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Review: Guayadeque 0.2.9 – the lightweight music app

In this guest post, Alejandro Tamalet shares his thoughts on lightweight music application Guayadeque.

18 March 2011
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AskUbuntu Unity ‘lens’ in development

Ubuntu's Jorge Castro talked about how interested folks can build their own 'Places' for Unity, but today we've learnt word of Unity Lense that's in development.

18 March 2011
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Opera 11.10 “barracuda” Beta released

The first beta release of Opera 11.10 'Barracuda' is now available for download with an improved speed-dial page, automatic Flash installation and few other odds and ends.

18 March 2011

HTC make nice phones and use Ubuntu

They make some of the most beautiful handsets on the market and, judging from a recent YouTube promo video, their developers also use use Ubuntu internally.

18 March 2011
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Ubuntu’s CTO reveals DEX: an effort to close the gap with Debian

Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu's CTO, and Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian Leader, worked together to setup the DEX project. It's a new initiative to improve collaboration between Debian and its derivatives, Ubuntu included.

18 March 2011
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Indie puzzle game ‘SnapShot’ has Linux version ‘in the works’

The development team behind much-hyped puzzle game 'SnapShot' have today confirmed that a Linux version of the soon-to-be-released 'is in the works'.

18 March 2011
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Debian CUT, a new rolling release?

What is Debian CUT and why should you care? Let's take a look...

17 March 2011
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Latest Unity update adds animated Dash, more

Another Thursday and another update to Ubuntu 11.04 desktop shell Unity. What's new today? Eyes down for a gander at the goodies...

17 March 2011
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Torrent app Deluge adds indicator-applet

Take one torrent application, one almost-beta OS and add in some indicator-applet support. What do you get? A bunch of relieved users...

17 March 2011
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Shotwell 0.8.1 for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid users

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS users wanting to install Shotwell 0.8.x on their computers now can thanks to one users' hard work. Like many of those sticking with Ubuntu's Long Term Support release Martin Wimpress found that many updates to his favourite applications weren't being made available for 10.04. Rather than moan or go without he decided to do something about it.

17 March 2011
Unity in Ubuntu 11.04

What’s wrong with Unity & how we can fix it

Unity is Ubuntu's innovative new user interface, designed to catapult Ubuntu into the revolution of contextual search, launchers and social integration. The unique design provides an enticing alternative to the likes of Windows and OS X. But could Unity be better?

17 March 2011
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Ubuntu Community reaches out to Japan

As Japan continues to show strength in the face of such heart-breaking catastrophe a number of Ubuntu users have set up a website for users to send a message of support to the Japanese Ubuntu LoCo team.

17 March 2011