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Ubuntu One Hits One Million Users, Upgrades Free Storage to 5GB

Ubuntu One has increased the amount of free storage given to users of its basic plan from 2GB to 5GB. The upgrade will be applied to all user accounts on the basic plan, which has been renamed 'Ubuntu One Free'.

28 July 2011

Facebook Unity Applet for Ubuntu Puts Alerts on Your Desktop Launcher

Google+ might be the cool new kid in town but big ol' Facebook remains the grandaddy of social networking for many. Keeping up with Facebook on Ubuntu has never been an issue; there are a tonne of applications available that let you do everything from read your stream to upload photos and update your status.

28 July 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Development Update 7

Next week Alpha 3 of Ubuntu 11.10 will be released, so everybody is currently trying to get their latest updates in and everything tidied up for a release.

28 July 2011
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Like Dark GTK Themes? Check out ‘elementary Dark’

If you been wondering whether the indomitable elementary theme would look better dark, get ready to climb aboard: your theme-train just arrived courtesy of DeviantArtist ~satya164...

28 July 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10’s New Look Alt+Tab [Video]

The new look Alt+Tab switcher present in the Ubuntu 11.10 development releases was touched on by Jorge and Ahmed in their weekly ‘Unity Development Update‘ post. If you’re sensible enough to be waiting until October […]

27 July 2011
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‘Update Indicator’ Extension for GNOME Shell Puts Upgrade Alerts in Your Panel

If you're a GNOME Shell user who took fancy to the 'Update Manager Indicator' we featured last Friday and want something similar for your own system - you're in luck!

27 July 2011
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How To Add an ‘Expose’ Button to Unity Launcher

Want to add an 'expose' style button to the Unity Launcher to quickly find the application window you're looking for? Read on...

27 July 2011
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Help Choose A New Name For Linux Twitter App ‘Schizobird’

Promising new Twitter client 'Schizobird' is seeking a new name - and you can help.

27 July 2011
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Wine Update Breaks Audio Playback for Windows Apps in Ubuntu

The latest update to Wine has broken audio support for Windows apps in Ubuntu. Wine 1.3.25, released last Friday, saw a rewrite of audio support based on that in Windows 7. The major issue resulting from this is the breakage of audio support for PulseAudio - Ubuntu's default sound server.

26 July 2011

Unity Progress Report – Alt-Tab style

Ubuntu's Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro are here with their weekly round up of what's been happening in Ubuntu 11.10 development land...

26 July 2011

Humble Indie Bundle 3: You Set The Price For Five Awesome Games

The third instalment of the Humble Indie Bundle is now love, letting you decide what to pay for five cross-platform, DRM free games worth $50 in total. The majority of the games in the bundle are "Physics" based.

26 July 2011

Have You Taken The LibreOffice User Survey?

Both avid and casual users of Office Suite 'LibreOffice' are being asked to take part in a new survey.

26 July 2011