Pino twitter app adds indicator applet support, more

It seems that a week can’t go by without the superhuman development team behind desktop Twitter app Pino releasing yet another update. And we’re certainly not complaining! This weeks’ update sees the awesome twitter application gain a […]

4 April 2010
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Songbird drops Linux support; Why this doesn’t matter

The Songbird team have announced that they will no longer be officially supporting Linux versions of their media player. Community versions, will, however still be provided but there is no guarantee that these versions will see […]

3 April 2010

Ubuntu 10.10 Named Maverick Meerkat

Mark Shuttleworth has announced the name of Ubuntu 10.10 – And yes, in a post dated 2nd of April – ‘Maverick Meerkat’ In a post on his blog, titled ‘Shooting for the perfect 10.10 with […]

2 April 2010
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A shiny new Ubuntu installer icon

When testing out the Lucid live CD next you’ll see a brand new icon for the Ubuntu Installer rocking out on its’ lonesome. Thanks to THAC0 over in the OMG! IRC I can bring you […]

2 April 2010
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Ubuntu window buttons staying left, but will be switching order

Just a quick heads up — window controls in Ubuntu 10.04 WILL be staying on the left hand side but the button order will revert to Close, Minimize, Maximize. Mark Shuttleworth issued the final verdict […]

1 April 2010
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Enjoy your PDF images a touch smoother in Lucid

For the last couple of years, this bug has been plaguing poppler – the PDF rendering engine that drives Evince in Ubuntu. The problem was that images weren’t being anti-aliased properly, and hence looked very bad […]

1 April 2010
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Tomboy, Battery icons updated

A new tomboy icon matching the rest of the new style panel icons in Lucid has graced the Ubuntu update tubes with its presence. Also checking in is a larger battery style icon. Thanks to […]

1 April 2010
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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