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Google Music Frame 0.2 Released With New Icon, Features

A new version of Google Music Frame - the user-created desktop app for accessing Google's cloud-based music player - has been released with a new icon, support for multimedia keys, unity integration and a little bit more...

18 September 2011
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Untouched Photography Can Still Make A Good Wallpaper

Software Developer Robert Sarkozi has a passion for photography, and uploads the best snaps he takes to his Flickr account. Rather than have them sit there unused and unseen he wants to 'share them with people'

17 September 2011
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New Dev Release of Linux Hardware Monitor ‘Psensor’

A new development release of Psensor - a small utility for monitoring hardware temperature in Linux - is now available for download.

16 September 2011
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‘Minus’ File Sharing Service Offers Ubuntu App, Unique Features

Does the world need yet another cloud storage/sharing service? Dropbox, SpiderOak, UbuntuOne - all of them provide the ability to upload a variety of files and then "publish" them for sharing. New York-based startup 'Minus' thinks so

16 September 2011

Banshee News In Brief

OMG! Ubuntu!'s regular Banshee contributor David Nielsen is currently having all manner of issues so is unable to post, but he armed me with a bunch of nifty news snippets that should help tide over the Banshee faithful until he returns...

16 September 2011
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Linux Video Editor Openshot Prepares New Release

It's almost here, folk: the first major update to video editor OpenShot in what seems like an eternity. (Well, since February to be exact.) What will be shipping in it? We take a look...

16 September 2011
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KDE Graphics App Krita Releases First 2.4 Beta

The first beta release from sketching and painting app Krita's 2.4 series has been made available for Download.

15 September 2011
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Help Create A Countdown Banner for Ubuntu 11.10

The bi-annual call for Ubuntu countdown banners seems to have been whispered rather than shouted this year, but if you're game for creating a mini-timer the world can plaster around the interwebs from Oneiric Beta 2 onward - now's your chance!

15 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Development Update 12

This is a guest post from Daniel Holbach, who will be posting updates about Ubuntu Development. (Original Post). Ubuntu Development Update We are racing towards the release of 11.10, and it’s only four weeks until […]

15 September 2011
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Unity Contributor Report: Ready for Beta 2, Lenses API ready to go

This is a guest post from Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) The roll up to Beta two begins as the archive starts […]

14 September 2011
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The Winning Lubuntu 11.10 Community Wallpapers

You helped choose them, and now Lubuntu 11.10 has them.

14 September 2011
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Windows 8: Competition For Linux?

Microsoft have been busy showing off Windows 8 today - and, to their credit, it's looking and behaving pretty different to any release of Windows in the past. Whatever your take on the release, there are a number of features and changes present in Windows 8 that may provide some competitive flair for Linux developers to work against.

13 September 2011