Got a Copy of Good Old 'Duke Nukem 3D'? Play It Natively on Ubuntu with High Resolution Pack

Duke Nukem series has been greatly popular in past one and half decade. Though there were no new games for some time, the macho Duke is back as showcased in demo of Duke Nukem Forever at PAX 10 bursting pigheaded aliens with his gun. 

While there is still time for the game to come, in the meantime you can go back to all time classic Duke Nukem 3D and play it on Linux like a native game. 

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Mockup for Integrated Music Playback in Nautilus

Just browsing through DeviantART, I found this mockup by vincentpsp2 that integrates music control and playback in Nautilus itself.

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How to Install and Play Popular Game 'True Combat: Elite' on Ubuntu

True Combat Elite (TCE) is total conversion of the popular free multiplayer game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. TCE is a tactical-team shooter, set up in a modern-world environment. It puts you into the role of elite mercenary soldier in the conflicts of two internationally operating forces.

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Ubuntu Software Center in 11.04 to Add Ratings and Reviews, PPA Trust Level and An Easy way to Add PPAs

Ubuntu users will be able to rate and review applications in Ubuntu Software Center in the next Ubuntu release. This feature was planned for Ubuntu 10.10 but slipped and now it will be available in 11.04 along with some other new features:

• Establishing and conveying a trust level for software in PPAs
• Easy method to add PPAs from software center

[via Ubuntu Wiki]

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Banshee and LibreOffice Considered to be Default Applications for Ubuntu 11.04

Banshee is considered to be a potential replacement for Rhythmbox for Ubuntu 11.04 provided that it can overcome the disk space requirements and is able to fit into 1 CD Ubuntu.

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Get Faenza and Ubuntu Icons For Windows 7

You can now get a feel of Ubuntu on your Windows 7 desktop with fan made Faenza and Ubuntu icon packs for Windows 7. These icon packs look really good on Windows 7 and give a native feel specially if you dual boot.

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Excellent Youtube Channel Covering Linux Gaming Videos

Linux Gaming by Jake Ward is an awesome Youtube Channel that covers lots of native Linux as well as Windows games that runs perfectly under Wine. The channel neatly categorises all the videos in simple playlists for easy access like native Linux games, free games, Windows games, must have games etc.

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Set Any Animated Screensaver as Your Desktop Background

Anibg is simple application that allows you to set any of your screensaver as desktop wallpaper. The application is a frontend for Shantz-XWinWrap and uses XScreenSaver.

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Ubuntu 11.04 Will Allow Sponsoring Software Projects, A New Icon Theme on the Lines

Lots of changes have been announced for Ubuntu 11.04 in the keynote by Mark Shuttleworth  at Ubuntu Developer Summit, the most exciting one is probably announcing of Unity as default desktop environment. There are few other things that were announced:

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Unity to Drop Mutter in Favor of Compiz

In our post earlier today, we mentioned that Unity will be the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 11.04. Unity which used Mutter as base for window management until now will use Compiz from 11.04 onwards. 

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