A new version of VLC is available for download.

A new version of VLC is available for download.

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore and Laura Cowen return for the seventh episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!

Here’s an update to file under ‘little things that matter’: Unity quicklists in 13.04 now denote the state of a focused window.

What does that mean in more intelligible terms?

Here’s an update to file under ‘little things that matter’: Unity quicklists in 13.04 now denote the state of a focused window.

What does that mean in more intelligible terms?

Poor WUBI – things just continue to look bleaker for the once-innovative installer.

Poor WUBI – things just continue to look bleaker for the once-innovative installer.

After popular titles such as Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) and Shank 2, Don't Starve becomes the latest entrant int

A robust internet radio station streamer for Ubuntu and Fedora based Linux distributions. It connects to web sites offering radio streaming and lets you play radio stations directly from that locations. With Great Little Radio Player, you will have collection of 300 radio stations worldwide. Best part, it's free of charge.

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Gwibber needs little in-way of introduction. The social networking client has been a default app in Ubuntu since 10.04, but was popular with users long before then too.

But anyone booting into the new-fangled Ubuntu 13.04 desktop later this month will notice that it’s missing; Gwibber does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu any longer.

So what’s going on?

Gwibber needs little in-way of introduction. The social networking client has been a default app in Ubuntu since 10.04, but was popular with users long before then too.

But anyone booting into the new-fangled Ubuntu 13.04 desktop later this month will notice that it’s missing; Gwibber does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu any longer.

So what’s going on?

FF Multi Converter is a utility that allows you to convert audio, video, image and document files between various formats, using tools such as FFmpeg, unoconv and PythonMagick.

GNOME 3.8 looks incredibly slick and balanced. I can't wait to take Ubuntu GNOME Remix for a spin with latest GNOME 3.8 on it. We were in the process of reviewing the brand new GNOME 3.8. And then I saw this animated video on GNOME 3.8.

Team-orientated instant messaging and collaboration tool HipChat is once again available for Linux users – this time without the crutch of Adobe Air that its old client required.

Team-orientated instant messaging and collaboration tool HipChat is once again available for Linux users – this time without the crutch of Adobe Air that its old client required.

Umbrellas at the ready for another shower of discontent in the comments section: Stormcloud was once again Ubuntu’s best-selling app last month.

Automated installation a lot of useful extra software on Ubuntu after the initial desktop install.

This program installs a collection of very powerful Ubuntu desktop software for any home, business or organisation. For new users wanting to try some of the best software available on Ubuntu, this is the great list to start with.

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