Why do you get when you cross Firefox and Pidgin? InstantBird. No, That wasn’t a joke without a punchline but an introduction to one of the more interesting applications I’ve tried in a while […]
The second Alpha of the Ubuntu 10.10 development cycle has been made available for download today. The changes it contains are not considered stable and as such this Alpha is not recommended for installation on […]
Popular Firefox extension ‘Firefox-Notify’ – which uses native Ubuntu notifications in place of the default Firefox ones – no longer works with Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu. Thankfully users needn’t forgo native notifications for long… It’s […]
The first stable release of an Opera browser since November 2009 has finally been announced today. The last stable release of an Opera browser on Linux was the 10.10 branch back in November last year […]
A few days ago we reported on the release of two new multimedia applications created by the awesome company that brought us the Shotwell photo manager. Yorba’s projects certainly seem to evoke the feeling that […]
The stylish forthcoming music app ‘Minitunes’ is ‘pretty close to release’ according to its developer Falvio Tordini. Falvio is now calling for some last minute testing of the media player before a formal first release is made. […]
One of the great ‘new’ traditions during an Ubuntu development cycle is the open submission of photos competing to win a place in the next default install of Ubuntu. The competition has a few more months left to go but Weather-Indicator projects’ Cullen has picked out his five favourite photos so far - and you don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes in order to spot a few recurring themes…
Users of menu-applet replacement Cardapio will need to need to update their sources with a new PPA address in-order to continue receiving updates. The change over announcement, made on the projects’ launchpad page, states that […]
A new version of cross-platform Amarok 1.4 inspired music player ‘Clementine‘ was released earlier today, adding a veritable crate-load of new features to already popular player. Additions amongst them include Magnatune integration, tabbed playlists, audio […]
The Ubuntu Software Centre developments for Ubuntu 10.10 are continuing and those users currently testing out Maverick will likely have spotted a more dramatic visual over-haul of the Software Centre of late: – To break […]
One thing I love particularly about the Open Source community is the desire to continually improve ever aspect of the desktop – from icons to apps. This isn’t driven by the desire to increase profits (an incentive […]
Photo connoisseurs seeking a simple yet featured photo editor for Linux will find plenty to get excited about in professional image editing software ‘LightZone’. LightZone, a commercial proprietary cross platform application, delivers a vast array […]