Author Archives: anuradha.shukla

Ubuntu goes live on Android

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Ubuntu

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Canonical had announced the launch of its Ubuntu OS for the now burgeoning mobile consumer market, while it has already unveiled Ubuntu TV. Mark Shuttleworth has said before that, “The desktop is the killer-app for quad-core phones in 2012. Ubuntu … Continue reading

New look for Nautilus as revamped- Nautilus 3.5.4 arrives

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Software

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Nautilus 3.5.4 is now updated and has new changes and is available for Ubuntu 12.10, Quantal Quetzal repos. In its new avatar, Nautilus developers have chosen to give it a thorough revamp with new style toolbars. A new ‘gear’-styled menu … Continue reading

Makers Tale-New 3D game on JmonkeyEngine

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, Software

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This is a story purely for game developers. While gamers shall have their day out when full version of Maker’s Tale is out, here we discover how and why gaming engines are becoming so popular by the day.

First Peek at LibreOffice Android port Prototype

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Android, News, Software

That LibreOffice continues to respond to requirements of end-users became truly evident when news of it being developed for Android OS arrived a few months ago. And now with screen shot of the progress made so far being released by its developers, … Continue reading

Ubuntu’s new notebook Asus EeePC 1225C launched

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

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The latest new notebook from ASUS was a cool surprise, as without much ado, the company chose to ship it with Ubuntu 12.04, the latest version of Ubuntu open source software as the Operating System, instead of a conventional paid … Continue reading

Ubuntu’s growth in India

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

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The recent announcement by Jane Silber, chief executive officer, Canonical that, “India is one of the countries where Ubuntu is most successful and well received. We see significant growth in Ubuntu adoption in India.

A DayFolder for the clutter on the screen

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Software, Ubuntu

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Zach Burnham, the developer calls this new app DayFolder for Ubuntu. This is a utility tool that is in the middle of development but is however stable enough for download and use.

Faster News Search with Unity news lens

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Ubuntu

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Lens developer David Callé has just built a new lens for Unity, calling it the Unity News Lens.

Growth in Companies migrating to Open source to beat vendor lock-in

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, opensource

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The future of open source is now slated for growth as more business look to the open community for solutions, to overcome the inevitable lock-in with a vendor of proprietary software. This was brought to the forefront in a recent … Continue reading

UK Government invests 10 million GBP to growing Open data Institute

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, opensource

Open Data institute is a soon to be launched open source initiative in Data sharing domain. It will be funded by the community (non-profitable institution) created to provide training to new businesses and parties in reference to handling large amounts … Continue reading