Ubuntu Adds ‘Amazon Results’ Off Switch, Fixes NSFW Issues

A 'Kill Switch' to disable online results Ubuntu's Dash is ready to land in Ubuntu 12.10.

4 October 2012
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Ubuntu’s 24 Hour Community Charity Marathon Is Happening Right Now

Take one Ubuntu Community team, sit them in front of webcams and make them work for 24 hours solid. Sound good? that's what happening today as part of the 'Ubuntu Community Charity Marathon'.

4 October 2012

Near London? Get Paid to Use Ubuntu

Want to help make Ubuntu better and get paid to do so? Nope, you don't need to apply for a job at Canonical just be a regular user who can spare 2 hours for one evening next week to take part in some testing.

4 October 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Ditches ‘Messaging Menu’ Pips, Updates Icons

Ubuntu 12.10 has updated its Messaging Menu icons once again. Five revamped 'pips' - small icons that appear on the panel 'envelope' icon - have been added.

3 October 2012

New Version of Linux E-Mail App ‘Geary’ Released

A new development release of new desktop e-mail app Geary has been released. Geary works with most popular webmail services, including GMail and Yahoo, as well as providing IMAP support.

2 October 2012
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Ubuntu ‘Won’t Fix’ NSFW Content in Amazon Unity Results

An unfortunate "side effect" of Ubuntu's new 'shopping suggestions' feature is that, regardless of what you're looking for, be it local or online, you're going to be met with a barrage of results. This filterless 'show whatever from where-ever' approach has raised the eyebrows of some early testers...

1 October 2012

Steam for Linux to Arrive ‘In a Few Days’

Steam's arrival on Linux isn't a secret - and even when it was it was a poorly kept one. The company have been internally testing the Linux client for a while, and recently announced that an 'external' beta Linux users would be coming out 'sometime in October'. No specific date was given. But, today, a request from Valve's "bryceh" to Ubuntu developers has offered up a more definite time-frame - one that's happening this week.

1 October 2012
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Linux Video Editor ‘Openshot’ Updates With More Blender Effects

OpenShot video editor has premiered its 1.4.3 release - which debuts a number of new features.

1 October 2012
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Desktop YouTube App ‘Minitube’ Adds Search Filtering, YouTube Fix

The flash-free desktop YouTube app MiniTube has been updated - and in the nick of time, too. Recent changes to YouTube has 'broken' video playback in all releases prior to this one, including the most recent version released in June of this year. But aside from 'fixing' itself to work with an update dYouTube there are also other changes to be taken advantage of...

28 September 2012
New Session Indicator in Ubuntu 12.10

Will You Be Trying Out Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2?

A new beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 was released yesterday with a host of nifty new features, bug fixes and general improvements. But do you plan on using it?

27 September 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Released

The second beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 has been made available for download. It arrives ahead of Ubuntu 12.10's final release in just over 2 weeks time.

27 September 2012
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Graphics App ‘Pinta’ Updates, Brings Improved Tools, Layer Blending

A new release of graphics app Pinta has been made available for download. Version 1.4 of the simple drawing tool sees a number of new features and improvements made, along with fixes for various bug and performance issues.

27 September 2012