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Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 Released

By • Jun 3rd, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Canonical has just released the first Alpha of upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat its now available for download. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat will have altogether four alpha releases before the first beta in September 23rd. Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 still looks very much like Ubuntu 10.04 final, but contains lots of new code. It is […]

DownThemAll! 2.0 Beta

By • Jun 2nd, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

DownThemAll! a Mozilla recommended add-on, an advanced download manager built inside Firefox has released a preview of its next major version, DownThemAll! 2.0 beta 1 for testing. DownThemAll! is a capable of increasing download speed up to 400%, whilst allowing you to pause and resume downloads at any time.

Customize Ubuntu Notification bubbles with NotifyOSD Configuration

By • Jun 2nd, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

If you been looking for an application, an easy-to-use GUI of course, that customizes Ubuntu notification bubbles to suit your likings then you’ve got it. Some time back, to move Ubuntu’s notifications to a less annoying corner you had to “play around” to get things done , via Lifehacker, now all you have to do […]

Pidgin 2.7.1 enables Faster File Transfers to MSN and aMSN

By • Jun 2nd, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Free chat client Pidgin version 2.7.1 has just been released with many improvements and fixes pushed to Bonjour, ICQ, XMPP and MXit protocols. The major gainer is the MSN protocol that gets support for direct connections, with faster file transfers to aMSN and the official MSN client. I haven’t tested the file transfer speed but […]

A Native uTorrent client for Linux might be dropped

By • Jun 1st, 2010 • Filed under: Ubuntu

For worth it’s worth – Some asked for it, not many, about 3500 votes for a native uTorrent client for Linux. The uTorrent group writes back still on Idea Bank, which allows users to submit and vote for ideas they want to see implemented.  “We’re working on it, but I can’t tell you how the […]