Ubuntu goes 3-D

Ubuntu 7.10, “Gutsy Gibbon“, is adding a contemporary feel to it’s often 1990s looking Linux desktop with the production version of Compiz “out of the box”, which will give Ubuntu some 3-D graphics that will surpass anything seen on Windows or Mac OS X! Gusty Gibbon is set for release Thursday, October 18th … read [...]

GNOME 2.20.0 beta 1 released, bug day planned

GNOME 2.20 beta 1 has been released. A collaborative bug day, which will take place on August 22, has been announced by the Ubuntu and GNOME projects.

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New widget library for Gnome with transparent radial menu and other bling

A NEW widget library for Gnome includes an experimental new radial menu rendered with Cairo.

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Ars at Ubuntu Live: Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote

The Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Oregon started off with Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote presentation. Announcements include new features for Launchpad, increased focus on server and mobile support, and a consistent schedule for long term support releases.

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Sun’s Project Indiana: turning OpenSolaris into a practical platform

Project Indiana is a new initiative from Sun that aims to make OpenSolaris as easy to adopt as Ubuntu. Inspired in part by Ubuntu’s ease of adoption, Indiana is Sun’s answer to well-integrated Linux distributions.

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GNOME Foundation announces embedded initiative

A new mobile and embedded computing initiative announced by the GNOME Foundation aims to improve collaboration between upstream developers and companies that are building GNOME-based embedded computing devices.

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Palm prepping its own Linux-based OS

Just a few years late, Palm is finally getting ready to land its users onto a modern Palm-built OS. Ed Colligan, in his Investor Day keynote today, announced that Palm will be launching a homegrown Linux-based OS by the end of the year.

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A first look at Dolphin, the KDE 4 file manager

An experimental new file manager being developed for KDE 4 provides some impressive features and out-manages Nautilus.

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