Topic: App Updates

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.

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Add Liferea feed reader to the Ubuntu messaging menu

Users of desktop feed-reading application Liferea can be alerted to new RSS updates via the Ubuntu Messaging Menu thanks to a patch by the very cool Maia Kozheva. Download The patch is due to go […]

8 May 2010
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Dropbox adds indicator applet, customizable tray icon

The latest testing version of popular cloud storage service Dropbox has introduced indicator applet support and, what will surely be music to icon-set makers ears’ everywhere — the ability to finally customize the dropbox tray […]

8 May 2010
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CoverGloobus & Gloobus Preview Come to Lucid

Lucid users missing their fix of desktop album are and slick file previews need miss no-more – CoverGloobus & Gloobus-Preview are now available for Lucid via the relevant PPA’s. Cover Gloobus We’ve mentioned/loved/raved/enteradjectivehere about Gover-Gloobus […]

4 May 2010
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Minitube 1.0 Released

Minitube — the flashless desktop YouTube player — has hit version 1.0. Fixes n’ features include: – Ability to play Full HD (1080p) videos Ability to copy the YouTube link and the video stream URL […]

4 May 2010
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Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.4 Released with Lucid-friendly tweaks

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.4 has been released to the wild bringing with it a few Lucid-friendly features and tweaks. Login settings One great new feature is the option to choose which background and which logo appears […]

30 April 2010
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AdSense Earnings Tray Monitor keeps you aware of your riches

The latest release — very nearly stable as of writing – of AdSense Earnings Monitor has been released with notable new improvements — including a nicer interface, new options, sound support and an ‘About’ dialog […]

28 April 2010
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Emesene adds Indicator Applet support

Instant messengering application Emesene has added indicator applet support for its’ tray icon. This will help Ubuntu 10.04 users and Emesene benefit from a consistent panel experience. Ahhh! The sweet smell of consistency! Article originally […]

14 April 2010
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New version of Pino released; adds custom tray icons, libindicator support

Twitter application Pino pushed out another release today, adding improved indicator applet support and support for custom tray icons. As always you can install/update Pino by adding the following PPA’s: – sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vala-team/ppa sudo […]

12 April 2010
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AWN 0.4.0 released; serious docky contender?

The latest — and arguably greatest — version of desktop dock application AWN has been released. This version sees a massive array of new features and improvements — largely down to the complete re-write this […]

12 April 2010
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Emesene 1.6.1 released; still the best msn client for linux

The latest, and likely last, version of MSN messaging ‘clone’ Emesene 1.x has been released. We’ve raved on and on and on and on about Emesene in the past and for good reason. If you’re […]

5 April 2010

Pino twitter app adds indicator applet support, more

It seems that a week can’t go by without the superhuman development team behind desktop Twitter app Pino releasing yet another update. And we’re certainly not complaining! This weeks’ update sees the awesome twitter application gain a […]

4 April 2010
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The Ubuntu Manual Beta available to download; hits writing freeze

The beta of Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 (aka ‘The Ubuntu Manual’) was released earlier today at exactly 0000 UTC on the 31st. Over the last two weeks the Manual team have been working absolutely […]

1 April 2010