The first – and hopefully only! – Release Candidate of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is released today, the 22nd of October. A release candidate is the final official “testing” version, and comes with potential to […]
Perhaps the nicest looking official CD so far… ? (This also confirms that the default wallpaper in the beta and alpha’s -is- indeed the default for the final release! ) Get A Copy! If you […]
OpenTumblr is a desktop blog poster for the Tumblr service. It supports all categories of Tumblr and works very well, indeed! I’ve blogged about it previously on this blog so this update is simply regarding […]
OpenOffice is the default Office suite in Ubuntu, and most other Linux distros, and for good reason, too – it’s more than an equal for Microsoft’s all-dominant Microsoft Office suite. Version 3.2 will be released […]
PPA‘s (Personal Package Archives) are a great way to automatically stay up-to-date with your favourite applications and packages.Below are my top ten recommendations for Ubuntu users. Some are development PPA’s meaning you get the latest […]
Ubuntu is officially 5 years old today. Five years! Can you believe that? Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog was released on the 20th October 2004. Since then Ubuntu has hopped, skipped and jumped a hell of a long […]
The best video editor for Linux ‘OpenShot’ has finally gotten itself some new icons! Yes it is a slow news day… These new ‘tango’ style icons bring a much needed visual refresh to the (at […]
Shutter is a feature-packed screen-grabbing application. You can use it to take screen-shots of your desktop, a specific window, a user-defined selection or even a website! Then you can edit it: crop it, apply annotations to it, highlight parts, […]
Since the news of Do and Docky’s mutual decision to split to better serve users of both apps, a lot of readers have been left confused, worried and annoyed. Docky Alpha 1 To clear things […]
One minor cosmetic change in Gnome 2.28 – which is the basis of Ubuntu Karmic Koala – has resulted in many users being left confused and wondering if there is a rather blatant bug in […]
ShipIt are now taking pre-orders for free CD’s of Ubuntu 9.10. ShipIt send copies of Ubuntu for free all around the world – you merely need to request one! It is important to note that […]
The Midori team today announced the release of version 0.2.0 of the webkit based web browser. This latest release see’s a ton of improvements made to the once notoriously crash-happy browser. These include: – Improved […]