[Ubuntu 11.10 Updates] Thunderbird Now Default, Updated Overlay Scrollbars, Nautilus Improvements

In an update today, Thunderbird has been made the default email client in Ubuntu 11.10 as now it has been added to desktop-recommends in ubuntu-meta package.

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[KDE] Plasma Notify Addon Now Available for Firefox 4 and 5

A quick update - Plasma Notify add-on is now available for Firefox 4 and 5. With Plasma Notification addon, all your Firefox notifications use native notification system in KDE as shown in the screenshot above.

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How to Install 'Beatbox', A New Music Player from Elementary Team

Beatbox is a new music player currently under development by the elementary team. As of now the main features include Last.fm integration, smart playlists, simple UI, album view browser, music search, etc. More features will be added in future.

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Dead Cyborg, New Episodic Science Fiction Adventure Game Coming to Linux

Dead Cyborg, a new donation based episodic science fiction adventure is coming soon to Linux. The game is based on Blender game engine and is made by one person Endre Barath, who has done all the coding, designing and written the story as well.

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Backup and Share Files with Free Ubuntu One Files Android Application

A new Ubuntu One Files application has been released that allows you to sync and share files from any Android device. You can browse, select and download all your files and folders as well as upload and send files directly from your phone.

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[Quick Update] Ardesia Digital Sketchpad Brings Support for Ubuntu 11.04

Ardesia digital sketchpad 0.9 has been released bringing in support for Ubuntu 11.04. We have reviewed Ardesia couple of times in past and it is a must have tool (along with GIMP and Inkscape) for designers, students and software developers for creating mockups, hand drawn annotations and presentations.

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Award Winning Game 'Bridge Construction Set' is Now Available in Ubuntu Software Center

Bridge construction set (also referred as Pontifex II) is now available in available in Ubuntu Software Center under the purchase section. The game which tests your bridge constructions skills has received great reviews from critics and users and has won many awards.

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Thunderbird Conversations 2.0 Released, Adds Gmail Style Threaded View to Your Mail Client

Thunderbird Conversations addon has been released today after being in development for more than one year.

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Thunderbird 5 Released, Install from PPA

Thunderbird 5 has been released today bringing in many new features and improvements. It includes more than 390 improvements and performance enhancements that make it more responsive, faster to start up and easier to use.

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Cross Platform Messaging Client Instantbird 1.0 Released

Open source and cross platform messaging client Instantbird version 1.0 has been released today. Instantbird is based on Pidgin's libpurple protocol library and Mozilla's Firefox technology. It supports all major messaging services and have an extension system for adding extra functionality, themes etc.

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