Canonical is all set to provide a full fledged connectivity across all types of devices. Here comes the Ubuntu Tablet which is based on Ubuntu Touch – the same version used on Ubuntu Phones. Downloads for the Google Nexus 7 and Google Nexus 10 will be available alongside Ubuntu Phone Images on February 21st.
qBittorrent project was created with the idea of developing a new Bittorrent client for Linux that would be easy to use, good looking, featureful but lightweight. qBittorrent can now be considered as a good alternative to other bittorrent clients. QBittorrent 2.9.6 has been released with any updates and bug fixes.
Open the treminal and type the commands in order to install qBt 2.9.6
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qbittorrent
Ultimate Edition 3.2 has been released recently and is ready for downloads. It is based upon Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and like always has a lot of improvements and preinstalled packages in it. All in all a perfect Ubuntu based distro, Ultimate Edition is all set to roll Gnome 3, Gnome Classic, Gnome fallback, Unity, Unity 2D, and XMBC selectable via login screen. It also has a crisp new GTK/3 theme & comprehensive software packages.
Ultimate Edition 3.2 Download – 32-Bit.iso | 64-Bit.iso
Many of us who regularly use terminal often have used ‘dpkg‘ for program installation and removal. ‘dpkg’ is basically a debian package manager that is used to install/remove Debian packages in Ubuntu as well as in Debian. dpkg itself is a low level tool; higher level tools, such as Advanced Pacakging Tool – APT, are used to fetch packages from remote locations or deal with complex package relations. Tools like ‘Aptitude‘ or ‘Synaptic package manager’ are more commonly used than dpkg on its own, as they have an easier way of managing packages and have a user interface.
Aptitude GUI is a graphical version of Aptitude we talked about in our previous post. As Aptitude has already been removed from official repository of Ubuntu, one cant expect to see this GUI based Aptitude by default in Ubuntu Precise Pangolin. But there is a way to install Aptitude-GTK in Ubuntu using the PPA below.
Now, this can be installed using the ppa below.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yofel/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptitude-gtk
The Ubuntu app developer project is working real good. The result can be seen in Software Center as a lot of great paid and free applications have landed and are being download every now and then. For February 2012, the following applications were among the most widely download.
Oil Rush is a real-time naval strategy game based on group control. It combines the strategic challenge of a classical RTS with the sheer fun of Tower Defence. Fight the naval war between furious armies across the boundless waters of the post-apocalyptic world.
Fluendo DVD Player is a software application specially designed to reproduce DVD on Linux/Unix platforms, which provides end users with high quality standards.
Cinnamon 1.4 has been released and has received cool new features this time.’Expo’ & ‘Scale’ features add eyecandy to your desktop experience, and there are lot of other improvements in usability as well. Cinnamon 1.4 is already there in Mint 12 repositories. Ubuntu users can use the PPA below.
You can use the PPA to install Cinnamon 1.4 on Ubuntu -
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Good news is Audacity 2.0 has been released with numerous improvements in GUI and features. It has dozens of new features, developed in the 1.3 series. It replaces all previous versions, especially 1.2.6 and 1.3.14.
