How to Install LibreOffice in Ubuntu

The media has been abuzz with OpenOffice being forked into LibreOffice by The Document Foundation in past couple of days. The Document Foundation, has already released a beta version of Libre Office that can be installed on Ubuntu.

Kubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' Release Candidate is Out

Kubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat Release Candidate is available now. A brief note about the new features:

Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' Release Candidate is Available Now, Complete Review

Ubuntu 10.10 codenamed 'Maverick Meerkat' just reached to Release Candidate version. The final version will be released on October, 10.

Ubuntu Software Center will have Zeitgeist Integration in Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal'

Ubuntu Software Center will have Zeitgeist integration in Ubuntu 11.04 as announced by Michael Vogt on his blog. Seif Lotfy, from Zeitgeist Developers' Team proposed the idea of possible integration of Zeitgeist into Ubuntu Software Center.

2 Simple Chromium Extensions For Ubuntu Users

We featured a post on 'Three Must have Firefox Add-ons for Ubuntu Users' some time back. I wanted to do a similar post for Chrome/Chromium but could not find many extensions specifically made for Ubuntu users. So I decided to share these two extensions available as of now.

Ubuntu Font Officially Lands into Maverick, Final Installer Slideshow Revealed

Ubuntu font finally lands into Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat". The font may be activated by default for the supported languages. If not then you have to change the font in your appearance settings.

Listen to Text and Instant Messages with Gespeaker 'Text To Speech' Utility

Gespeaker 'Text to Speech' utility is a GTK+ frontend for Espeak , that allows you to listen to text in many different languages. The utility also allows you to listen received messages from Empathy and others instant messengers.

How to Enable 'Tabbed Options' in Chromium

Chromium has a labs feature through which you can enable 'Tabbed Options' in Ubuntu. Its very easy to do but will require Chromium daily build version.

Get Hotot , A New Stylish Twitter Client for Ubuntu [From PPA]

Hotot is a new Twitter client that comes with all the basic features a Twitter client has, that is support for status updates, retweets, directs, search etc., plus some really interesting features.  

OpenShot Video Editor 1.2.2 Released with New Effects, 3D Titles and Netbook Optimizations

OpenShot video editor is one of the best video editor available for Linux platform. The development has been really fast and the video editor has come a long way.

The video editor is developed by Jonathan Thomas. The new version comes with lots of features:

Update Your Light Themes in Maverick

A third update to light theme has been released. The Changes are:  

Menu item speed-up
Subtle shadow on inactive notebook’s tabs  
White text colour on GtkProgressBar  
Increased visibility of the resize gripper  
Fixed contrast applied to elements in GtkStatusbar  
More compatibility with custom colour specified in Appearance Preferences  
Increased contrast between text and background   
Tweaks to the odd row color inside GtkTreeView        

'Steadyflow' Download Manager Gets Firefox Support through FlashGot

We recently posted an article about a new download manager in development for Ubuntu - 'Steadyflow'. The development is going on at  fast pace. The download manager have already got Firefox integration through FlashGot.

Take a Screenshot of Your Favorite App and Get it Featured in Ubuntu Software Centre

Canonical Design Team just came up with new a post urging Ubuntu users to help update screenshots for their favourite applications so that old outdated one can be phased out.

Meerkat meets Heron: Wallpaper Made by Mixing Ubuntu 10.10 and 8.04 Default Wallpapers

Just said 'wow' when I came across this.

How to Browse Music Via 'Album Art Display' in Rhythmbox

RhythmArty plugin for Rhythmbox lets you browse your music collection via an 'Album Art Display', one of the things that has been missing from Rhythmbox for a long time.

New 'Steadyflow' Download Manager for Ubuntu

Steadyflow is a new download manager for Ubuntu that uses a simple 'Transmission' like interface and has a impressive list of features.

Unity Gets an 'Open This Folder in Nautilus' Button, Access Hidden Files with Ease

Unity is shaping up really nice and becoming more and more user friendly. But one of the main problem I faced while using unity was accessing some files that didn't show up in Unity Dash File Browser. There was no simple way to access hidden files or files that have not been used recently.

Video: Testing The New Ubuntu 10.10 Installer Slideshow

The default Ubuntu 10.10 installer will have a totally revamped slideshow that will give users a nice tour of what is there in store for Maverick Meerkat.

