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Daily Digest: Windicator Mock-ups, QuickShot Plans & Ubuntu On TV

Winidicator Mock-ups Over on the increasingly-dense-to-navigate Ayatana mailing list Daniel Planas posted some wonderful mock-ups of his take on the “Windicators” pencilled in to feature in Ubuntu 10.10. Aside from stirring some discussion the mock-ups […]

19 May 2010
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What it’s like at UDS, video

What’s it like at an Ubuntu Developer Summit? Luckily I got a hold of a high definition Canonical video camera thanks to Amber Graner and the folks doing the video stuff for UDS. Let me […]

19 May 2010
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Ubuntini: The Ubuntu-inspired cocktail

Next time you’re at the bar you could help spread the Ubuntu word by ordering up an ‘Ubuntini’. “A What?” The Ubuntini is both a cocktail recipe and a messaging-spreading initiative borne of the Vancouver […]

18 May 2010
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Do you use wine? [poll]

Following yesterday’s post on the facelift Wine has received for its next major release, I started to wonder how many of you use Wine. So ” here’s a snap poll for no reason other than […]

18 May 2010
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Lightspark Open Source Flash Player enters Beta

OpenSource Flash player implementation ‘Lightspark’ has entered beta. “What’s Lightspark?” the developers describe it as:  “…an open source Adobe Flash implementation, designed from the ground up to be efficient on current and (hopefully) future hardware.” […]

18 May 2010
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Wine icon facelift on target for June; looks immeasurably better already

As the Wine project gears up for the next major release due in June, work on giving the application a graphical face-lift is drawing to a conclusion. Joel Holdsworth, who has lead the work on […]

17 May 2010
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Chromium based webapps for Ubuntu Light?

Ubuntu Light – the “7 seconds to web” Ubuntu experience targeted at netbooks that will use the Unity interface – will more likely than not feature some form of web-app type application support from the […]

17 May 2010
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Add Zimbra support to the Ubuntu messaging menu with Zimdicator

Zimdicator is a simple messaging menu indicator for use with the open source Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Created by Mitja Pagon to ‘scratch an itch’ (so to speak) it provides Zimbra users with convenient desktop integration […]

17 May 2010
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New Experimental AWN build ‘Lucido’ is beautiful, great to use

The world and its dog knows that I’m a Docky die-hard but even my jaw dropped a little when Ulbadulba sent me a preview of his new experimental AWN build dubbed ‘Lucido’. It. Is. Crazy. […]

17 May 2010
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Midori 0.2.5 Released!

Just a few minutes ago, I received an email from Christian, the lead developer of Midori, letting me know that version 0.2.5 was just released. My instant reaction? “HOORAY!” In case you hadn’t seen, I […]

16 May 2010
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DeaDBeeF Plays for the default spot in Lubuntu 10.10

Over on the Lubuntu mailing-list they’ve been discussing the application choices for version 10.10 due in October. Although no actual changes has been decided on, discussions centring around dropping the current default ‘music player’ Aqualung in favour […]

16 May 2010
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Pinta Paint.net Clone adds new tools, features

Pinta, the open-source drawing/editing program modelled after Paint.NET, has hit version 0.3. I must’ve been busy in the potting shed or hand-gliding when they pushed it out as this release totally slipped me by! With […]

16 May 2010