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Ubuntu 12.10 Login Screen Adds Remote Desktop Access

Support for Remote Desktop Logins directly from the login screen has been enabled in Ubuntu 12.10. The feature will allow you to enter a full-screen remote login without needing to login to Ubuntu itself, or install additional apps. It all happens 'out of the box'.

12 September 2012

August’s Ubuntu App Chart Lacks Ubuntu Showdown Entries – But Why?

Minecraft Mod Installer 'MC Launcher' was August's top selling app on the Ubuntu Software Center. The $2.99 tools allows for the easy installation of Java and Minecraft mods through a GUI.

12 September 2012
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Ubuntu One Launches Online Music Store

Ubuntu's online 'Music Store' is available to access online from today. The store front, which is powered by online music retailer 7Digital, can be accessed from any web-browser on any device be it desktop or mobile.

11 September 2012
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New Look Default Wallpaper Lands in Ubuntu 12.10

A new-look default wallpaper for Ubuntu has landed in the 12.10 development builds. Sure to delight many, the new default wallpaper is not a direct iteration on the (infamous) "purple salad" wallpaper that has been used in the last 5 releases of Ubuntu.

11 September 2012
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Meet the NexPhone: An Ubuntu-based Smartphone, PC, Tablet and Laptop in One

Here's a name you'll be hearing a lot about in the next few months: NexPhone. The NexPhone project is simple in its premise: it's a smartphone running Ubuntu for Android that can be turned into a tablet, PC, or laptop by 'docking' the device to different hardware components.

11 September 2012
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So Long, Magic Lamp: Ubuntu 12.10 Reverts Unminimize Animation

Ubuntu developers have decided against the new 'un-minimise' animation present in Ubuntu 12.10, reverting it back to the original effect. The "magic lamp" effect for un-minimising windows was added to Ubuntu 12.10 in late August.

10 September 2012

Cleopix: A Simple Screenshot Tool for Ubuntu

Cleopix is a new screenshot app available for Ubuntu users to install from the Ubuntu Software Center. But is it any good? We take a look...

9 September 2012
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The System76 Gazelle Professional: Just How Good Is It? [Review]

The Gazelle Professional is the flagship laptop from Ubuntu computer maker's System76. I've spent the last month testing it, having blindly invested a thousand pounds into a finely tuned version of the laptop after hearing great comments about it. Was it worth the money? Read on to see...

8 September 2012

[How To] Make The Ubuntu Messaging Menu Icon Blink on New Notifications

Ubuntu's Messaging Menu icon turns blue when a new e-mail, tweet or IM, etc, is waiting for you. But if the baby-blue notification is too subtle, why not have it blink as well?

8 September 2012
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It’s Official: The Ubuntu LiveCD is Dead

It's official: the Ubuntu Live CD is dead. Ubuntu 12.10 will increase the maximum size of its disc image from 700MB to 800MB, thereby making it too big to fit onto traditional CD-R media.

8 September 2012

‘Wunderlist’ To Return As Native Ubuntu App Soon

Popular to-do app Wunderlist will be coming back to Ubuntu soon - but natively. With focus now shifting onto developers Wunderlist 2, they decision has been taken to move away from apps made using the Titanium to 'rewritten native applications on all platforms' - which will include Ubuntu.

7 September 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Available for Download

The first beta build of Ubuntu 12.10 has been made available for download. In the 42 days between the last Alpha release and this beta, a bucket full of change has been chucked over the Quetzal, including new Unity features, theme tweaks and the retirement of Unity 2D.

6 September 2012