Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Beta 1 Released

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Beta 1 has been released today. Lots of new changes have landed since last alpha 2 release.

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Lock Screen in Precise Now Uses LightDM, More

Some new improvements to LightDM and Unity Greeter have landed into precise.

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Unity 5.2 Brings Numerous Changes and Improvements in Precise

Unity 5.2 has just landed in Precise bringing in lots of changes. This will be be third time we will be writing about these changes but lets do a recap anyway.

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Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Alpha 2 Released - Changes, Videos and Screenshots

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 'Precise Pangolin' Alpha 2 is now available for download. Lots of visible changes have landed into Alpha 2. Lets look at them.

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Lubuntu Booting Into Unity Desktop [Bug]

A pretty weird bug has gone into Lubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 iso testing builds which is making Lubuntu to boot into Unity Desktop.

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Time to Kill Compiz Config Settings Manager in Precise?

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.

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[Precise Updates] Home Lens in Dash Redesigned and New Options Land in System Settings

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.

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Ubuntu to Replace Application Menus with HUD, Install from PPA

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

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LightDM Brings Support For User Backgrounds in Precise [Video]

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.

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[Unity Updates] Disable App Suggestions in Dash, New Switcher, Keyboard Shortcuts Overlay and More

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.

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[Video] Ubuntu Software Center Adding Newly Installed Apps to Launcher by Default in 12.04

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.

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Unity 5.0 Brings New Features in Ubuntu 12.04

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

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System and Sound Settings to be Redesigned for Ubuntu 12.04

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.

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Non-PAE Kernel Won't be Dropped in 12.04 LTS

During UDS there was a discussion to drop non-PAE kernel in 12.04 LTS as Linux kernel with PAE support can already take care of 32bit systems with 4GB RAM or more. 

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Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 Released

Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 has been released. There are not many visible changes in this release. However, lots of packages have been updated to their latest versions.

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Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Daily Builds Now Available

Daily build iso images are now available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 'Precise Pangolin'. Not many changes have landed yet in 12.04 but those who want to test new stuff can give these builds a try.

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Ubuntu 12.04 will Focus on Power Users, Efforts to Bring Ubuntu to Phones,Tablets and TVs by 14.04 LTS

In opening keynote address of Ubutnu Developer Summit (UDS), Mark Shuttleworth said that lots of efforts will be put this cycle to make Ubuntu more power users friendly. Emphasis will be on improving multi-tasking, multi-monitor support and other features for power users.

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Named 'Precise Pangolin'

Mark Shuttleworth just announced the codename for next Ubuntu Release - Precise Pangolin.

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