Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, is a great desktop operating system for Facebook users. Not only is it faster and more secure than using Windows, it also has features that help integrate Facebook into the desktop experience. These features can help you stay in touch with your Facebook friends while remaining productive. Here’s how to [...]
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What’s New in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
Ubuntu 10.04, aka Lucid Lynx, is the result of years of continuous work from the open source community and Ubuntu corporate sponsor Canonical. A new version of Ubuntu is released every 6 months, but version 10.04 is a special “long term support” (LTS) release which will be supported for an extended period on both desktops [...]
Ubuntu Restricted Extras – Lets Ubuntu Play Everything
A fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) comes complete with Firefox, the Rhythmbox music player, and the Totem movie player. You may find, however, that some websites don’t work correctly because Flash and Java are missing, you may also find that a lot of your media files do not play. This is because Ubuntu [...]
Last.fm Support in Ubuntu 10.04 – Scrobbling and Streaming
Setting up Last.fm streaming and scrobbling in Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, is fast and easy. The Rhythmbox music player provides scrobbling support and the Last.fm client will let you stream your favorite stations in a nice stand-alone application. Here’s a screencast and written instructions on exactly how to set things up.
Setting up scrobbling in Rythmbox
First [...]
10 Alternative Web Browsers for Ubuntu Linux
With the Lucid Lynx release of Ubuntu just around the corner, we decided to take a look at some alternative browsers for Linux (some of them making their first appearances in the Ubuntu repositories with the 10.04 release). While Firefox is arguably still the champion of Linux web browsers, it can sometimes be slow and [...]
Ubuntu’s New “Light” Style Defaults to Dark Theme?
I wanted to get a closer look at the new Ubuntu “Light” styles that have been announced for version 10.04, Lucid Lynx, so I loaded up the today’s daily build in EC2. I was a little bit surprised to see that the default theme is Ambiance, a dark theme. It seems a little strange [...]
Ubuntu Desktop in the Cloud
One new feature in Ubuntu 10.04 that caught my attention is the “Desktop in the Cloud” project. Until now, most of the attention on cloud technologies has been focused on servers in the cloud. If you wanted to use a desktop environment on EC2, you needed to do quite a bit of tweaking and installing of packages yourself. With the Lucid release, the Ubuntu team is making desktop in the cloud much easier.
CrossOver 9.0 Improves Windows Application Support on Linux
CodeWeavers, supporter of the open source Wine project, have released their latest version of CrossOver for Linux and Mac. CrossOver 9.0 (codenamed “Snow Mallard”) is a commercial product that makes installing Windows applications via Wine extremely easy for Linux users. We’ve been waiting for this new release for several months, and it seems it was [...]
Ubuntu Lucid Makes Scanning Simple
Canonical is aiming to make the task of scanning documents super simple with version 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Canonical developer Robert Ancell is working on Simple Scan, a great little program that does exactly what it claims – it makes scanning documents simple!
4 Cool New Features in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Alpha 3
iPhone & iPod Touch Support, Gwibber and the MeMenu, Facebook Chat, and Improved Sound Controls.
