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Opera Introduces Support For Gtk3


GNOME 3 was released earlier this year – and along with it came Gtk3. Some distributions, such as Fedora 15, have already moved from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3. While others, like Ubuntu 11.10, is moving to the new version of GNOME. Today Opera has announced that support for Gtk3 is also coming to their…

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How To Upgrade From Ubuntu 11.04 To Ubuntu 11.10 Beta


How To Upgrade From Ubuntu 11.04 To Ubuntu 11.10 Beta

The first beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 “Oneiric Ocelot” was recently made available for download. The release is meant for testing before the final version is made available next month. Those who want to test the release can do so by downloading an ISO image from cd.ubuntu.com. However, if you already have Ubuntu 11.04 installed…

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Intel To Discontinue MeeGo Development?


Intel To Discontinue MeeGo Development?

When Moblin and Maemo were merged to produce MeeGo, there were high hopes of producing a truly open OS for mobile devices. (Android is not truly open.) However, according to reports from Taiwan-based website DigiTimes, the MeeGo dream could be over soon. The MeeGo project suffered a major set back last year, when Nokia which…

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How To Display The Unity Launcher On The Left Monitor In A Multi-Monitor Set Up [Ubuntu 11.04]


Unity in Ubuntu 11.04 is not so easy to configure and it has a few annoying bugs. One particularly annoying bug is that in a multi-monitor setup, the launcher shows up on the right monitor and not on the left one even if the left one is set as the primary monitor. As a result…

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By Ricky
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It Is Official Now! Thunderbird Replaces Evolution As The Default Email Client In Ubuntu 11.10


Thunderbird in Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3

Finally Canonical has given the green signal to replace Evolution by Thunderbird in Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” which is scheduled for release in October.

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Fedora Postpones Switch To Btrfs; Fedora 17 Is Now The Target Release For The Switch


The Fedora developers have decided that Fedora 16 will not use Btrfs by default. The announcement was made by Josef Bacik, Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat.

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Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME For Xfce


It is no secret that many people do not like GNOME 3. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, has joined that list of people who dislike GNOME 3. In Google+, Torvalds wrote criticized the direction that GNOME has taken with GNOME 3. He called GNOME 3 an “unholy mess” and said that the…

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Ubuntu One Hits The One Million Users Mark – Upgrades Free Plan To 5 GB


Ubuntu One Hits The One Million Users Mark – Upgrades Free Plan To 5 GB

Roberta Nilerud of Canonical has announced that their cloud storage service – Ubuntu One – has hit the one million users mark. Ubuntu One is a cloud storage service from Canonical that is very tightly integrated into Ubuntu. Although Ubuntu One is installed by default in Ubuntu, it is also available on Windows and Android….

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How To Install KDE SC 4.7 In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal


How To Install KDE SC 4.7 In Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Users of Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” will be glad to know that KDE SC 4.7 is now available for upgrade. Unfortunately, it is not available for the earlier versions of Ubuntu/Kubuntu.

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By Ricky

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