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Demand For KDE Tablet ‘Phenomenal’

Pre-order registration for the KDE Plasma Active tablet 'Spark' has been closed due to 'overwhelming demand'. "It has been so successful that we've reached our initial production capacity and have closed the pre-order program for now," writes Spark project lead Aaron Seigo on his blog.

21 February 2012
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Meet Ubuntu for Android: The Next Step in Ubuntu’s Multi-Device Plan

Meet 'Ubuntu for Android' - a side-by-side pairing of the Android and Ubuntu OSes on a single phone, the latest part of Canonical's 'multi-device' future for Ubuntu.

21 February 2012
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Hands On With Incursion – A New Linux Bound Text-based Adventure Game

Small indie game developer Cube Noir recently gave let us play with their forthcoming ‘text based adventure game’ Incursion. By their nature ‘text based’ games are considered old hat these days; in an era of […]

21 February 2012
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New Ubuntu Start-Up Sound Chosen

The results of the recent Ubuntu Sound Theme survey, which asked users to pick a new start up for Ubuntu 12.04 from a shortlist of 4 sounds, are in. Was your favourite chosen? Find out inside...

20 February 2012

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