Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' Released, Full Review With Screenshots and Videos

Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' has been released few minutes back as part of 6 months release cycle and it is the first release that follows Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx' Long Term Support (LTS).

So what is there in the review? We did a detailed review of Ubuntu 10.10 RC just 10 days back that incorporates pretty much everything that is new to Ubuntu 10.10 and there has been only bug fixes after that. The post is quite similar to the review with some of the things I missed with more screenshots and videos. A look at the new features:

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Key-Mon Shows Live Keyboard and Mouse Strokes for Teaching and Screencasts

Key-Mon is a small but handy application for Ubuntu that shows keypresses and mouse clicks in real time while you do your work. The application can be useful for teaching or making screencats. 

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GMapCatcher, An Offline Google and OpenStreet Maps Viewer

GMapCatcher is an offline map viewer utility that allows users to view maps without a need of Internet connection once they are loaded. The application supports many different services:

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Video Calls using HTML5, WebKit GTK+ and Linux

HTML5, as many of us know allows us to view audio and video in web browser itself without need of using third party resources like Flash. Further, it also allows us to use microphones and cameras giving us the ability to conduct a video conference or video call using a simple web browser only.

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FreetuxTV Lets You Watch and Record Live TV Shows on Linux

FreetuxTV is a TV player for Linux that lets you watch free Web TV Channels and listen to Radio. The application that runs on VLC as backend comes with lots of pre-added channels for many languages. 

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Ubuntu 10.10 CDs Available Now for Pre-Order

Ubuntu 10.10 CDs are available now for pre-order through Shipit. The preferred method is to download the image from the Ubuntu website but people who are unable to download the latest version due to resource constraints, can order the CDs.

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New Chromium Labs Feature Provides Protection Against XSS Attacks?

Just going through the about:labs page in Chromium today, I found a new feature that instantly reminded me of Twitter exploit few days back where my tweets were retweeted automatically by some guy name Matsta. Many Twitter users became victim of this Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Attack.

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Addictive Linux Game 'Steel Storm' Released

Arcade shooter game Steel Storm Episode 1 version 1.0 is released which was only available as beta until now. The game is quite addictive with fast paced action that wants you to annihilate hordes of enemies . Episode 1 is available as free download for Linux, Mac and Windows users.

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Ubuntu Video Tutorials: Website Dedicated To Provide Video Tutorials to Ubuntu Users

Ubuntu Video Tutorials  is a website that is dedicated to provide useful video tutorials on wide range of topics related to Ubuntu. I wanted to write about the website for some time but somehow I always forgot about it.

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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.

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