Placeholder koala image

OpenShot 1.3.0 gets fancy upgrades

OpenShot developers have been hard at work since November cooking up improvements & upgrades for this already awesome video editor.

21 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

Unity update delivers the initial drop of a revamped Dash

Just in, and an update to the Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha has brought with it the first iteration of what will soon blossom into Unity’s long-awaited Dash revamp.

21 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

LibreOffice Release Candidate 4 available to download

The fourth release candidate of OpenOffice fork LibreOffice has been made available for download.

20 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

AirPlay video playback comes to Totem

A new plug-in for Totem movie player allows it to receive and play AirPlay video streams.

20 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

Docklet API ‘coming’ to Unity Launcher [updated]

Unity’s launcher could get some added oomph with the release of a new Launcher API for developers to use. When asked whether Unity’s launcher could allow for "…the installation of the Gmail Docky Docket in […]

20 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

LibreOffice now default Office Suite in Ubuntu 11.04

The update Natty testers have been waiting for has landed: Open Office fork LibreOffice has, in an update this morning, replaced Open Office as the default office suite in Ubuntu 11.04.

20 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

How to add repositories to Ubuntu from behind a firewall

Having trouble updating Ubuntu at University? MadnessRed has the solution in this guest post.

20 January 2011

Everything you need to know about Linux.conf.au 2011

I'm sure you've heard about it, but do you really know what it is, why it exists and why you should care? In this article I try to answer three questions: What is Linux.conf.au, what happens there, and why should you care?

20 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

RemoteDroid lets you control your desktop using your phone

This week I've been on the hunt for a simple Android app that will let me pause and play videos running on my Ubuntu desktop from the other side of the room. Despite not being exactly what I was looking for RemoteDroid, a small app that turns your Android phone into a wireless keyboard and trackpad, proved to be the easiest to set up and to use.

19 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

Natty’s new Ubuntu One Control Panel takes shape

Long time readers or those with good memories may remember that a new - and very elegant- Ubuntu One control panel was targeted for Ubuntu 11.04. So how's it coming along?

19 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

The new GNOME 3 website goes live

The official website for GNOME 3, the next iteration of the GNOME desktop, has gone online in alpha state.

19 January 2011
Placeholder koala image

Ubuntu Server Survey 2011

If in the passed week you took a swing by the official Ubuntu website, you will have noticed a new headline post replacing the previous Maverick ad. In an effort to improve future releases of Ubuntu server edition, Canonical is, for the third year in a row, asking users how they are using it and in what environment.

19 January 2011