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Privacy settings are coming to Zeitgeist

Privacy settings are coming to Zeitgeist. (And in a pretty interface, too!)

17 April 2011
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Bugfix update to desktop YouTube app ‘MiniTube’

A minor "bugfix" update to Minitube - the desktop, flashfree YouTube app - is available for download.

17 April 2011
Tiny RSS support has been added to Liferea 1.8

Desktop Google Reader app ‘Read me’ adds twitter, read it later support

The "uniquely" designed desktop Google Reader application 'read Me' has updated, chucking in integration with 'Twitter' and 'Read it later'.

17 April 2011
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This Neat Wallpaper Changes With the Day

Wallpapers don't have to be static and boring. We've written about Android-style live wallpapers, weather wallpaper and real-time earth wallpapers before but here's something a little less flashy: a gorgeous wallpaper that changes with the time of day

15 April 2011
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Tomighty: Pomodoro technique timer for Linux

"Getting things done" is, of late, a phrase alien to my work ethic. Rooting around for ways to help my concentrate I remember the 'Pomodoro Technique' - a time-management method that is, supposedly, meant to help. And thankfully there's an app for it.

15 April 2011
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Call for DebConf11 attendance

After last years Debian Developer conference in NYC (DebConf10) this years conference, DebConf11 will be held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 24th to 30th July. Of course besides developers, among the attendees you'll be able to see many well known faces from Open Source/Linux world, as well as representatives from some of the leading companies from this sector.

14 April 2011
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A few good Banshee features: New Artist Browser and eMusic integration

Banshee 2.0 is out and default in Natty which is all good and well but.. Banshee has not been resting. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, these new features are presented to you as screenshots.

14 April 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 available to download

The second beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 is now available for download.

14 April 2011
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3D graphics app Blender hits new stable release; available in PPA

After several years in development the Blender Foundation have today announced the first official stable release in the 2.5.x series of their 3D graphics software 'Blender'.

14 April 2011
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A quick play with the new look Ubuntu Tweak

I take a pre-beta play with Ubuntu Tweak 0.6

14 April 2011
Kogan Ubuntu 11.04 laptop: the agora pro

Kogan’s ‘Agora PRO 12″ Laptop’ available with Ubuntu 11.04, ships May

"The folks at Kogan are pretty good when it comes to Linux" said reader Paul when tipping us off to Australian (and UK) technogloy outfit 'Kogans' latest laptop. Available for ordering, but not shipping until late May, the new 'Agora Pro' ultra-portable comes with the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu so far - Ubuntu 11.04 - but is it a fitting shell for an operating system so, well, natty? Kind of.

14 April 2011

Launchpad recipes emerge from beta, won’t make you a cake but packages instead

Packaging has often been lamented as a massive weak point in getting software to users for testing or distribution. It can sometimes be more complicated to package a piece of software than it is to write it in the first place. Thankfully, the Launchpad team have been hard at work trying to make packaging easier.

14 April 2011