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Songbird drops Linux support

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

The developers of the open source and cross platform media player and browser Songbird, have announced they are dropping Linux support. The announcement was made on the Songbird blog, where many Linux users of Songbird have expressed their disbelieve and dismay.

Simmtronics + IBM + Canonical = $190 Simmbook Netbook

By • Apr 1st, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Simmbook netbook is the result of a partnership between Simmtronics, IBM and Canonical. Simmtronics brought to the table its netbook, that needs publicity, IBM came along with it’s Client for Smart Work, including Lotus Symphony and various cloud-based services – Canonical drops the OS, the netbook will run on Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Designed specifically for […]

Ubuntu 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex’ reaches End of Life on April 30

By • Mar 30th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Security, Ubuntu

Users of Ubuntu 8.10 alias Intrepid Ibex its now time to move ahead, the support period of Ubuntu 8.10 released on October 30, 2008 is now nearing its end and Intrepid Ibex will reach end of life on Frclassay, April 30, 2010 – At that time Canonical will no longer provide this operating system with […]

Xine, VLC and GStreamer Engines in Gnome Media Player [First Stable Release]

By • Mar 25th, 2010 • Filed under: Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu

Linux users have a whole bunch of free media players at their disposition, from popular media players like VLC to less popular like whatever,, they often use the same codecs but never use the same user interface, their peculiarity often lies in the UI. Different media players are good at playing different media types, VLC […]

Ubuntu One Music Store Public Beta [Free MP3 Downloads]

By • Mar 22nd, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Ubuntu One Music Store, one of the big features in upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 goes into public beta. Users and testers of Lucid Lynx can give a hand to the developers of this new feature by using (buying and downloading music) and giving feedback to the developers. The hope is to drive lots of feedback that […]