Reporting on the latest Linux software releases, app updates and command-line tooling – new features, performance improvements and critical bug fixes for scores of popular Linux applications you can run on Ubuntu.
The awesome Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper application we mentioned last week is finally installable via a PPA. The new PPA version brings several fixes and features along with the added benefit of allowing users to stay […]
I’ve resisted blogging about Docky’s new docklets and helpers of late because it clearly annoys a vocal minority of readers. Those readers should proceed to find safety as I can keep back my enthusiasm no-longer! Development […]
Ubuntu’s Indicator Applets now work with the latest testing version of popular Dock AWN. The port, an oft-requested feature by AWN users, now allows users to benefit from some of the unique features Application indicators […]
Redshift – the natural-screen colour application that promises to help alleviate eye strain and help sleep patterns – has added some new features in its latest update. Among the new features and fixes: Automatically obtains […]
As part of Novell’s annual Hack week event Alan McGovern, of Moonlight and MonoTorrent fame, will be working on the much requested libgpod binding and integration work for Banshee — which has the potential to […]
Nautilus-Elementary have added a toolbar editor in an update to their simplified-spin of the titular file browser. We showed you a preview of the new toolbar editor a week ago, along with a link to […]
The popular window grouping and manipulation applet DockBarX has added support for live window thumbnails – not unlike that offered in Windows 7. It does this by making use of the KDE compatibility plugin available in Compiz, […]
CreBs – the curiously named* but totally awesome slideshow wallpaper generator for Ubuntu – has gotten itself a PPA, making installation of this must-have app a breeze. Crebs has also undergone a few fixes and […]
Nautilus-Elementary – the simplified and gorgeous file-browser that is fast turning heads everywhere – will soon be adding a new feature that users the world over have been asking GNOME developers to include by default […]
The first Alpha of Opera 10.6 has been released, adding small UI improvements and even-greater speed gains. As development has now moved on to the 10.6x series there will be no stable release of Opera 10.5x for Linux. Speed […]
Desktop Cover Art, controller n' Lyrics app CoverGloobus has added support for more music players in the latest development version.
Google Chrome for Linux has finally become ‘stable’. The first pre-alpha release of a native Linux build of Google’s new web browser was made nearly a year ago on June 4th. The pace of development […]
A new release of TinyGrab inspired screenshot application ‘LookIt’ has been released — adding Imgur support & a slick monochrome tray icon for better integration with Ubuntu 10.04. The entire app runs via an application […]
Sharp eyed reader Papukaija sent us a tip that Skype has been added to the Lucid Partners repository. While we can’t be too hasty in assuming what that means about the rumors about Skype going […]
Webkit based browser Midori hit version 0.2.6 in a new release today, coming just over a week since version 0.2.5 was made available. Notable improvements & fixes in this new version include: – Dialogue prompt […]
As the Wine project gears up for the next major release due in June, work on giving the application a graphical face-lift is drawing to a conclusion. Joel Holdsworth, who has lead the work on […]
Just a few minutes ago, I received an email from Christian, the lead developer of Midori, letting me know that version 0.2.5 was just released. My instant reaction? “HOORAY!” In case you hadn’t seen, I […]
Pinta, the open-source drawing/editing program modelled after Paint.NET, has hit version 0.3. I must’ve been busy in the potting shed or hand-gliding when they pushed it out as this release totally slipped me by! With […]