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Quickshot released, PPA and LiveCD’s available!

April 1st is a big day for the Ubuntu Manual Project, with their beta released and an announcement of a new audio book edition. The fun doesn’t stop yet as the team have just unleashed […]

1 April 2010
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AdSense tray application helps keep an eye on your earnings

If you use Google AdSense on any website you maintain or run then the following application may be of interest to you. Called ‘AdSense- Monitor’, the application sits in your tray and displays some simple […]

1 April 2010
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The Ubuntu Manual Beta available to download; hits writing freeze

The beta of Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 (aka ‘The Ubuntu Manual’) was released earlier today at exactly 0000 UTC on the 31st. Over the last two weeks the Manual team have been working absolutely […]

1 April 2010
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Ubuntu Manual Team to Release Audio Version

In a press release this evening the Ubuntu Manual Team have announced that “Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04” – A.K.A the Ubuntu Manual – will be made available on audio tape later this month. This […]

31 March 2010
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Banshee 1.6 Released

The latest stable release of media player Banshee was released today. Although users of Banshee 1.5.6 (the most recent release) won’t see that many changes by updating, users of the last stable release – 1.4 […]

31 March 2010
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Play with the new Ubuntu website (sort of)

The new Ubuntu website should launch sometime in April but whether it will look like the website mocked up in the branding images Ubuntu released a few months back remains to be seen. If you […]

31 March 2010
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Viewnior 1.0 Released; still fast, awesome image viewer

Version 1.0 of lightweight image viewer Viewnior – which reached number 5 on our 12 top applications of 2009 – was released yesterday. It’s still easy to see why. Not only is Viewnior lightening fast […]

31 March 2010
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Don’t forget to tune in to @ Home with Jono Bacon later today

At Home With Jono Bacon – the Ubuntu Community Managers awesome live and interactive videocast – kicks off in a few hours over on UStream.tv. We mentioned the awesome show a few days ago, summing […]

31 March 2010
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OMG! Replacement coloured indicator message alert icons for Lucid

With Ubuntu 10.04 adding a puke coloured new message alert to the indicator applet many of you will be seeking alternatives. Seek no more. The icons (right) come in all main Tango! colours as well […]

31 March 2010
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OMG! Interviews: Chris Johnston from the Ubuntu Beginners Team

Once again we’re back for another week, which means it’s another Wednesday where we feature someone in the Ubuntu community and ask them a few questions. This week we’ve got the pleasure of talking to […]

31 March 2010
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Kubuntu gets updated splash screen to match new branding

We reported earlier that a new Kubuntu logo was in the works. Now that the ‘k’ has been properly made in the new ubuntu font, the Kubuntu folks can rejoice as they’re in on all the […]

31 March 2010
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Some more of todays updates: MeMenu dots and User Switching icons

OMG! reader Melvin has gifted me with some more screenshots of some of the latest updates to land in Ubuntu’s development release.  The user switcher menu now has new user icons for other users. The radio […]

30 March 2010