up for an Ubuntu release. The racing title has proved popular on OS X, spending several weeks at #1 in the Mac App Store's 'Top Free Games' chart and 5 months in the top 10. Now the developers behind the game, which is also available on Android, are bringing it to Ubuntu.

25 November 2012

Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon Desktop [Review]

Perhaps the most well-known and/or notorious derivative of Ubuntu: Linux Mint, has released its fourteenth version, codenamed: "Nadia". Priding itself on being for "newbies" and being a power user, Linux Mint is not among my favourite Linux distributions, nevertheless I've downloaded the latest version, with their Cinnamon desktop, to give it an in-depth review.

25 November 2012