The first beta testing release of Ubuntu 7.10, the “Gutsy Gibbon”, is now available. Read the official release notes, and download an ISO CD image. Or just look at the screenshots. The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to [...]

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A to the point article at the Tolero’s tech notes blog covers all the new features and changes in the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 release. During the development I have written and tried out a lot of the new features, but there were are few little things I didn’t see. Here the the features I missed [...]

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A user a the Ubuntu Forums has compiled a list of interesting and useful terminal commands that can be used in Ubuntu: Since I’m a noob myself and don’t know much about the inner workings of the terminal, I won’t shed any light on that subject. But, I would like to share some interesting and [...]

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One last minute feature added to GNOME 2.20 was XDS, the Direct Save Protocol. XDS is a framework for drag and drop functionality between applications. Previously Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, lacked any drag and drop support beyond moving files between Nautilus windows. With XDS, Nautilus can drag and drop with other applications. It has [...]

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The look of the default Ubuntu wallpaper has not changed much in the last few releases. As of now, this will be the default for the upcoming 7.10 release. (See thumbnail below.) You may notice like I did that it is darker than previous wallpapers. A few people are not liking it, this tread on [...]

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