Wine 1.2 is not yet released as expected but now a new release candidate for Wine 1.2 has been released. This is the sixth release candidate for Wine 1.2. Wine 1.2 RC6 has a lot of bug-fixes and some more translations. There are still a few bugs left to be squashed but we are hoping [...]

Earlier, we told you how you can install Thunderbird 3.1 from Ubuntuzilla. I prefer Thunderbird to the default email client, Evolution. However, Thunderbird (any version not just 3.1) it does not come in the Messaging Menu (the little envelop in the panel). Here we will show you a little hack to put Thunderbird in the [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 is already out two days ago and by now many of you are probably using it. If you are new to Ubuntu, to help you get started, the Ubuntu community (or more specifically, the Ubuntu manual team) has brought out th Ubuntu Manual.

Finally after some last minute drama, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has finally been released. As expected, the server is very busy and downloading through torrent is recommended. However, if you have a previous image of Lucid – a beta, RC or even a development image, you can download only the parts that are not already [...]

For those of you who are anxiously waiting for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS a.k.a Lucid Lynx to release today, might have to wait for some more time. Why? Because a bug in GRUB2 has managed to creep through into the final release of Lucid Lynx. There has been a series of events in last couple of [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is being released later today. Contrary to popular belief, installing Ubuntu is not at all difficult. We have here a quick video which shows you how to install Ubuntu 10.04.

The countdown banner for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is finally live. You can put these banners in your website and they will be updated automatically. So, to show some support for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, head over to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown and grab the code of a banner of your choice and diaplay it on your website [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” and its family of variants has reached the first beta status and the betas are available for download. Changes in Lucid includes replacement of Google search by Yahoo!, new themes etc.

Many designers of the Ubuntu’s new logo and theme worked on Mac platform using proprietary software. The innovative branding adopted by Canonical’s team consists of a new logo, boot screen, CD branding and a new cutting edge theme named “Light”. Back in 2009, a review of Ubuntu’s brand values and identity was conducted by a [...]

Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) Light Themes (Radiance and Ambiance) – click me if you haven’t seen the themes yet – will probably be updated lots of times until Lucid Lynx is released. If you don’t use Lucid Lynx yet, you probably still want to upgrade to the latest version of the GTK and icon themes constantly [...]

Canonical caused a huge surprise yesterday with its announcement of the new Ubuntu looks. Now, you can download the wallpaper used in the screenshots posted. To downlaod, simply click on the image below. Thanks Bognár András.

Ubuntu has come a long way since it’s start in 2004. Through these years Ubuntu has changed the face of the linux operating system and has made linux more user-friendly than ever before. Come Ubuntu 10.04 (codenamed Lucid Lynx), a lot is set to change in the Ubuntu Community. Based on a review of brand [...]

Human – the default Ubuntu theme that many people hate is now finally going to be dropped from Lucid Lynx. This piece of information was revealed by Mark Shuttleworth in an interview with the Dell vlog. Human, the brownish theme that comes to mind whenever we think of Ubuntu, has been the default theme in [...]

Yes, Open Office is back in UNE 10.04 (Ubuntu Netbook Edition). A lot of drama has been happening around surrounding the exclusion of Open Office in UNE 10.04 . Rick Spencer, the guy behind UNE had initially decided to exclude Open Office from UNE 10.04. And surprisingly enough there was virtually no discussion about the features [...]

A system-wide PulseAudio equalizer was developed by Ubuntu Forums memeber, psyke83. The equalizer is now available in his PPA for easy installation in Ubuntu. In this article we will tell you who you can install it from the PPA in Ubuntu 9.10 and Ubuntu 10.04.

The first alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is now available for testing. This will will be followed by two more alphas, two betas and an RC before the final release in April 2010. You can see the complete released schedule here. This release is meant purely for testing and not for production use.

Usplash which was used in Ubuntu 9.04 was replaced by Xsplash in Ubuntu 9.10 to provide a faster boot. Now, the Ubuntu team is replacing Xsplash with Plymouth. Plymouth is already in use Fedora. The reason for switching to plymouth is because xsplash was not able to provide a flicker free experience as expected.

The release schedule for Ubuntu 10.04 has been confirmed.  The first beta is set to come out in March 2010 and the final release is to be released on 29th April 2010. Given below is the detailed release schedule. For the artistically inclined, the picture shown above sums up the entire timeline very nicely.

GNOME 3 is the much talked about next generation GNOME that was supposed to come in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

We all knew that Ubuntu 10.04 was going to be code named with a two lettered word both starting with L, and the first an adjective and the second word name of an animal. Who would have guessed it, the next version after 9.10 i.e Ubuntu 10.04 is going to be called Lucid Lynx. It [...]