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For Mac, Linux, Windows; Opera, the browser of the moment (according to Kabatology) has good news for web developers. After landing in-grand-style on the iPhone planet, and making a record one million downloads in first 24 hours, has released ‘Opera Mobile Emulator’ – a desktop version of Opera’s smart phone browser. Opera Mobile emulator allows you to test and debug your mobile-friendly sites in Opera Mobile browser out-of a smartphone, on your desktop. The native application renders web pages as close as you can get on a real mobile phone.
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As Shuttleworth often puts it – Canonical has full confclassence in its ability to deliver in time a really reliable desktop infrastructure even though it has relatively new code on it.
We are a week-away from the final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and here comes a punctual pre-release that as usual anticipates the final release – if no major issues arise the pre-release/release candidate will become the final release.
The other members of the Ubuntu 10.04 family, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, reach the beta status today. More»
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NoteSync is a cross-platform note-taker application that also offers a two-way sync with your Google docs, meaning the notes you take with NoteSync finish in a ‘NoteSync’ folder in your Google docs account – if you drop any documents into the ‘NoteSync’ folder in Google docs, they’ll be uploaded to NoteSync, where you can easily keep your notes updated and accessible. More»
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Two simple installations that bring life to your Ubuntu-from-the-scratch, be it Ubuntu 10.04 or versions. The ubuntu-restricted-extras package has been around for years now, it quickly resolves issues like the absence of a Java plug-in for Firefox by installing the icedtea6-plugin atop Ubuntu’s default web browser, Firefox. ubuntu-restricted-extras brings in support for Microsoft TrueType core fonts for the web including; Arial Black, Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Comic Sans MS (Bold), Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) and Impact. More»
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Ubuntu Mobile Developer, Jamie Bennett is working on a project that integrates the online Zoho office suite with Ubuntu, starting with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. Well the obvious question is, why another office suite when Ubuntu ships with OpenOffice.org Office Suite? Open Office is great but its just too heaver for systems with very low resources, so the “clouds” becomes a good walk-around, the intensive task is transferred to an online server. More»
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