Category Archives: Ubuntu

Install McAfee Siteadvisor in Linux

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Arun

I wrote about how McAfee sucks with their Linux support and how to install the Firefox addon using Mac link more than a year back. That doesn’t work anymore since that gives you a Mac installation file. I finally found … Continue reading →

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Voice and video chat in GMail now available for Linux

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Arun

Google has finally released a plugin to make voice and video calls through Google chat in GMail for Linux. Though this was available in Windows for quite sometime, it is now finally available for Linux and there is a deb … Continue reading →

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Multi touch comes to Ubuntu

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu continues to rock with the release of uTouch 1.0, Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. According to Canonical: With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will have an end-to-end touch-screen framework — from the kernel all the way … Continue reading →

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Stream music to your mobile from Ubuntu One

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu team is planning to implement a new feature in Ubuntu 10.10, Music Streaming. Music streaming feature is part of Ubuntu One and it will let you stream any music you have in your Ubuntu One account to Android or … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu running on Nexus One

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Arun

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Ubuntu Light as dual boot in Dell Laptop

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Arun

Watch the demo of Dell 14R running Ubuntu Light (to boot and surf faster) and Windows 7. Technorati Tags: Ubuntu Lite, Dell, Windows 7

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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1 released

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Arun

Little more than a month after releasing Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu team has released their 1st alpha of Ubuntu 10.10, code named Maverick Meerkat. As with other alpha 1 releases, there is not a whole lot of changes to Ubuntu 10.10. … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx released

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released Ubuntu 10.04 code named Lucid Lynx today. Ubuntu 10.04 includes the following features: Latest GNOME Includes 2.6.32-21.32 kernel based on 2.6.32.11. This release fully removes HAL from the boot process, making Ubuntu faster to boot and … Continue reading →

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Sync your mobile contacts with Ubuntu One

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu One team has announced a new feature (mobile phone sync) to Ubuntu One which lets you synchronize your contacts between desktops, laptops, mobile phones and the cloud. This feature will be available with Ubuntu 10.04, but only to paid … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 released

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released their 1st beta of Ubuntu 10.04 code named Lucid Lynx. Here are the new features/enhancements in Ubuntu 10.04. Latest GNOME Default search engine for Firefox is Yahoo. Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 includes the 2.6.32-16.25 kernel based … Continue reading →

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