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Seafile is an open source cloud sync and collaboration tool, similar to Dropbox, OwnCloud or Sparkleshare that you can install on your own server or you can sign up for an account and get 5 GB of free space. We’ve talked about it a while back so for more information about Seafile, see our previous [...] In his rolling release proposal, Rick Spencer, Engineering Director at Canonical, has said that the new rolling model should be implemented now, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, which meant Raring wouldn’t be released.But according to Jonathan Riddell, the main Kubuntu developer, it was decided yesterday in an online Ubuntu Developer Summit session that Ubuntu 13.04 [...] It looks like the first Ubuntu Touch tablet will ship in October 2013 (estimated). The news doesn’t come from Canonical so I’m not sure how legit this is, but from a website that advertises “Intermatrix U7 and U10 Ubuntu Tablets” as the world’s first Ubuntu tablets.Enthusiasts can already pre-oder the Intermatrix U7 (with U10 probably [...] Terra, a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator, has been updated today, bringing more stability as well as some new features.Terra looks like a combination of Guake and Terminator so you can get a nice Quake-like drop-down terminal with terminal split views (multiple terminals in one window / tab) and more. Compared to Guake, it [...] According to a recent announcement, Ubuntu will use its own Display Server called Mir, replacing X window server. The reason for this is that “none of the existing solutions would allow us to implement our vision without taking major compromises which would come at the cost of user experience and quality”. Mir, a display server [...] LibreOffice 4.0 has been released almost a month ago and today, it’s finally available in the main LibreOffice PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04.LibreOffice 4.0 comes with many changes, including Unity appmenu support, option to use Firefox Personas, better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents, a new LibreOffice Impress Remote Android App and many [...] A while back, it was decided that Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part instead of GNOME 3.8. Raring Ringtail might become Rolling Release but if/until that happens, Raring users can add the GNOME 3 PPA, which was updated recently, to upgrade to the latest GNOME 3.8 beta for [...] A new extension adds Ubuntu Unity-like AppIndicator support for GNOME Shell, a feature for which some patches were submited more than a year ago, but they were rejected because the feature “conflicts with the design”.AppIndicators have are widely used now, with Ubuntu disabling the message tray (systray) by default, and popular applications like Dropbox or [...] Valve has published the Steam monthly Hardware & Software Survey stats for February and they reveal a considerable increase of Linux users, compared to last month.Steam survey: OS usage stats for February 2013 (the survey is optional)For February, the number of Steam users running Linux has almost doubled compared to January: 2.02% (January stats have [...] A while back, Leann Ogasawara, Canonical Kernel Team Manager, has said that it has been discussed internally to use a rolling release model for Ubuntu between LTS releases, but that it is just an idea for now. With the new Ubuntu Touch, which needs both “velocity and agility”, the rolling release mode seems to be [...] Android-x86 is a project that provides Android with x86 support so it can be used on netbooks, laptops and various tablets.Today, a new Android-x86 4.2 (based on the latest Android 4.2.2) test build has been released and it includes:Linux Kernel 3.8.0;OpenGL ES hardware acceleration for AMD Radeon and Intel chipsets;Multi-touch, Wifi, Audio, G-sensor, Camera and [...] A new version of Pantheon’s Terminal app has just been released. With this release, the terminal gains many new settings, several bug fixes, and a few new features. read more Link to original source Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview daily builds (images) are now available for developers and enthusiasts.The Ubuntu Touch (also known as “phablet”) daily builds aren’t tested so they may contain new features and bug fixes but also new bugs and regressions!If you’ve installed the latest phablet-tools package (0.6) from the Phablet Tools PPA, you can run the [...] Drawers is an application that creates “stacks” (drawers) on the Unity Launcher, which can be used to organize various files, folders, applications or links for quick access, create drawers that automatically display the applications in a category and more.A new “Active Folder” drawerThe application has been updated today, getting quite a few new features, including [...] Everpad is a Linux client for Evernote, a popular note taking service. The application comes with a Unity lens that supports previews, Ubuntu AppIndicator for quickly accessing your notes, supports Evernote tags, notebooks, resources, places and more.Even though it has many Unity-specific features, Everpad isn’t just for Unity and it works with GNOME Shell or [...] CopyQ is a clipboard manager written in Qt that comes with some advanced features, image support, editable history, command line support, keyboard shortcuts and more. The application is available for Linux and Windows.CopyQ features:configurable history size, number of tray menu items, etc.;editable and searchable clipboard history;keyboard shortcuts for opening the clipboard history, show the tray [...] The latest release of Noise is here. It brings a whole slew of fixes and a few new features for a total of 80 bug reports closed and 1 blueprint implemented. Bumblebee 3.1 has been released today with support for Primus as an alternative to the VirtualGL optirun backend, along with other enhancements and fixes.Bumblebee is a (unofficial) tool that brings Nvidia Optimus GPU switching to Linux. Nvidia Optimus is a technology used to increase battery life by switching the dedicated GPU (Nvidia) off when it’s [...] The official Ubuntu Touch installation instructions are only for Ubuntu, so if you’re running Windows, the instructions won’t work for you. So here’s how to install Ubuntu Touch if you’re using Windows.Firstly, download the images for your device from HERE:You’ll need to download the files specific for your device as well as “quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip”.The files which [...] |
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