The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.5.1, the second version of the 3.5 family, targeting private individuals and enterprises. LibreOffice 3.5.1 fixes the majority of the most-important bugs identified by users and is expected to be appealing for most enterprises. Read More >>
Codeweavers, the principal sponsor of the Wine project, released the commercial version of Wine, Crossover XI. Starting from this release, all previous offerings of Crossover; Pro, Standard, Bundle and Games will be bundled in one product. Apart from this change in product portfolio, Codeweaver XI brings in a big feature, support for MS Office 2010.
Crossover XI unifies products, brings support to MS Office 2010 Read More »
Popular lighweight download manager, Steadyflow, is now available for download from Ubuntu 12.04 universe repositories. This means you will not have to install an extra ppa to get regular updates. To install Steadyflow, all you need to do is open up Ubuntu Software Center and search for Steadyflow. OR Just type sudo apt-get install steadyflow
Steadyflow download manager for Ubuntu 12.04 Read More »
Precise Pangolin Beta 1 was released on 1st March. So whats new the first beta of the upcoming LTS release? If you have read my Ubuntu 12.04 updates here and here, then there are no new updates. To sum up, beta 1 includes the new HUD or Heads Up Display, a new Qt based Ubuntu
Whats new in Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04) Beta 1? Read More »
User friendly Unity UI tweaking application MyUnity today reached version 3.0. The application has generated renewed interest among Unity fans after being included in the precise pangolin universe repositories. This interest will increase for sure after this release. The latest version, 3.0, brings in a lot of new features to the application e.g. adding
MyUnity 3.0 released Read More »
A few visual changes have come in post feature freeze in Precise Pangolin daily builds. Lets quickly go through the visible changes noticed after update on 22nd Feb. 1. Volume level indicator: The volume level indicator can be found inside the sound menu situated on the top panel. In Ubuntu 11.10, the indicator did not
Ubuntu 12.04 updates (22nd Feb) Read More »
It’s time to throw away all the extra stuff in your electronics shelf. No need of starting the pc, waiting to boot up, start sync softwares or use multiple mail clients. All you need now is just a phone, a docking station, keyboard and a monitor. Introducing ‘Ubuntu for Android’. A novel way to manage
‘Ubuntu for Android’! How cool is that? Read More »
Finally, after years and years of waiting, we might hear a change from the beating drums to something more subtle and modern. The sound theme contest has produced a winner and he will work closely with the Ubuntu design team to incorporate the new login sound in 12.04. In the coming releases after 12.04 all
Ubuntu 12.04 is getting a new login sound. Read More »
Today’s daily update brings in a few cosmetic changes which are welcome and also a little surprising as well. 1. Sound settings menu The Valentine’s Day update brings back Rhythmbox quick access menu replacing Banshee. The sound settings menu has a few changes as well. The output volume is now at the bottom of the
Interesting changes land in Ubuntu 12.04 daily builds Read More »
LibreOffice 3.5, dubbed as “The best free office suite ever!” was released a couple of hours ago. A Valentine’s Day gift to open source software lovers, LibreOffice 3.5 is the third major release after the formation of The Document Foundation. This is the first major release where contributions from local associations and communities has been
LibreOffice 3.5 relased Read More »
