Whether you believe the iPad hype or not, it's clear that touchscreen devices represent an important emerging hardware niche. Canonical responded to that reality recently with the release of uTouch 1.0, a software stack designed to ensure solid multi-touch and gesture support on Ubuntu. Here are the details, along with some thoughts.
Read more »Ubuntu Gets Touchy: Canonical Announces uTouch 1.0
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Canonical developer decodes Apple's Magic Trackpad
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Apple's Magic Trackpad will join the other Apple multi-touch devices supported in Ubuntu 10.10
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Bordeaux 2.0.8 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD Released
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The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.8 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD today. Bordeaux 2.0.8 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of small bugs. With this release we have updated firefox to 3.6.8, Updated to the latest winetricks release and fixed desktop shortcuts.
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Last month we ran a 50% off sale on Bordeaux and this month we would like to do something a little different and raise some money for a good cause. With your help we would like to help support three very important projects.
Read more »Algorithmic Music Composition With Linux - athenaCL
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In this conclusion to my survey of algorithmic music composition systems for Linux I present Christopher Ariza's athenaCL.
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Digging under Totem Media Player
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Totem Media Player is one of the most widely used media player amongst Linux user. Given its ability to handle many formats using the versatile G-Streamer framework, it has become a one stop all player for users who favor simplicity over the advanced VLC Player.
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valve put an end to steam Linux client
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An article from Phoronix posted here started a rumors that Valve is working on a Linux version of Steam. It got us very exited about it, unfortunately for the moment there is no Linux version of Steam in development :(
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Simple Linux word processing with WordGrinder
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Sometimes you just need to write text! You don't need rich formatting and you most definitely don't want Microsoft Word HTML markup. The text console open source WordGrinder app makes word processing as straightforward as you can get.
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Ranger: Console-Based File Management
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Given my fondness for the console and for bare-bones window managers like ratpoison, I'm always pleased when I find another neat console tool. This time it was Ranger (hat-tip to K.Mandla), an ncurses-based file manager.
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Ubuntu Linux to go multi-touch
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I spoke with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, this morning, and he tells me that Canonical will be bringing true multi-touch to Ubuntu Linux in Ubuntu 10.10 (code name Maverick Meerkat).
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My first pocket Operating System - Slax
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I never owned a USB flash drive, until recently. I needed one not just for data transfer requirements but because I always wanted to carry an operating system with me. Luckily, I came across this really small pocket operating system, Slax.
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KDE for tablets
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KDE developer Marco Martin has posted details and a video about a KDE Plasma Mobile shell proof of concept for tablets on his blog
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Xubuntu 10.10: Becoming More Unique
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The upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.10 promises a variety of new features for Ubuntu's desktop and server editions. But it will also bring significant changes for Ubuntu's lightweight cousin, Xubuntu. Here's a look at some of the most important updates for the Xfce-based Ubuntu variant, including several that will increase its independence from standard Ubuntu.
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How to join a Linux machine to a Windows Domain
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Most Linux users assume there will never come a time when they will be able to join their machines to a Microsoft Windows domain. It's always been off-limits. You could take your Linux laptop in to work, but you could never work within that domain. That is officially history. With recent updates to many of the systems and sub-systems in Linux comes the ability to now join a Windows domain.
Read more »Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10
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Multitouch is just as useful on a desktop as it is on a phone or tablet, so I'm delighted that the first cut of Canonical's UTouch framework has landed in Maverick and will be there for its release on 10.10.10.
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