UbuntuOne Files Lands in Vodafone AppSelect Store

Vodafone have chosen to stock the Ubuntu One Files app in their custom Android app store "Vodafone AppSelect". The app store, which comes pre-loaded on Vodafone-branded Android mobiles across Europe, provides a range of applications that have gone through Vodafone's thorough app approval process.

20 February 2012
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How to Install VLC 2.0 in Ubuntu 11.10

The latest update to open-source media player VLC has been released, and brings with it multi-threaded decoding for a variety of popular formats. Read on for easy installation instructions for Ubuntu 11.10.

19 February 2012
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HUD, New Video Lens Land in Ubuntu 12.04 Unity Update

Unity 5.4 has landed in Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'. The update brings performance, stability and bug fixes, as well as a handful of minor visual changes and features.

17 February 2012
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Music App Musique Adds Scrobble Support, Faster Scanning

Last.FM scrobbling, faster music library scanning and improved album art detection all feature in the latest release of music player Musique.

17 February 2012
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AIM Say No To Desktop Linux Client

AIM have no plans to create a messaging client for Ubuntu, a company spokesman has said. The announcement comes after a call to support Ubuntu became the most popular suggestion on their 'User Voice' feedback service.

17 February 2012
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Tweet Stream Added to Ubuntu 12.04 Installer

An auto-updating Twitter stream has been added to the Ubuntu 12.04 installer. The stream shows tweets containing the hashtag #ubuntu, and appears alongside a short blurb on Ask Ubuntu. The slide, titled 'Any Questions?', is the last item shown during installation of Ubuntu.

17 February 2012
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Ubuntu 10.04.4 Released

The fourth and final maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04 is now available to download.

16 February 2012
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Puzzle Game Bobby Now Free to Download

The developers behind puzzle game Bobby have made the title free to download and play. Whilst the game is devilishly simple in theory - you, as a jet-pack powered hero called Bobby, have to knock bouncing balls into the spiralling vortex - it's a lot (read: much) harder in practice.

16 February 2012
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Pre-Order Registration Opens for KDE Tablet

Pre-order registration for forthcoming KDE tablet 'Spark' is now open. The Spark team hope to use the registration period as a means of gauging demand for the fledgling tablet. Those who register now will be given a 'priority order code' when pre-ordering begins that will 'jump your order to the front of the line'.

16 February 2012
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Ubuntu 12.04 Gets A New Video Lens For Finding Online Movies, TV Shows

Searching for something to watch will be much easier in Ubuntu 12.04 thanks to addition of a new default Video Lens. As well as being able to sift through the metadata of local files stored in your Videos folder based on a search term, the lens is backed by a set of smart 'remote video' scopes that query online services such as YouTube Movies, Amazon, indie service VODO and, for British users, the hallowed BBC iPlayer.

16 February 2012

3 Features New to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion That Ubuntu Already Has

Apple today lifted the lid on the next iteration of their OS X operating system - OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Exciting news in itself for Mac fans, but the reveal introduces a number of new features to the OS X desktop that Ubuntu users have enjoyed for a little while...

16 February 2012
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Video Editor Lightworks Still Linux Bound – But Don’t Expect It Soon

The Linux port of professional-grade video editor Lightworks is still 'on its way' according to an Editshare spokesperson - but is still not ready for general beta release. The assurance follows repeated failures to launch a beta version of the application on given dates - the first in Autumn of 2010; the latter in December of 2011.

16 February 2012