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Better Positioning Lenses within the Dash (mockups)

Another day and another set of Unity mock-ups. This time from the hand of Ubuntu user staticd, who wonders whether the position of the 'Lens bar' - which appears at the bottom of the Dash in Ubuntu 11.10 - could be better placed - could be better placed.

11 November 2011

Five Handy Lubuntu Tips

Lubuntu is Ubuntu's latest sibling and is fast becoming the leading lightweight Linux distribution for users. Whether you're a Lubuntu user yourself, or you know someone who is, you'll find a handful of user-friendly tips to make using Lubuntu even better tucked up inside.

11 November 2011
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15 Year Old Ubuntu Developer Bilal Akhtar Gets Interviewed

Novacut's Jason DeRose spent some of his time at last weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit interviewing various Ubuntu developers. Amongst them was Bilal...

10 November 2011
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Twitter App ‘Polly’ Adds Real-time Updating

A new development snapshot of Twitter application Polly has been made available for download.

10 November 2011
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New GNOME App Designs Hint at a Bright Future for Linux

GNOME Designer Allan Day has shown off various updated designs for potential future GNOME applications.

10 November 2011
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Skype Messaging Menu Plugin Gets Updated

Skype Wrapper, a third-party plugin that integrates VoIP client Skype with Ubuntu's Messaging Menu, has been updated with a handful of new features.

10 November 2011

More Games Added to Humble Voxatron Debut

Four more games have been added to the Humble Voxatron Debut, the latest promotional offer from the minds behind the 'Humble Indie Bundle'.

10 November 2011
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Unity Tomboy Lens Makes Searching, Opening Your Notes Easy in Ubuntu

Tomboy is Ubuntu's default note-taking application - and a pretty good one at that. Developer Rémi Rérolle thinks so too, and wrote in to share word of his 'Tomboy' Lens for Ubuntu.

9 November 2011
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This Unity 5.0 Mockup Has Me Sold – What About You?

Yesterday we took a look at one users ideal vision of Unity on smartphones and tablets - but what about Unity on the desktop? The Unity interface has come such a long way in such a short space of time, and although Ubuntu 12.04 isn't likely to see too many dramatic chances in how it looks, many folks are speculating on ideal future iterations regardless.

9 November 2011
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[How to] Set Location Bar In Nautilus As Default

Nautilus in Ubuntu displays a button-based pathbar by default. Although I, like many, prefer this approach because it's simple to navigate and easy to understand, you may prefer to have an address bar show by default. Read on for instructions on how to do just that.

9 November 2011
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LibreOffice 3.4.4 Released With Numerous Bug Fixes

The Document Foundation have announced the release of LibreOffice 3.4.4 - an updated version of their popular open-source office suite.

9 November 2011
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Btw, We Have a Google+ Page

Google+ recently introduced “pages” for brands, blogs and anyone else with a self-inflated sense of importance. We have a lot of fans on our Facebook and Twitter pages, but as not everyone uses those services […]

9 November 2011