Archives: Ubuntu
Firefox 4 Beta 1 hits the road
Mozilla has finally released the first beta for Firefox 4, you can now download and test this beta release, the very first of a series of betas that bring many improvements to the popular brown browser. As already reported, Firefox 4 that will be officially released at the end of the year is a major update, much of the Firefox of this browser depends on this release. More»
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K3b CD and DVD Burning Tool v2.0 Final Released
The K3b team is proud to announce the release of version 2.0 of their popular open source CD and DVD authoring tool, K3b. Its a fully-featured CD/DVD burner that supports common tasks like burning audio CDs, disc images, data discs, disc copying and can rip your DVDs to your hard drive in the DivX or Xvid formats. More»
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Block adult web content with OpenDNS FamilyShield [No Install]
OpenDNS has launched an easy to setup service called FamilyShield that allows parents, administrators, users to filter web content and keep their computers free from adult web sites. This free service that needs no account to configure, no downloads or software to install works much like how OpenDNS Basic does. More»
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Jolicloud 1.0 to get Touch Screen support
Jolicloud, the Ubuntu based Linux distribution for netbooks will be adding touchscreen support out of the box, come version 1.0. Supported touchscreen technologies include handheld devices such as, HTC Shift X9500, HP Jornada (600 and 700 series), Compaq iPAQ H3600, Samsung NB30 amongst many others. See complete list. More»
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Google Chrome Stable Channel Update
Google Chrome stable channel has been updated to version 5.0.375.7 on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Many major security issues have been addressed in this release, such as; More»
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Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 Released
Canonical has just released the first Alpha of upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat its now available for download. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat will have altogether four alpha releases before the first beta in September 23rd.
Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 still looks very much like Ubuntu 10.04 final, but contains lots of new code. It is not advisable to use this version on productive systems.
Ubuntu 10.10 release schedule:
June 3rd 2010 Alpha 1
July 1st 2010 Alpha 2
Aug 12th 2010 Alpha 3
Sep 2nd 2010 Alpha 4
Sep 23rd 2010 Beta
Oct 21st 2010 Release Candidate
Oct 28th 2010 Final Release of Ubuntu 10.10
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Customize Ubuntu Notification bubbles with NotifyOSD Configuration
If you been looking for an application, an easy-to-use GUI of course, that customizes Ubuntu notification bubbles to suit your likings then you’ve got it. Some time back, to move Ubuntu’s notifications to a less annoying corner you had to “play around” to get things done , via Lifehacker, now all you have to do is launch your terminal, then copy and paste these lines of code; More»
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Pidgin 2.7.1 enables Faster File Transfers to MSN and aMSN
Free chat client Pidgin version 2.7.1 has just been released with many improvements and fixes pushed to Bonjour, ICQ, XMPP and MXit protocols. The major gainer is the MSN protocol that gets support for direct connections, with faster file transfers to aMSN and the official MSN client. I haven’t tested the file transfer speed but from the screenshot posted at Quantum Logic (a Pidgin developer’s blog) and re-posted here above, file transfer in Pidgin is now pretty fast. Buddy icon and custom emoticon also load faster. Pidgin 2.7.1 changelog
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