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VirtualBox 4.0.6 for Ubuntu 11.04

23 Apr

A nice maintenance Update from Oracle for the thier hypervisor yesterday. VirtualBox got updated to version 4.0.6 and now Virtual box packages are available for Ubuntu 11.04 as well. It is a very useful application for testing different distros while keeping the mainstream OS intact. All you need is good hardware. This release has gone through a lot of updates and bugfixes including support for X.Org Server 1.10 final, Linux kernel 2.6.39-rc1 fixes, improved auto-run support, fix mouse support on SUSE 11 SP 1 guests, allow snapshots to be stored in the VM directory and much more.

Virtualbox 4.0.6

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Applications, Basics, System, System Tools

 

Cairo Dock 2.3 for Ubuntu

22 Apr

Cairo Dock – An awesome dock for Ubuntu desktops has been released. As we have already discussed in our previsou post ‘Ultimate Docks for Ubuntu‘, Cairo GLX dock is a dock manager that uses Cairo / OpenGL to render graphics (many in correlation with Compiz) with full hardware acceleration. It’s fully configurable and fully customizable and can be used as a taskbar too. You can easily add applets in the dock or as a desklet. So, its a must have for eyecandy lovers.

Install

Open the terminal and type this -

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock

and done. Now close the terminal and fireup Cairo dock from Applications>System Tools>Cairo Dock and enjoy.

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Applications, Eyecandy, Install, PPA

 

Unity 2D on Ubuntu

21 Apr

Ubuntu Unity is a desktop experience designed for efficiency of space and interaction. It maximizes usability and minimizes complexity. Everything is available just 1 click away and almost everyone enjoys working with it. But the problem is, you cant get Unity working everytime on your computer because it needs 3D effects enabled by-default. That means … those who are having low config computers, cant run Unity ? No, Unity 2D is here to the rescue. Unity 3D as we know is going to be the default interface for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. If you dont want to use Unity 3D or you are unable to use it, then just get yourself Unity 2D with Gnome in parallel.

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Applications, Eyecandy, PPA

 

SuperTuxKart 0.7.1 Released

19 Apr

SuperTuxKart is a Free 3D Kart racing game with many cool tracks and carts making it a real fun game to play. You can play with up to 4 friends on one PC, racing against each other or just try to beat the computer. It is written in the C++ programming language and uses OpenAL for sounds. It used the libraries SDL and for graphics until milestone 0.7, when the project switched to the Irrlicht Engine.You can do a single race against other karts, compete in one of several Grand Prix, try to beat the high score in time trials on your own, play battle mode against your friends, and more! Its a real fun game but requires concentration, hand eye coordination and timing as well.

Super Tux Cart

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Games, Install, PPA

 

3 Best Icon Themes for Ubuntu

18 Apr

We have been working on Ubuntu eyecandy like themes, wallpapers, GDM packs etc for a while. Now we have for you 3 one of thebest icon-themes for your desktop to make things look fresh and shiny. All the three themes we chose for you are required in most of the customized themes found on Gnome-look or DeviantArt so you have to install them anyway, then why not now ?

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Applications, Eyecandy, PPA

 

Teeworlds 0.6 – More Retro More Rocking

16 Apr

Its been a while since we last touched out favourite game Teeworlds and our old retro just got better with its latest version 0.6 coming after a while.There are tons of changes coming through with and here is a bit of it you’ll like to know but since we cant cover all of them here we are leaving you with best of them to cheer with.The Ubuntu 11.04 Natty users will too need to update since this isn’t yet available in Natty.

Teeworlds 0.6

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Installing Ubuntu 11.04 and Testing Unity

15 Apr

Well, all you guys must be very familiar with the new Unity interface of Ubuntu and some are finding it buggy, unsupportive DE and want to stick to Gnome. Perfect approach ? No, a little wrong coz Unity is now really stable and by the end of April, you will see it as a really good DE to work with. We in this post will cover the basic aspects of Unity and howto get it working on your Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop. Laptops have integrated cards so they might pick it up directly but when it comes to desktops and external Video cards, things get messy. We are going to cover every small bit so that your Ubuntu experience remains better as it was with Gnome 2.32.

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Posted by Cell aka Abhishek in Basics, Dual boot, Install, Operating System, Tips and Tricks

 

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 Released

14 Apr

Good News Everyone! Ubuntu developer team has announced the release of Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2, the last development release of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. With just 2 weeks left in the Final release, it is now confirmed that Unity will be the default Desktop environment for this release. It was announced a few days back that Ubuntu 11.04 is dropping the Release Candidate and there will be a Beta again. So, here we are with Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 with Unity interface. This release includes loads of improvements from kernel to application end. As we have already went through ‘UserInterface Freeze’ earlier so there is no additive eyecandy but thtere are a lot of usability improvements in Unity which are about to be discussed.

 

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