Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' Beta 1 Released - Review and Screenshots

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 has been released today and iso images are now available to download. Ubuntu 11.04, is coming up with an entirely new shell for Gnome desktop - Unity, which was default for netbook edition in Ubuntu 10.10 and was based on Mutter.

Desktop Photo Frame and Slideshow App GPhotoFrame Brings Facebook Albums Support

A new beta for desktop slideshow application GPhotoFrame has been released that brings Facebook albums support. The application already supports a number of web services and have a low memory footprint.

BEEP, New Space Explorer and Platformer Coming to Linux in April

Big Fat Alien, a Kelowna based indie game development studio is coming up with new fun space explorer and platformer for Linux in this April called BEEP.

Software Center in Ubuntu 11.04 will Allow You to Try Applications Without Installing Them

Michael Vogt from Ubuntu development team showed off a really cool feature on his blog today that allows you to test drive an application from software center without actually installing it.

After Sintel Movie, Now a Sintel Game is in Development

After Sintel open movie project by Blender Foundation, now Sintel The Game is in development for almost a year which is a video game adaptation of the original movie. The game showcased its pre-demo in Blender Game Contest 2010 in January this year and stood at second place.

Linux Game Preview : Blocks That Matter by Swing Swing Submarine (Releasing this May)

A new innovative game by indie game company Swing Swing Submarine  is coming to Linux this May that will not only test your brainpower with puzzles but will be fun at the same time.

How to Download and Install Action RPG 'FLARE' on Linux

FLARE which stands for Free/Libre Action Role Playing Engine is a new game/engine heavily in development. With isometric views and graphics and an action oriented hack 'n' slash gameplay, FLARE very much feels like Diablo series games.

Shotwell 0.9 Released, Brings in TIFF Support, Slideshow Transitions and Multi Photo Printing

A new version of Shotwell photo manager has been released that brings lots of new features and fixes.

17 New Community Wallpapers for Ubuntu 11.04 Revealed

17 wallpapers has been chosen to be featured as default community wallpapers in upcoming release Natty Narwhal. There were hundreds of wallpaper submissions in the contest and these are the ones that are selected.

Spiral Knights, New Game From the Makers of Puzzle Pirates Coming to Linux this April

Three Rings Design, known for developing innovative online games like Puzzle Pirates, is coming up with a new multi-player online RPG, Spiral Knights on April 4th.

Firefox 4 Released! What's There in Store For Linux Users?

Firefox 4 is finally released today by Mozilla that brings a feature packed, fast, minimal and a secure next generation web browser to the world.

Quick Tip: Install New Ubuntu One Control Panel in Maverick

Ubuntu One is getting a complete makeover in upcoming Ubuntu release with a new control panel and better interface that provides easy access and more control over your Ubuntu One account.

Complete Your Linux Design Toolkit with 'Ardesia'

Ardesia is one best of the design applications available for Linux which can be used to create mockups, sketches, hand drawn annotations, interactive presentations, live demos etc. with ease right on your current desktop view or with custom images.

Nautilus Elementary Now Available for Ubuntu 11.04

Nautilus Elementary, the fast and minimal version of Nautilus File Manager is now available for Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal', thanks to Ammonkey. 

UGet Download Manager Adds App Indicator Support, Ready for 11.04

UGet, is one of the best download managers available for Ubuntu with almost all features you would want from a download manager - pause/resume functionality, multi-threaded downloads, clipboard monitoring and scheduling etc.

Atom Zombie Smasher is Oddly Addictive Linux Game

Atom Zombie Smasher is an indie strategy game developed by Blendo Games. The game is played from top down perspective and you are in control of helicopters, mercenaries, snipers, bombers etc. with an aim to restore peace to cities by annihilating growing zombie infestation.

Hotot Twitter Client Gets Multi Column View, Chrome Web App

Hotot Twitter Client has come a long way since last time I wrote about it. There are interface tweaks, more extensions, features and a multi-column layout though no multi account support yet. Hotot is now also available in Chrome Web Store.

Open Source FPS Game 'Red Eclipse' 1.0 Released

Red Eclipse is a free and open source first person shooter game for Linux based on Cube Engine 2. The game have both single player and multi-player game modes and is a fork of discontinued game Blood Frontier.

Thunderbird Conversations Addon Enables Gmail Style Threaded Conversation View

Thunderbird Conversations 2.0 is an add-on for Thunderbird 3.3 that enables Gmail style threaded conversations view. The add-on is currently in alpha stage but it is quite stable so far.

Steel Storm Episode II 'Burning Retribution' Preview Video

Classic top down arcade shooter Steel Storm is all geared up for release of Steel Storm Episode 2 'Burning Retribution'. The game is available to pre-order and users will get access to beta build as a bonus.

Animated Dash Resizing [New Unity Video]

N J Patel, from Unity development team has tweeted about a new upcoming feature in Unity - dynamic resizing of dash with nice smooth animation effect when a search keyword is entered.

Ryzom MMORPG Removes Game Limits, Almost Free to Play Now

Ryzom 3D MMORPG for Linux has removed lots of limits and caps for new players who want to play the game without a paid subscription. Instead, the developers have chose to keep a Level limit of 125 beyond which new players will stop getting experience points.

Alien Arena 7.51 Released

A new version of popular multi-player game Alien Arena has been released today that brings new fixes and features to the game.

New Chrome Extension Brings Support for All Linux Download Managers

Download Assistant Extension for Chrome/Chromium finally brings much requested feature for Linux - download manager support. The extension until now supported only Windows but a new update yesterday has brought in Linux support too.

Firefox 4 Release Candidate is Here

Mozilla team has finally rolled out a release candidate of long awaited next generation web browser Firefox 4.

Bye Bye Ubuntu Netbook Edition

There will be no separate Ubuntu Netbook Edition in Ubuntu 11.04 and onwards as it is being merged into what we can call simply 'Ubuntu' for the sake of simplicity and consistency.

Ubuntu 11.10 to be Called 'Oneiric Ocelot'

The next version of Ubuntu - 11.10 will be known as 'Oneiric Ocelot' as announced by Mark Shuttleworth on his blog.

KDE Hybrid Launcher for Task Manager Plasmoid

Sup people this be gotbletu, this is my first guest post on here.

There is this cool feature that KDE 4.6 has with the 'Task Manager' Plasmoid.It's called "Show A Launcher For [Program] When It Is Not Running". Thats kind of a long ass name, so I personally call it the "Hybrid Launcher" hahah

Kill GNOME 2.x Min/Maximize Buttons Also

When I heard GNOME3 was going to get rid of the 'Minimize' and 'Maximize' Buttons, it was no shock to me. I can see how you can argue that it might be a problem for new switchers to Linux but thats another debate.

Anyways, you can do it on GNOME 2.x also, Honestly you don't really need those 2 buttons. And let me explain how it can be replaced.

Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 3 Released - Overview and Screenshots

Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' Alpha 3 has been released today that brings many fixes, improvements and new features over the last Alpha 2. For Ubuntu 11.04, a feature freeze is already in place and Alpha 3 is first release after that.

OilRush Available for Pre-Orders on Unigine Store

Highly anticipated real-time naval strategy and tower defence game OilRush is now available for preordering for Windows and Linux.

Xnoise is a Fast, Lightwieght Music Player for Ubuntu

Xnoise is a fast, lightweight and minimal music player for Ubuntu based on a unique track list queuing feature where users can drag and drop tracks or group of tracks from multiple albums/artists on a playlist.