Here are the latest posts about the latest software updates, app releases, and important changes to popular apps available on Ubuntu (and Linux in general). From new features, to performance buffs and bug fixes, this tag groups together the key developments in the Ubuntu app ecosystem.
Wine 1.2 stable has finally been released today after more than two years of development. The release sees support for 64bit applications, new Tango-based icons (props to Joel Holdsworth who helped lead the work on […]
Spotify Unlimited subscribers are now able to use the Spotify for Linux preview. Prior to now the preview was only available to Premium subscribers – Spotify’s highest tier package – but in an update today […]
Emesene2, the successor to the popular Windows Live Network-based Instant Messaging application ‘Emesene’, recently launched a testing PPA for foolhardy users to install and test the current pre-alpha builds. Emesene2 has been rewritten completely from […]
Banshee developer Aaron Bockover has announced that even greater Amazon MP3 integration is coming to the Banshee media player. A new extension will embed the Amazon MP3 store directly within Banshee itself. Users will then […]
It’s been a while since we last mentioned the very awesome wallpaper-slideshow generator ‘CREBS‘ (CREate Background Slideshow). “Crebs is a small Python/GTK application that allows you to quickly create wallpaper slideshows with many user-configurable settings. […]
Image | cmyrland Chromium’s new ‘unified menu’ is now enabled by default in the Chromium Daily build. The ‘single menu’ approach to listing options and features is something a lot of browser are currently in the […]
The first beta of Mozilla’s Firefox browser is now available for the bleeding-edge insatiable to get their teeth into. Many of the new features and enhancements we’ve mentioned over the last few months finally make […]
Pinta, the open-source drawing/editing program modelled after Paint.NET, has hit version 0.4 today adding configurable docking pads, better file support and font preview when using the text tool. I can’t offer too much insight into […]
Minitunes, the new music player from the creator of desktop YouTube application MiniTube, sees it’ first official release today, developer Flavio Tordini has just announced. MiniTunes uses Qt and Phonon, makes use of either GStreamer […]
Compiz 0.9 was released for testing earlier today and see the widely used compositing manager benefiting from a major re-service having been completely rewritten in C++. 0.9, an unstable branch of Compiz that will eventually […]
Free and fully Open Source Flash implementation ‘LightSpark’ sees the release of a second release candidate today. Lightspark 0.4.2 sees the following additions and improvements, as listed on the official announcement: – YouTube support for […]
The Google Chrome dev channel (as well as the Chromium daily builds) recently gained preliminary support for storing user passwords in the native system keyring rather than, as currently, the built-in unencrypted password store. Whilst […]