Gnome3 – aka ‘Gnome Shell’ – has been met with a mirth of derision within the Linux community for various reasons. Some don’t like progress, some don’t like the way it handles windows and some […]
Development on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is picking up pace, so take a deep breath and read on as I run through 5 notable updates during its most recent development sprint. Ready… Set… READ! Grub […]
A redesigned New Tab page is available to preview in the the latest Chromium browser update, along with a hint at more features yet to come! Chromium is the test-bed for Google Chrome, the search […]
Google has just released the first official testing build of its new web browser, Google Chrome for Linux! In all honesty, there is little in this developer preview to distinguish the official build from the […]
The PiTiVi team today announced the release of the latest version of their impressive video editor – the first in the unstable 0.13 PiTiVi series. This release sees a number of improvements made, most notably: […]
Some exciting tidbits coming from the in-session UDS… The Ubuntu Mobile Team will be prepping a ‘one time’ release of ‘Ubuntu Moblin Remix’ – combining the sexy new Moblin 2 interface with the stability of […]
Rhythmbox will remain the default music player in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. For those that don’t know, the Ubuntu Developer Summit is currently taking place in Barcelona. During many of the discussions that are, and […]
I’ve blogged about the pure freakin’ gorgeousness of CoverGloobus before, but the developer has really stepped it up a gear with the latest release. CoverGloobus 1.4 fixes some bugs, but – and more importantly for […]
Chromium – the browser which is created by Google and whom will slap their logo on and call it Chrome – finally reached it’s Alpha milestone today, having been available as a pre-alpha for the […]
I finally received my invitation to Ubuntu One a few days ago. I’ve been using the service daily ever since and I have to say the integration with Ubuntu is, as we all expected, second […]
A new Firefox add-on makes the browser display notifications using the new notification system introduced in Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’.Currently Firefox uses it’s own notification pop ups to tell you that something has finished downloading […]
I have to say that version 2.0 of Intel funded Linux netbook distro ‘Moblin’ has left me somewhat shocked – it’s gorgeous! You might say that it’s hard to believe it’s Linux! What do you […]