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Help test Ubuntu 10.10 multi-touch

Are you a lucky soul in possession of a touchscreen toting laptop, netbook or desktop or even one of those new fangled multi-touch mouse or magictrack-pad? Either way you can help hone Ubuntu’s new multi-touch support simply […]

30 August 2010
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New Ubuntu 10.04 training courses available

New training courses based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS are now available from Canonical. The courses available remain the same as previously with Ubuntu Certified Professional (UCP), Deploying Ubuntu Server Edition (plus an accelerated version) and Deploying Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud all available […]

30 August 2010
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Easy to use GUI for Ubuntu’s default firewall

Firewall configuration in Ubuntu is about to get a lot easier thanks to a new project providing a graphical front end to Ubuntu’s default firewall UFW and thus making security settings simple for everyday users.  […]

30 August 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Unity users with slow Nautilus/apps may wish to install this…

Users on Ubuntu 10.04 who have Unity installed abut have since found Nautilus and other apps are a bit slow to open may be grateful for this: Omer Akram has uploaded a new version of the […]

30 August 2010
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Ubuntu Font Hebrew Subset in the making – why not help out?

A Hebrew subset of the new Ubuntu font is in the making and scheduled to to be ready in time for Ubuntu 11.04 thanks to the initiative of Israeli web developer Tom Bigelajzen. His enthusiasm for […]

30 August 2010
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GTK+ Last.fm app ‘Chipmunk’ updates with volume slider & mini mode

Remember that ever-so-adorable GTK Last.fm player we showed you several weeks back? It’s just updated, adding a new mini-mode, a volume slider and an improved installation script which cleans up after itself – which is […]

30 August 2010
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Find stray photos by sketching them, seeing results in real-time

You know what picture you want to find – you can see it in your mind! Now if only you could remember what it was called… Naming conventions for digital camera images – and worse […]

29 August 2010
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‘Devos Ubuntu Waves’ wallpaper

It’s really hard to resist blogging about all of the wonderful wallpapers we get sent every day so here I am with in a moment of weakness with this dramatic drape by blauaraujo. Download Article […]

29 August 2010
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PyTask – what’s coming in the next release (and how you can help!)

It’s been a little while since we last mentioned the simple & straightforward task application ‘Pytask‘ so i’m here with a small update and a bit of a favour… First up what can you look forward to […]

29 August 2010
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Darktable photography app hits 0.6.0, gains many new features

A new release of virtual light-table and darkroom application Darktable is available for download. The tool, aimed at photographers, allows you to manage “your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable light-table.” […]

29 August 2010
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On that wallpaper (you know which one)

A few days back a new default wallpaper landed in Ubuntu 10.10 and whilst we weren’t convinced that this was the final iteration (our own post on it was layered with a questioning tone) the reaction […]

29 August 2010
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Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.6 released – adds Desktop Recovery feature

The latest stable release of Ubuntu Tweak is now available, adding to its already impressive roster of features a new desktop and application recovery options. In the announcement on the release the Tweak-team say: – “Desktop […]

29 August 2010