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Ubuntu Help Centre To Get Major Overhaul For Lucid?

The Ubuntu “Help and Support” system may be getting a overhaul in time for Lucid. Developers feel the majority of users are either simply unaware that the help system exists or find it overly complicated […]

20 January 2010
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Skype 2.1 Beta 2 For Linux Released

The second beta of Skype 2.1 has been released for Linux, bringing with it features that have been present in the Windows and Mac builds for well over a year – as noted by the […]

20 January 2010
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Ubuntu Showcase Videos are Awesome Adverts

Ubuntu is great isn’t it? Due to the fact it is so great many people like to show it off in various forms – whether it’s compiz-laden demos to mates in the pub (Yep – […]

20 January 2010
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Zeitgeist, GNOME Activity Journal Get New Releases

The first development release of GNOME Activity Journal has been announced. Alongside it also comes the 3rd development release of the engine that powers it – Zeitgeist. Talk about timing! It was only earlier today […]

20 January 2010
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Ubuntu Forums Passes Millionth Member Mark

The Ubuntu Forums gained its MILLIONTH new member a day or so ago. What a fantastic achievement! Ubuntu Forum moderator Joe Barker captured the moment with a screenshot, which you can see on his blog […]

20 January 2010
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Deluge Download Stats Come To Docky, CoverGloobus Preferences Get Makeover

I know, i know – you’re sick to your back teeth of Docky/Gloobus posts but the development team don’t make it easy, y’know, by throwing in all these awesome new docklets and helpers… I’ve actually […]

19 January 2010
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Install GNOME Activity Journal in Ubuntu

The GNOME Activity Journal (which we’ve covered a bazillion times before, see here) is getting better and better by the minute! Developer Seif Lotfy posted the following video of it in action and i can […]

19 January 2010
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Nautilus Just Got Gorgeous

The Nautilus file-manager included in Ubuntu is… well.. crowded. We already saw some changes developers are taking to tame to the vast areas of wasted space and useless buttons in our over-view of Ubuntu Lucid […]

18 January 2010
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Lubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 – Visual Overview

April 29th will see the release of new addition to the Ubuntu family. Joining Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu will be a new lightweight version – ‘Lubuntu’. (And no, the ‘L’ doesn’t stand for lightweight! More […]

18 January 2010
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Phew! Here we go again..

Any regular readers who chew down OMG! Ubuntu’s! posts outside of a feed-reader should, hopefully, notice there’s been a bit of a spot and polish on the theme around here.  If you just read “posts” […]

18 January 2010
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Deskcut – Easily Create URL Shortcuts In Ubuntu

Ever tried creating a URL shortcut with Firefox in Ubuntu only to find yourself frustrated? Yes that does sound the opening line to an insurance advert, but it’s not! Easily creating desktop shortcuts to webpages […]

15 January 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Alpha 2 Released

The second Alpha of the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx development cycle has been released. This is the second of three Alpha releases, the last of which will arrive on February 25th. This will be followed […]

15 January 2010