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Ubuntu, the Lion, the Cloud, and the Behemoth

Which direction are the four major players taking? Is the cloud really the next step? Was porridge the best choice for breakfast this morning? Find out all this and more with Tyler's exciting editorial after the jump.

15 December 2010
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Ubuntu running on a Chrome CR-48 notebook [video]

Ubuntu. On a Google CR-48.

15 December 2010
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Humble Indie Bundle returns: pay what you want for 5 awesome games

The Humble Indie Bundle is back! Independent gaming company WolfireGames are once again letting you set the price for five of mutli-platform DRM-free games.

14 December 2010
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Flash alternative Lightspark 0.4.5 released

A new version of flash-alternative 'Lightspark' has been released.

14 December 2010
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Googsystray 1.3.0 released with tasks support, fixes

Googsystray, the tray-residing Google services notification app, has improved Calendar support, added Google tasks notifications and splatted a few bugs, too.

14 December 2010
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LibreOffice Release Candidate 1 available

The first release candidate of office-suite LibreOffice is now available to download.

14 December 2010
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Synapse update adds new plugins, results improvements

A new release of semantic file launcher Synapse has been made available for download.

13 December 2010
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Download SoftMaker Office 2008 for free – and help charity at the same time

Want to blag a freebie that also helps others in the process?

13 December 2010
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New look DockBarX hits PPA

DockBarX - the icon-only window switcher applet for GNOME panel - recently updated itself with a new look and some ace new features.

13 December 2010
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New theme promises seamless GTK apps in KDE

A new port of KDE's Oxygen theme that aims to provide seamless integration of Gtk/Gnome applications in KDE has been released.

13 December 2010
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Drag and drop close to landing in Unity

Just saw Kyle Baker tweet about this. Knowing so many readers are already helping test Ubuntu 11.04 the return of drag and drop ordering of launcher items can’t come soon enough for many…

12 December 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five meerkat related xmas presents

"Snow is falling, all around us, children singing - having fun! Tis the season for..." Yeah whatever. It's all about the presents, right?

12 December 2010