January 2012 ~ Ubuntu Vibes

Firefox 10 has been released officially today bringing in new features and fixes.

Popular Linux games 'Hacker Evolution: Untold' and 'Hacker Evolution: Duality' are 75% off for one week on Linux game store Gameolith.

One of the best Turn Based Strategy games for Linux The Battle for Wesnoth has been updated to version 1.10. This release brings massive new features and updates to the game.

OpenShot Video Editor has been updated to version 1.4.1. This release brings many new effects and bug fixes.

OpenRA is a free and open source real time strategy game engine supporting early Westwood games like Command & Conquer (C&C) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

Two indie games, Legend of Grimrock and Gunpoint could come to Linux (details below). These games have created quite a lot of excitement even before their release.

Aaron J. Seigo, from KDE Plasma Active development team has revealed a tablet which could be the first device to come with Plasma Active pre-installed.

A very interesting discussion on Ubuntu Desktop mailing list has been started by Ubuntu developer Jorge O. Castro where he has proposed removal of Compiz Config Settings Manager (CCSM) completely from the archive.

Unity Home Lens has received a major change in Precise. All the shortcuts with big icons have been dropped and home lens now shows info about recently used apps, files and downloads.

Couple of months back, we reported about a new Open Source Linux gaming handheld GameGadget. At that time we were a bit suspicious as many such projects were announced in past and they have now gone into oblivion.

Open Source Linux based gaming handheld and mini-laptop Pandora has created lots of buzz when it was revealed 4 years back.

Indie game studio Ludosity has released a new trailer of their upcoming game 'Lttle Dew'.

3079 is a futuristic and open-world first-person role playing game for Linux.

Global war for oil has just started as naval strategy game OilRush has been released today. The critically acclaimed game was in beta testing period for quite a long time and today final stable version is shipping officially.

Mark Shuttleworth has just blogged about a new way to use applications menu.

Hack, Slash, Loot is a single-player turn-based dungeon crawler Linux. You take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters and plunder valuable treasures.

Xnoise, a lightweight music player with minimal interface has been updated bringing in many new features and fixes. Xnoise is written in Vala and supports video playback making it one stop media application.

A new version for free, open source and cross platform WYSIWYG ebook editor Sigil has been released. Sigil is easily one of the best ebook editors for Linux and is quite actively developed and maintained.

Desura game client has been open sourced. Work for open sourcing the client was going on for a long time but the progress was slow as lead developer 'lodle' was on a holiday break.

Who says there are no games for Linux?

Defender's Quest is a new tower defense game with deep role playing gameplay elements. The game was in development for quite some time and the final version has been released yesterday.

A new X.org security issue have been found that can lead to unauthorized access to a system if someone has a physical access to it.

Tiheum, who created the popular Faenza Icon Set for Linux has designed a beautiful new Gnome Shell Theme based on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich UI.

Updated Linux versions of Postal and Postal 2 has been released on Desura. Postal 2 (first person shooter) by Running With Scissors has been banned in many countries in past because of extreme graphic violence but enjoys quite a dedicated fan following.

LightDM Unity Greeter can now read user desktop backgrounds in Precise. The effect was demoed last cycle in a mockup and since then many users have requested this feature.

Indie platformer Dustforce developed by Hitbox Team was recently released on Steam. The game was much awaited by Indie game fans since it was first previewed because of its unique visuals and gameplay style.

Ubuntu 12.04 is receiving lots of new features making it more customizable and user friendly. The performance has also received tremendous boost and everything is really fast and more snappier.

All applications installed via Ubuntu Software Center in Precise are being added to the Unity launcher as a new option 'New Applications in Launcher' is now turned on by default.

Unity 5.0 has been made available in Official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories. The release brings performance improvements, bug fixes and many new features.

Looks like everyone is trying to build a smaller and cheaper Linux computer. FXI is bringing Cotton Candy for about $200, production for $25 Linux computer Raspberry Pi has already started and now Rhombus Tech is aiming to deliver a low cost $15 (estimate) Linux PC Allwinner A10.

MakerBot Replicator is a 3D printing Machine that can bring 3D computer models to your living room. Brought by MakerBot Industries, Replicator was demonstrated at CES and is simply a thing of awe.

Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME), a popular modern roguelike game for Linux has won the ASCII Dreams' Roguelike of the Year, 2011 award.

Few days back we covered Airmech, an Action/RTS hybrid game for Linux made completely from open source tools . The game has made great progress since then and a native Linux version is still on the cards.

Bitwig is an international music software company based in Berlin. The company was founded in 2009 by a team of music enthusiasts with extensive experience in the music technology industry and a strong vision about new cutting-edge methods of music production, live performance and collaboration.

Retro Blazer is a new first person shooter for Linux featuring fast paced gameplay.

General Motors has shown of Cadillac's next gen, completely Linux based In-vehicle Infotainment at CES. Codenamed Cadillac User Experience (CUE), the UI looks looks pretty smooth and streamlined.

HTML5 is increasingly becoming popular among developers as it can deliver native gaming experience in web browsers. No plugins, no tools, just pure gaming taking advantage of your powerful graphic cards.

DBGL is a java based graphical frontend for Dosbox that allows us to play classic DOS games on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Since few days back, the web has been abuzz with rumor of development of a Humble Indie Store that sells cross platform games.

Jessek has created a pretty cool video on Youtube showing Unix appearing in various movies and shows.

Few months back, FXI revealed its USB stick size mini computer - Cotton Candy. The ARM device created lots of buzz then and the makers said that it can run Ubuntu.

Ubuntu TV has been revealed by Canonical earlier today. The interface is made of same underlying tech that powers Ubuntu desktop. Using dash, lenses, scopes, universal search bar etc. a pretty neat interface has been created.

Ubuntu TV code is now available on Launchpad.

Soldier of is a new action RPG by Indie game developer SolarLune. The game is based on Blender Game Engine and has a very retro feel and style.

Canonical has revealed a new Ubuntu TV concept as CES. The TV will have easy integration of broadcast, online services and applications and will also support a range of other devices like tablets and phones that can serve as second screen for content viewing.

Free and open source first person shooter Red Eclipse has been updated to version 1.2. Codenamed 'Cosmic Edition', this release brings many new features based on community feedback received by the devs and poll results.

After a long time, the developers of Sintel The Game posted about the game progress in a recent blog post.

A new 'Unity Staging' PPA has been setup to test out Unity/Unity2D packages in Oneiric. These packages are built from trunk.

Popular roguelike game Dungeons of Dredmor got mod tools few days back. The game already had tons of content and replay value and now the new mods can tweak and extend the game even further.

Scriptify for Firefox allows us to easily create add-ons from Greasemonkey and Scriptish user scripts. No extensive knowledge is required for this and you can create, manage and share new addons with ease in just few clicks.

Canonical design team has revealed some more plans for the upcoming LTS release in a series of blog posts. Along with multi-monitor setup improvements, new changes have been proposed for system and sound settings.

Kot-in-Action, who brought popular game Steel Storm to Linux community, has revealed a new teaser of their upcoming first person dungeon crawler Tomes of Mephistopheles.

Popular rally game for Linux 'Stunt Rally' has been updated to version 1.4 bringing in many new features and improvements.

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