Install Skype in Ubuntu 10.04

Though Skype for Linux tremendously lags behind in development from its Windows and Mac counterparts it was recently added to the Ubuntu repository, Canonical Partner Repositories to be precise.
The partner repositories offer access to proprietary and closed-source software and are not enabled by default in Ubuntu 10.04, you’ll have to enable them in the Software Sources manager at System -> Administration, under the “Other Software” tab formerly known as “Third-Party Software”. More»

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Get Google’s Android Platform on Your PC

A port of Google’s Android platform is now available for your x86 (32-bit) architecture PC. It is called Android-x86, and has a download-able ISO file you can grab and burn into a Live CD Linux distribution, this means you don’t have to install – with the ISO file you can run it via VirtualBox – you can as well stuck it into a USB stick. This distribution is meant mostly for Eee PC netbooks, but as already said, it also runs on other 32-bit (x86) platforms. The current stable version of Android-x86 has the Linux Kernel 2.6.29 . it is based on Android 1.6 “Donut” and supports EXT3, EXT2, NTFS and FAT32 filesystems.

Android-x86 Project – Run Android on Your PC via [Softpedia]

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GnoMenu gets ‘wrapped up’ in Avant Window Navigator (AWN) 0.4 Beta

GnoMenu , eye-candy Applications Menu will have version 2.0 out soon, maybe on the 15th of this month and Avant Window Navigator, my favorite dock will soon be releasing version 0.4 with support for non composited Linux desktops. Right now you can get version 0.3.9.1 also considered as AWN 0.4 beta from PPA for Awn Testing Team or simply add this line to your Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic sources.list: ppa:awn-testing/ppa and get updates via the Update Manager.

AWN 0.4 beta (AWN 0.3.9.1) now has an applet for GnoMenu, so after installing GnoMenu (using its new PPA repository) instead of adding it to the gnome-panel, move to “Awn Settings” in Preferences menu, under the “Applets” tab, look for GnoMenu and drag it into “Active Applets”. That will be its new launching spot – great indeed. In the screenshot above AWN “Orientation” is on the right and GnoMenu is “Slab” skinned.

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Chrome and Chromium for Linux Dev Builds Get Extension Manager

Google Chrome for Linux and Chromium for Linux -- Development (Dev) builds, like their Windows counterpart, now have an extension manager that offers an easy and convenient way to monitor and manager your extensions that strange enough do not work.
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Solang Photo Manager 0.2 Released

Solang the open source Photo Manager for the Gnome Desktop keeps growing. It was first mention here on this blog when it was at its very first release -- version 0.1, now its at version 0.2.

Solang 0.2 comes with new features like;

• UI elements for navigating within the browser renderer — previous page, next page, first page and last page.
• Flickr importer to import photos from Flickr.
• Editor infrastructure. A new editor renderer; and support for
  rotation, flipping, and undo, redo of operations.

but it also comes with new dependencies ; Flickcurl, LibSoup and WebKit Gtk+ to be added to these;

For more on the new features in Solang 0.2, hit the link below and move to the authors website.

via Santanu’s Mindspace ~ Solang 0.2 released

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Gnote: a Mono-Free Alternative to Tomboy Notes

Tomboy is a wiki-style desktop note-taking application originally developed for Linux and Unix operating systems, but is now fully supported on Windows and Mac OS X.
This light-weight open source application aims at improving your productivity as it helps you organize pieces of information grabbed from here and there an placed here and there, with wiki-like links,
Case Sensitive search, out-of-the-way advanced editing features and more. More»

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Mac4Lin: Mac Looks for Linux

Mac4Lin reaches version 1.0: With Mac4Lin you can obtain the cute Mac looks on your Gnome and Xfce Desktop Environments with an almost completely automated installation.

Mac4Lin 1.0 Features:

Fully supports GNOME 2.26 and backwards compatible
Improved support for GlobalMenu, support integrated in the default GTK theme
Better native Xfce support
Integrates well with Globus
Metacity theme now supports different button sizes
Firefox 3 themes are now updated
Songbird plugins included
Pidgin AWN 64bit plugin now included
GDM theme is now in-line with Mac OS X login window
Cairo dock is the default recommended dock

Hit the download link and read through all the new features and fixes Mac4Lin 1.0 comes with. Screenshots are also available on the authors webpage.
Download Mac4Lin — version 1.0

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Xandros Presto: A Quick-Booting Linux Partition for Your Windows

Windows-Only: Presenting Xandros Presto – - in Five Screenshots.
How long does it take you to boot your Windows Vista? Being such a resource hog, a 1Gb RAM Vista laptop can take you up to several minutes to boot up. That’s why Xandros thought of “Instant-On” Presto.
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Download and Install Amarok 2.1 Nuliajuk Beta 1

Amarok 2.1 beta 1 paves the way for a more stable and more featured Amarok 2.1. The release notes talk of the re-appearance of old goodies alongside new ones like; cue sheet (a text file that details the layout of tracks on a compact disc) support as in Amarok 1.4, an easy to use drag ‘n’ drop playlist, bookmarks that permit you to save and share your favourite findings, fastening up the re-load of heavy playlist, and of course a better User Interface. More»

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