Nautilus Elementary is Ready for Maverick [Install from PPA]

Nautilus Elementary had some problems with Maverick so I refrained from posting about it. But all the problems have been solved now and the new packages are ready for Maverick. Once again it is awesome work of am monkeyd.

Ubuntu 10.10 Free Culture Showcase Video and Audio Selections

An audio and a video file have been selected as a part of Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase for Ubuntu 10.10. The files will be placed in 'Examples' folder under your home directory.

The Wait is Over : Final Ubuntu 10.10 Default Wallpaper Announced

Much hype was created over the Maverick default wallpaper in last few days. Ubuntu users criticised heavily the choice for the default wallpaper in a bug report on Launchpad. We also featured a post on it stating that the wallpaper will be changed.

Ubuntu 10.10 Countdown Banners Available for Embedding

In our post few days back, we mentioned the Winners of Countdown Banner Competition announced by Ubuntu-Art mailing list. 

Mockup : Ubuntu Detecting User Proximity to the Computer

Christian Giordano on Canonical Design Blog presented a really interesting mockup where Ubuntu detects a user's presence and acts accordingly.

Impression Themes Get a Makeover in Maverick

Impression themes, one of the best looking community themes in Ubuntu get a makeover in Maverick. The themes make nice use of colors used in Ubuntu Branding i.e aubergine and orange and feature a slimmer scrollbar.

New 'Sticker' CoverGloobus Theme

Add one more to your collection of CoverGloobus themes with this one having a nice sticky look. The theme is amazing work of xegi90 from Deviantart.

Artwork Collections for all the Ubuntu Versions - Ubuntu Artwork Archives

How long u have been using Ubuntu?? If you are using Ubuntu for a long time now and have had your hands-on many Ubuntu versions, then 'Ubuntu Artwork Archives' is an excellent place to take a journey down the lane and see Artworks for your  favorite versions. 

Rhythmbox Now Plays Music Even if You Click on 'Close Button' in Maverick

There was a really annoying bug with Rhythmbox in Maverick which let the music player to terminate whenever a user clicked on the close button. I too, out of habit from Lucid used to click on close button and the music player would go off.

Ubuntu 10.10 Countdown Banners Announced

Matthew Nuzum have announced the final countdown banners that are selected for Maverick Meerkat on the Ubuntu Art mailing list.

Easily Create Picture Slideshows and Set as Wallpapers

Gnome Slideshow Background XML creator lets you create an xml file from pictures in a folder that create links to all your pictures. Just add the xml file to background tab in appearance window and you are done.

Faenza Dark Icons Mod Fixes Icons for Dark Themes

Faenza Icons set has been hugely popular and every other day I see some new fan made Faenza inspired icons and mods. Faenza Dark Mod is a fan made fix on the similar lines that fixes Faenza-Dark icons to look better with dark themes. 

Smuxi IRC Client Gets Major Update with Twitter OAuth Support

Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop.

New Cairo Dock (GLX Dock) Beta Released

Cairo Dock has come up with a new beta version in its development series 2.2. The new series aims at bringing lots of fixes, performance optimizations and new features. Highlights of the new series:

New Ubuntu Stack Exchange Video Guide

Ubuntu Stack Exchange is a free, community driven Q&A site for Ubuntu users and developers.

Now Access your Favorite Blog as 'ubuntuvibes.com'

Well it took me almost a month but I finally got a new name for the site and left the blogspot extension into smoke. 

www.ubuntu-vibes.blogspot.com

www.ubuntuvibes.com

Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Beta Released

Kubuntu have reached beta in the Maverick Meerkat 10.10 series. The new version brings lots of new features:

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Beta Released, Complete Review

The beta version of Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' has been released. The final version will come out on October,10.

You can download the beta from the links below. Please note that though it is fairly stable, it is still not the final version and there will be bugs.

Get Windows 7 like Taskbar in Ubuntu with Talika

With Talika Gnome Panel Applet, you can get a Windows 7 like taskbar in Ubuntu. It is a lightweight alternative to the default window manager in Ubuntu and it supports window previews.

New Ubuntu One Android App Released

A new Ubuntu One Android Application is released with lots of improvements and new features.