he GIMP versions 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 were released a few days ago. This new version(s) (basically there was supposed to be just a new version, but a severe bug in 2.6.9 was fix in 2.6.10) doesn't bring new features but only bug fixes
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Me TV – Digital television viewer for GNOME
Me TV is a digital television viewer for GNOME. Me TV was developed for the modern digital lounge room with a PC for a media centre that is capable of normal PC tasks (web surfing, word processing and watching TV). It is not designed to be a full-blown media centre, such as MythTV, but will integrate well with an existing GNOME desktop.
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MeeGo Handset Video (as Ogg)
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FreeBSD 8.1 RC2 arrives
The FreeBSD development team have issued a second release candidate (RC2) for version 8.1 of their popular free Unix derivative. This will become the first stable major point update to version 8.0 of FreeBSD from November of last year
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LightDM
I'd like to announce a side-project I've been working on: The Light Display Manager (LightDM).
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OpenOffice.org to use GStreamer for Multimedia
Previously OpenOffice.org used Sun's Java Media Framework to play back audio and video in documents. But as time went on Java became more outdated. So, developers have decided to implement the widely used GStreamer framework.
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Conky Ubuntu Lucid Theme - Among The Easiest to Install Conky Theme in Ubuntu
Conky is an extremely lightweight system monitor application for Linux. Conky can be extensively modified and we have already featured some of the best Conky customizations in our previous post showcasing awesome Linux desktop customizations.
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Highlight Text On Websites With Wired-Marker For Firefox
The Firefox extension Wired-Marker adds text highlighting capabilities to the web browser. The tool becomes available via the context menu and the Tools menu after installation.
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Instantbird 0.2 released
After months of development and a few pre-release versions, we are happy to announce that Instantbird 0.2 is now ready to be put in the hands of the general public. Instantbird is instant messaging client built on top of Pidgin and Mozilla technologies.
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Pr09studio Introduces Probably The Best Collection of Ubuntu Wallpapers Ever!
Pr09studio needs no introduction. We have already featured some of the works of Pr09studio in length in our previous post showcasing 16 Beautiful Linux Wallpapers From Pr09studio. Now, they have produced one of the best Ubuntu wallpaper collection I have ever seen.
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Three video transcoding applications for Linux worth knowing
If you are a movie junkie like me, chances are you have quite a number of movies on your computer that would be nice watching on your DVD player or home theater system, mobile phone or portable multimedia device. The following three applications should help.
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WineHQ WineConf 2010 dates and location have been set
Francois Gouget the coordinator of this years WineConf sent a e-mail to the wine-devel mailing list informing everyone of the date and location of WineConf 2010.
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6 More of the Best Free Linux Finance Software
We have all read stories about people who have experimented living without spending any money whatsoever. By growing their own food, washing in the river, using a solar panel to provide electricity, and bartering for certain goods and services, these adventures have met with limited success. However, for us mere mortals the simple fact is that we need money.
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Gejengel is an audio player which focuses on performance and simplicity, yet with a nice set of features.
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5 things to look forward to in Ubuntu 10.10
Maverick Meerkat, the version of Ubuntu slated to be released later this year, brings with it several features and improvements that the Linux community has been eagerly looking forward to. I’ve taken a look at the blueprints for this next release, and picked out a few of the major items that Linux end-users will be interested in. Here are 5 things to look forward to in Ubuntu 10.10:
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