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Is The New Nautilus A Step In The Right Direction? [Poll]

Is Nautilus being steered in the right direction, one with simplicity and a focus on core features as its destination? Or are GNOME developers driving the trusty file manager off the edge of a cliff with uncessary changes and feature removals? Share your opinion on our poll.

30 July 2012

Copenhagen, Denmark To Hold Next, Shorter, Ubuntu Developer Summit

Copenhagen, Denmark is to play host to the next Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) later this year. The bi-annual event sees Ubuntu developers from around the world get together to hammer out the details for the next release of Ubuntu.

30 July 2012
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Latest Skype Release Added to Ubuntu Software Center

Skype have been dutifully updating their Linux client over the last few months but, until today, Ubuntu users had to manually download and install the latest package from Skype's website. But now a new upstream release of Skype - though not the most recent - has been added to the Ubuntu Software Center.

29 July 2012

‘Wunderlist’ Fogger App Now PPA-Free

Earlier this week we filled you in on Michael Tunnell's work at bringing Wunderlist back to the Ubuntu desktop - and making it even better in the process. In that post we mentioned that you would need to add the 'Fogger Apps' PPA to Ubuntu in order to install it. Skip forward a few days: now you don't!

27 July 2012

‘Ambiance Squared’ Frees Your Apps from Jagged Window Borders

"Arrrgh" cried the perfectionist Ubuntu user when looking at his screen, "My window borders look awful!" If you are using Ubuntu's default Ambiance theme then you, like the exaggerated exmaple user above, have jagged window corners on your windows. It's not a big deal for most (cue comments of 'I never noticed") but for others it... well it irks....

27 July 2012
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5 Neat New Features Coming to Nuvola Music Player

It integrates web-based music players with the Ubuntu desktop and in its next release Nuvola music player is set to get even better. From new extensions and music services, to nifty features that make using it more enjoyable, here are our pick of the top 5 new features currently available to try in the most recent beta release.

27 July 2012
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Firefox 15 Lands in Ubuntu 12.10, Brings Built in PDF Viewer, SPDY

Firefox 15 landed in Ubuntu 12.10 yesterday. brining with it a new native PDF viewer. PDF.js, to give the plugin its official name, lets you read PDF files - either online or local - inside your browser using nothing more than standard web technologies.

27 July 2012
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Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 Released

The third alpha release in the Ubuntu 12.10 development cycle has been made available for download. Various user-visible changes are present, including a new Session Menu, refined Software Updater and 3rd party driver installer.

26 July 2012

Ubuntu on Air: Your Questions Answered

Join us this Today at 1800 UTC for Ubuntu on Air Last cycle we decided to just hang out after a release, and we had such a good time and learned so much from our […]

26 July 2012

Valve: “Windows 8 a Catastrophe for Everyone”

Do you think Microsoft's bet on Windows 8 will pay off? Valve's Gabe Newell doesn't - even going as far as to call the OS a 'catastrophe for everyone in the PC space'. Newell - a former Microsoft employee - shared his thoughts on the controversial OS as part of a question on gaming on Linux.

26 July 2012
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3rd Party Dev Adds New Features to Ubuntu TV [Video]

A third-party developer has taken the code for Ubuntu TV and added some changes of his own. The results are pretty stunning.

26 July 2012
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Latest Stable VLC Heading to Ubuntu 12.04, Help Test It Now

The latest stable release of VLC is on its way to the Ubuntu Software Center, meaning you won't need to add unstable PPAs to be up-to-date. But before the 'stable release update' arrives, Ubuntu developer Benjamin Drung would like some plucky readers with the Precise-Proposed Repository enabled to test it.

25 July 2012