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This Is What’s New in Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3

The third and final Alpha of the Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx' development cycle has been released — but what changes can you expect to find?

25 February 2010
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Missing Menu Icons: What are GNOME playing at?

The option to re-enable missing menu icons in GNOME menus has been removed from the version of GNOME to be included in Ubuntu 10.04. Why? Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala – with its updated version of […]

25 February 2010

Ubuntu Software Centre Adds 2 More ‘Featured’ Apps

Two more applications have been added to the ‘Featured’ section of the Ubuntu Software Centre in Ubuntu 10.04. 3D creation tool Blender and publication software Scribus join graphics favourite The GIMP and lightweight word processor […]

24 February 2010
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Emesene Docky Integration Coming Soon

Docky integration with Emesene is just around the corner thanks to the work of the awesome Tom Cowell (who has already given us a plug-in for Emesene Messaging Menu integration) This helper is, as of […]

24 February 2010
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Ubuntu To Make Big Announcement Tomorrow?

Word has reached my ears that tomorrow, 25th February, at around 18:00 UTC, a big announcement concerning the branding of Ubuntu will be made. Edit: The announcement has been postponed thanks to our big mouths, […]

24 February 2010
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GDM2Setup Lets You Customize Your Karmic Login Screen

One complaint many users had when upgrading to Karmic was the loss of a GDM (login screen) setup tool to easily tweak the appearance of the login screen. Versions prior to Karmic allowed you to […]

24 February 2010
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See Sunbird/Google Calendar Appointments in the GNOME Clock Applet

Evolution Mirror is a Mozilla Sunbird extension designed to sync your Sunbird/Google Calendar appointments with the GNOME clock applet. Download https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/sunbird/addon/9656 Note you will also need to install python-evolution sudo apt-get install python-evolution Install the […]

23 February 2010
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5 ‘Twitter Style’ Replacement Icons for Pino

A selection of replacement tray/app icons for the Pino Microblogging client. This set are ‘twitter’ style – perfect if you only use Pino for Tweeting. Fresh, yo! A speech bubble with a twitter style ‘t’ […]

23 February 2010
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New Proposed Lucid Theme – ‘Sorbet’

A new theme has been added to the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx theme proposals titled ‘Sorbet‘. Remember that these proposals are vying for a place on a default install/community themes package but not as the […]

23 February 2010
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New icon wanted for Guayadeque Music Player

The developers behind lightweight music application ‘Guayadeque‘ are looking for a new icon to better represent it. The current Guayadeque icon looks rather dated and doesn’t embody the music player in the slightest: – Clipart […]

22 February 2010
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Trivial but appreciated: new pause/unpause display in Totem

I will freely, happily and knowingly admit that the following new feature in Totem is quite possibly irrelevant to most people, but i thought I’d mention it anyway. When you press the space-bar or use […]

22 February 2010
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Jupiter – Awesome Netbook Power/Config Applet

Jupiter is a hardware and power management applet for Linux and perfect for power-saving on netbooks and Laptops. Born from the bones of the popular EeeTray applet, Jupiter sees a shift in focus towards better […]

21 February 2010