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Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 ditches HAL

By • Jan 16th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx alpha 2 comes without monolithic Hal, the Hardware Abstraction Layer that lay between Ubuntu and its hardware – with the aim of making Ubuntu faster to boot and faster to resume from suspend. Hal’s functions have been picked up by Devicekit – a modular Hal. Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 2 also includes […]

Mozilla drops Firefox 3.7 from Development Plan

By • Jan 15th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

A major change in Mozilla’s development attitude towards the Firefox browser puts v3.7 out of schedule. Mozilla now prefers to gradually build the browser all year long, inserting new functions via regular security updates rather than making feature-packed upgrades once or twice a year. For more on this move over to the Macworld ~ Mozilla […]

Gimp (2.7) Single Window Mode – Love at first Sight

By • Jan 14th, 2010 • Filed under: Open Source Advocacy, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

It’s no news that Gimp 2.8 is going to have a single-window optional mode – it has been confirmed, but Gimp 2.8 will have other goodies like ‘Multiple column inspectors’, ‘Polaroclass overlays’ and ‘Switch between open images using an easy history thumbnail bar’ – this last option is already present in Gimp 2.7, you can […]

Clipple – a Clipboard Manager for Firefox

By • Jan 13th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

In Ubuntu you can extend your clipboard functionality with an application like Parcellite Clipboard Manager, but if most of your work is concentrated in the Firefox browser why not get a Firefox specific clipboard – Clipple. By default Clipple extends your clipboard with 15 entries – but that’s just for starts, you can increase the […]

Lightning 1.0 beta1 now Available for Download

By • Jan 13th, 2010 • Filed under: Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Lighting 1.0 is around the corner, the first beta of Lightning 1.0 comes nearly 16 months after the last update v.0.9. Lightning is an extension that tightly integrates Mozilla’s Sunbird calendar into Thunderbird.