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Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) Released for Linux, Becomes Fifth Valve Title to be Released for Linux
Thu, 03/07/2013 - 10:05 — admin — feedproxy.google.comAnother day, another game for Linux. This time, it is an official Valve title, and it is none other than Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ). The beta version of this game had a limited release earlier in February and now it is officially available for Linux via Steam.
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Package Converter – Frontend for Alien
Thu, 03/07/2013 - 00:55 — admin — www.ubuntugeek.com
alien is a program that converts between Red Hat rpm, Debian deb, Stampede slp, Slackware tgz, and Solaris pkg file formats. If you want to use a package from another linux distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages.
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How-To: Create a Firefox Search Plugin
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 18:29 — Chris7mas — www.tuxarena.comBasically, you will have to create an XML file inside the ~/.mozilla/firefox/XYZ.default/searchplugins directory (replace XYZ with your profile's characters, could be any name there), with the following content (I will use Ubuntu Forums for this example):
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Ubuntu 13.04 Still On Course for April Release?
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 12:08 — admin — feedproxy.google.comLast week’s sudden, but not unexpected, proposal to switch Ubuntu to a Rolling R
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Ubuntu 13.04 Still On Course for April Release?
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 12:08 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukLast week’s sudden, but not unexpected, proposal to switch Ubuntu to a Rolling R
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Humble Bundle for Android 5 Launches, All 6 Games Available for Linux
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 19:26 — admin — feedproxy.google.comThe Humble Bundle with Android 5 has just gone live.
Four titles, three of which are new to the Humble Bundle, are available to buy for whatever price you’re willing to pay.
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Humble Bundle with Android 5 Launches, All 6 Games Available for Linux
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 19:26 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukThe Humble Bundle with Android 5 has just gone live.
Four titles, three of which are new to the Humble Bundle, are available to buy for whatever price you’re willing to pay.
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How to Install Anything in Ubuntu Part 2: Installing Software
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 18:23 — Chris7mas — www.tuxarena.comTutorial about installing software in Ubuntu.
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Flipkart, India's Biggest Online Music Retailer, Releases Dedicated Download Manager for Ubuntu
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 18:03 — admin — feedproxy.google.comFlipkart is a hugely popular online retailing giant from India. Nearly an year ago, Flipkart launched Flyte music service which enabled its vast Indian user-base to buy and download legit copies of DRM free songs from a wide array of artists and movies at reasonable rates. One thing the service lacked from day one was a dedicated download manager for Ubuntu (and Linux).
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Revamped ‘Gwibber’ Gets Shown Off
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 16:31 — admin — feedproxy.google.comAhh Gwibber…
Ubuntu’s default social client has been around for many years but depsite various revamps, UI changes, and re-writes it’s never quite shaken off the image of being slow, bloated, and unstable.
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Revamped QML ‘Gwibber’ Shown Off
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 16:31 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukAhh Gwibber…
Ubuntu’s default social client has been around for many years but depsite various revamps, UI changes, and re-writes it’s never quite shaken off the image of being slow, bloated, and unstable.
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Ubuntu’s New Display Server ‘Mir’ Gets Demoed [Video]
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 14:39 — admin — feedproxy.google.comA day after its reveal the first video demos of Mir in action have been shown off by one of its developers,
Ubuntu’s New Display Server ‘Mir’ Gets Demoed [Video]
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 14:39 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukA day after its reveal the first video demos of Mir in action have been shown off by one of its developers,
Intermatrix U7: The First Ubuntu Touch Tablet Available For Pre-Order, To Ship In October 2013
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 12:35 — hotice — www.webupd8.org- 632 reads
Terra Terminal Update Brings Improved Stability, New Features
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“World’s First Ubuntu Tablet” Starts Taking Pre-Orders – But Is It Legit?
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 12:24 — admin — feedproxy.google.comAn Australian website is taking pre-orders for an Ubuntu tablet – but is it legit?
I was pointed to the website of the ‘intermatrix u7′ on Google+. It bills itself as ‘the world’s first Ubuntu Tablet‘.
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“World’s First Ubuntu Tablet” Starts Taking Pre-Orders – But Is It Legit?
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 12:24 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukSteam for Linux Adoption Spiking, Closes in on Mac in Just a Few Months of Existence!
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 11:49 — admin — feedproxy.google.comExactly a month ago, we published Steam's hardware and software survey results for January with a lot of excitement. Many considered it as a one off event and predicted that Ubuntu and Linux won't be able to sustain that kind of momentum.
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Auto hide Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin”
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 02:42 — admin — ubuntu-tutorials.comWell I’m almost a week into my return to Ubuntu and there are a few more tweaks that I’ve discovered I like to make. One of these is auto-hiding the Unity Launcher bar along the left side of the display. Perhaps it’s based on doing the same thing with my OS X installation on my MacBook.
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Ubuntu To Build Its Own Display Server Called Mir, Unity To Be Ported To Qt/QML
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 19:16 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgAccording to a recent announcement, Ubuntu will use its own Display Server called Mir. 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".
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Ubuntu Announce Unity Next, Will Be Written in Qt/QML
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:33 — admin — feedproxy.google.comWith the announcement of the new Mir display server, Canonical have begun the next major, multi-device shift for the Unity project: Unity Next.
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Ubuntu Announce Unity Next, Will Be Written in Qt/QML
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:33 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukWith the announcement of the new Mir display server, Canonical have begun the next major, multi-device shift for the Unity project: Unity Next.
Canonical Announce Custom Display Server ‘Mir’, Not Wayland, Not X
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 17:58 — admin — feedproxy.google.comCanonical has today publicly confirmed that they are working on a new cross-platform displayer server for Ubuntu.
Called ‘Mir‘, the X Window Server replacement is tasked with ’enabling development of the next generation Unity’. Which, in yet another about-turn, is to be rebuilt in Qt/QML.
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Ubuntu Building Own Display Server, Unity To Switch to Qt/QML
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 17:58 — admin — www.omgubuntu.co.ukCanonical has today publicly confirmed that they are working on a new cross-platform displayer server for Ubuntu.
Called ‘Mir‘, the X Window Server replacement is tasked with ’enabling development of the next generation Unity’. Which, in yet another about-turn, is to be rebuilt in Qt/QML.
KDE 4.10 Review in Kubuntu 13.04 Daily Build
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 15:46 — Chris7mas — www.tuxarena.comTo be honest, KDE 4.10 is really a wonderful experience. And that’s even with my low specs graphics card from Intel. I read a lot of complaints over the Internet, mainly here, but for me the experience was great. It’s good to see such a feature-rich desktop keeping improving and heading towards the right direction, at least as far as I’m concerned.
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