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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 from the screenshot posted at Quantum Logic (a Pidgin developer’s blog) and re-posted here above, file transfer in Pidgin is now pretty fast. Buddy icon and custom emoticon also load faster. Pidgin 2.7.1 changelog
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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 final release will be.” If it comes, whenever it does I’ll be happy, if it doesn’t no big deal its not going to change the way I use my Linux desktops. More»
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Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection for ‘out of process plug-ins’ gets closer to the final release and leaves beta. The first release candidate of Firefox 3.6.4 is now available to download and public testing. This version fixes 202 bugs found in previous beta builds of Firefox 3.6.4 – 23 are marked as critical. If no issues are found during testing this build will be officially released as Firefox 3.6.4 final in the coming weeks. More»
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They are many wallpaper switchers out there and several have been presented on this blog, such as Wally, my preferred desktop wallpaper rotator for Ubuntu but what makes this one particular is that its a nifty Firefox extension, an easy to configure “no-install” that lets you change your desktop wallpaper periodically. More»
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With TestDrive testing Ubuntu pre-releases has never been easier. TestDrive for now runs only from the terminal, but that will not be for long as the team behind the project is working on a graphical user interface (GUI) that will make the already easy-to-use command-line application more intuitive to non-technical Ubuntu users and command-line haters. More»
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