Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has been released and is ready for downloads. This release has Unity based upon the Gnome 3 desktop, Ubuntu Software Center has been redesigned and many applications have been upgraded to their latest stable versions. Curious fanatics of Ubuntu may run upgrades to get their beta 2 right away but we still recommend to wait for the stable release for production machines and test this one in VMs.
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Banshee 2.2.0 Released
22
Sep
Banshee Media Player as we know it is the default media player for Ubuntu 11.04. A new version of Banshee is out now. Banshee 2.2 is the culmination of six months’ work by 35 developers, 38 translators and dozens of bug reporters and testers. It is a stable release, the successor to Banshee 2.0. It will be available in updates or via official PPA i.e ppa:banshee-team/ppa soon enough.
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Fuduntu 14.11 Released
22
Sep
Fuduntu is a light weight and fun Linux distribution that earns its name by its design to fit somewhere in-between Fedora and Ubuntu. It is designed to be aesthetically pleasing, and is optimized for Netbook and other portable computers. The quarterly installation i.e Fuduntu 14.11 is now available for downloads. As with all Fuduntu releases, this release continues the tradition of small incremental improvements. It is important to note that existing Fuduntu users will roll up to this version through the normal update process, and do not need to download or install from this media to benefit from this release. This release is considered the first official Fuduntu “rolling release” ISO.
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Fuduntu 14.11 – Direct link – 32 bit & 64 bit.
Opera 11.50 Released for Ubuntu 11.04
29
Jun
Opera 11.50 codenamed “Swordfish” has been released and is ready for the downloads. We have been busy a lot lately so now hopefully things will be placed on time 
Moving along, Opera is equipped with the newest rendering engine – Presto 2.9.168 — featuring up to 20% faster rendering of CSS and SVG, support for HTML5 tag <time>, Session History and Navigation and many other enhancements. Opera Next allows you to run the upcoming release of Opera alongside with your stable installation of Opera. It will always be automatically updated to the latest snapshot build. Opera Next is easily distinguishable by the Opera menu and the white icon.
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OilRush Naval Strategy Game from Unigine
28
Jun
Unigne Corp – a russian software company famous for their GPU benchmarks, is developing a naval strategy game named OilRush based upon their Unigine Engine. OilRush is a cross-platform game and will be available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
The game features really advanced graphics and is available for pre-order here.
Benefit of pre-order is you get instant access the the game’s development releases.
To run the game “smoothly” at low settings, you need an nVidia 8600GT or ATi/AMD Radeon HD 2600 class video card.
Here are a few videos:
Expect a preview featuring screenshots soon.
Firefox 5.0 Beta Testing on Ubuntu
23
May
Really ? Yes ! Firefox 5.0 public Beta & Firefox 6.0 Alpha are now avialable and are ready for testing purposes. We recommend you to keep them upto testing levels as they might annoy you with bugs. In this post we will throw a light on Firefox 5.0 and its key features and updates. It arrived faster than our expectations but its good. We ahve been testing it and so far only 1 bug was found which is potentially not much harmful. We would recommend you to install it only for testing purposes as it may not be good for Production machines.
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For Windows and MacOSX platforms, see this page.
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Transmission 2.31 Released for Ubuntu
23
May
Transmission – Ubuntu’s default bittorrent client has been updated to version 2.31 and is ready for your Ubuntu Desktops via PPA. This release has come up wtih native GTK+ & QT clients, Local Peer discovery, DHT support and much more.
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LibreOffice 3.4 Release Candidate on Ubuntu 11.04
22
May
The LibreOffice Project has announced Release Candidate 1 of the upcoming Libreoffice 3.4 release. The project is also announcing a change in its announcement strategy — the announce list will only be used for final and stable releases. As part of the announcement, Italo Vignoli mentioned that there seems to be some confusion about the LibreOffice scheduling and development process, and selecting the “right” release of LibreOffice. LibreOffice is on a “time based release model” and the project is avoiding schedule slips. He also encouraged users to select the “right release of LibreOffice for each situation.”
Conservative users who want very stable releases are encouraged to choose a commercially supported version, or at least wait for a point release that has all the bugs shaken out.
