Author Archives: anuradha.shukla

Marlin File Browser development on Fast Forward

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Soon to debut as a great new file browser, Marlin will give that familiar Nautilus Elementary feel and at the same time ensure you do more on it than on Dolphin, Thunar or Nautilus Elementary itself.

Kubuntu loses Canonical support..To join Ubuntu extended family

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Once Kubuntu 12.04 is released, Canonical will stop supporting it financially. This sea change for Kubuntu will mean that like other KDE flavors this too will like Edbuntu, Xubuntu and Lubuntu will have only infrastructural support from Canonical and will have to … Continue reading

Unity 5.2 arrives with great wares for Ubuntu 12.04

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Unity 5.2, the just released, recent update to Unity 5.0 has some new winning features and some improvements, following the intense testing Unity 5.0 was put through for quick-release of versions to keep in line with Precise Pangolin LTS release.

Now Battle of Wesnoth 1.10 comes with New Campaign and Features

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, Linux Mint, News, Ubuntu

The Battle of wesnoth just got a lot tougher, compelling and better, as this fascinating game got its latest stable release- Battle of Wesnoth 1.10. With newer features and Campaigns will continue to fascinate Battle of Wesnoth fans.

Android Games make it to Humble Indies Bundle this time

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Humble Indie Bundles are a popular package that is growing in popularity with each release. The previous release of Humble Indie Bundle 4 was in December last year, this time around it is a special, because all the games are for … Continue reading

Oil Rush Tower Defense Real-Time Strategy Game Finally Arrives

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Last week saw the release of the much-awaited Oil Rush game by Unigine Corp. It is a unique real-time basedTower defense game that is developed on the proprietary cross-platform Unigine engine technology. The game is based on an actual incident, Deepwater Horizon oil spill and runs … Continue reading

Ubuntu Developer Week begins 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2012

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It is here again; no not a new Ubuntu release but the much awaited Ubuntu Developer Week. It will begin on 31st Jan 2012 and will conclude on 2nd Jan 2012 giving you three full days of action on the Ubuntu ecosystem. … Continue reading

‘Super Lens PPA’ for Ubuntu even as Dash gets new ‘Home Lenses’ Layout for 12.04

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To those who feel out of sorts with the eight giant Unity Dash shortcuts, Ubutnu 12.04 latest development focus could bring a round of cheer. Titled ‘Remove Dash Home Shortcut Icons,’  developers are working towards removal of the eight icons on … Continue reading

LCA 2012 Bruce Perens on Status of Open Source and James Applebaum on Anonymity

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At the just concluded Linux Conference Australia (LCA 12), open source was under the limelight as some powerful presenters left behind a lot to be thought about.

Rapid release Firefox announced for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

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In a recent change of pace Firefox has moved to rolling release over its bi-annual release. This has had an impact on other software releases as well. Most have chosen to include rapid releases with their software updates.