Ubuntu 10.10 Released

Published in October 10th, 2010

Posted by Tom in maverickmeerkat, ubuntunews

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It’s 10/10/10 and Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat” has been released. This release includes the new photo-management software Shotwell (replacing F-Spot), a tweaked default theme with the new Ubuntu font, an improved Software Center, and the new Unity desktop environment for netbooks. Read Canonical’s press release for more, and start your downloads. I installed 10.10 Beta [...]

First Look at the Ubuntu Unity Desktop Environment

Published in May 10th, 2010

Posted by Tom in maverickmeerkat, ubuntunews

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Today was a big day for Ubuntu, with Canonical announcing the Unity desktop environment, Ubuntu Light, and more details about Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat”. Unity is a new desktop environment designed for netbooks and touch-screen devices. It includes a new panel as well as a new vertical launcher. Unity is build using technologies from GNOME [...]

Mark Shuttleworth Introduces Window Indicators

Published in May 4th, 2010

Posted by Tom in maverickmeerkat, ubuntunews

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During the controversy about moving the window controls in Ubuntu to the left, Mark Shuttleworth hinted that the newly available space on the right of the window title bar could be put to a new use: Moving everything to the left opens up the space on the right nicely, and I would like to experiment [...]