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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Evolution 2.28.0 Released

A new version of Linux Desktop mail application ‘Evolution’ has been released. Notable features and improvements bring: – • Google calendar will be available through Caldav interface by default • Configurable date formats • Selecting […]

21 September 2009
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Rhythmbox 0.12.5 Released

Rhythmbox has been updated to 0.12.5, bringing with it new bug fixes and a new music-cover fetching feature. Codenamed “Stop Beathin’”, this new version brings 3 notable improvements: – Cover Art Search now uses discogs.com […]

20 September 2009
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MSN Video & Voice Chat Comes To Empathy

MSN video and audio chat is now supported by instant messenger ‘Empathy’. Empathy will be replacing Pidgin as Ubuntu’s default IM client in Karmic, so this support being released couldn’t come at a better time […]

14 September 2009
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Ubuntu 9.10 Brings Big Changes to Desktop Notifications

Ubuntu’s desktop notification system will see major improvements in the upcoming “Karmic Koala” release. The most notable and obvious of these is simple how they look. The large rectangular pop-up’s familiar to users of Ubuntu […]

13 September 2009
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UbuntuTweak Updated – More Apps = More Useful

Ubuntu Tweak ” the popular Ubuntu Tweaking application ” has been updated to version 0.4.9. This new version adds in support for Karmic, as well as still supporting Hardy through Jaunty. Of more note are […]

13 September 2009
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PiTiVi 0.13.3 Released –

A new version of PiTiVi ” a Video Editor for Linux – has been released. Code named “We Shall Never (Sur)render”, it has a new slew of bug fixes and some new features: – Fix […]

12 September 2009
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Gimp 2.8 To Get Single Window Interface (Updated)

Open Source graphics programme ‘The Gimp’ will finally switch to a single window interface in time for its next major release, although the current “multi-window” view will be available to enable for those who want […]

11 September 2009
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Google Earth 5.1 Brings Better Performance, Smoother Fun

Google’s 3D desktop application “Google Earth” has been updated to 5.1 ” but brings with it some incredible speed and memory improvements. “Fast is better than slow.” “For the newest version of Google Earth, we’ve […]

10 September 2009
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App Updates: ViewNior Gets Cropping Tool

A new version of Lightweight image editor ViewNior was released this week, adding support for simple cropping of images.   A few other new features and fixes were also mentioned in an announcement on the […]

9 September 2009