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Ubuntu One for Windows enters beta testing

A limited beta testing program for Ubuntu One Windows client has  been announced. Development on a Windows port was first announced in January this year. ‘Why Windows?’ you ask? Ubuntu One’s Cristian Parrino explains: – “Expanding to Windows is […]

18 November 2010
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Unity Compiz won’t be backported to Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Compiz-based Unity will not see a backport for Maverick users to test.

18 November 2010
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Install Compiz 0.9.2 in Ubuntu 10.10

Everyones favourite compositing window manager Compiz released an update to their unstable 0.9-branch - 0.9.2. - a few weeks back. Here's how to install it from a PPA.

18 November 2010
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Make the GNOME panel font bold, italic, bigger, smaller etc

Get your GNOME panel font to match the style of your window borders with this quick tip.

18 November 2010
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Jolibook to cost £279?

NetbookNews are reporting that the 'Jolibook - Linux distro Jolicloud's very own slice of hardware - will eek out for sale at a crazy low £279.

18 November 2010
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Multi-touch in Ubuntu using Kinect [video, ppa]

How does cross-platform multi-touch using Kinect sound? Like a dream? Well it isn’t. I’m not quite sure how this incredibly slick proof-of concept (i.e. hacky first version) video showing off multi-touch in Ubuntu using Microsoft’s recently […]

18 November 2010
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Download the default ChromeOS wallpaper and view the default screensaver

Who wants a bit of ChromeOS default art to brighten their day? You? Click on in.

18 November 2010
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Opera 11 nears beta, gains chorus of new features & improvements

Opera 11 updates with some great new features and some long desired improvements.

17 November 2010
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Make your CoverGloobus tray icon mono

With awesome desktop coverart application CoverGloobus pushing out its 1.7 releaase today many users will find a blue 'gloobus' symbol sat in their tray. Here's a mono tray icon to replace it with.

17 November 2010
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Test elementary’s Marlin file browser in Maverick

Elementary's Jordi Hernàndez has posted a script for Ubuntu testers wishing to help with the new elementary file browser 'Marlin'.

17 November 2010
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Ubuntu One integration in Shotwell

Of the many great features proposed* for Ubuntu 11.04 is integrating Ubuntu One and Shotwell photo manager. The blueprint blurb offers a few examples of what such a marriage could provide: -  Photos synced with […]

17 November 2010
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Two new screenshots leak of ‘mystery launcher’

We all love a good mystery and the currently unknown ‘launcher app’ we first featured around a week ago continues to bamboozle us, with our ‘source’ today leaking two new screenshots of it in action. […]

17 November 2010