Ubuntu WebApps   by default are available on Ubuntu 12.10 but how to install them on Ubuntu 12.04? Ubuntu WebApps is a completely new feature which was introduced on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Alpha version and will come by default on the final build. WebApps allows to use websites and services such as Facebook, Google Docs, Gmail, Grooveshark, Last.fm [...]

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What’s new in Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.3 and how to install it on Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10? Ubuntu Tweak is application that allows to configure Ubuntu via simple graphical interface. It offers many useful system and desktop option that the default Ubuntu desktop environment doesn’t offer. Ubuntu Tweak allows to customize everything on your system [...]

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While most of us are are very much looking forward to Ubuntu 12.10, developers haven’t forgot about Ubuntu 12.04 and released its first maintenance release – Ubuntu 12.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin was released back on April as a Long Term Support (LTS) which means that this version of Ubuntu will receive support and updates until October 2017. Both [...]

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Unity News Lense updated and now features improved news filtering and location aware news. There many different Unity Lenses available for Ubuntu 12.04 but I am not using them a lot since most of them doesn’t suite my requirements but today I found the one that is ideal for news addicts and tech bloggers – Unity [...]

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Conky is a free and light-weight system monitor for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, that displays any information on your desktop with graphical interface. Conky is very popular among Ubuntu users and there are many beautiful themes available for it that can display your system information such as CPU usage, RAM usage, Clock, swap, disk, [...]

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How to install latest and greatest version of VLC media player in Ubuntu 12.04. VLC is a free, open-source multimedia player and framework that plays most if not all multimedia files including various streaming protocols. If VLC player can’t play it, nothing can. VLC is widely known and used to watch movies and other files [...]

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How to install LAMP server in Ubuntu 12.04 or older version using a few command lines. LAMP is an open source Web development platform which is widely used on VPS and other server setups. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the web service and MySQL as the database management system and [...]

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Simple tutorial on how to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 from Ubuntu 12.04 and older versions. Few days ago we wrote what’s new in Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2 and you can already download and test this version, but I would not recommend using it on your main machine as this is early development version and may [...]

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Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2 is available for download bringing several new things and improvements.  We are happy to announce Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2 version and its availability or download. Developers are strictly fallowing development cycle they announced earlier and we can enjoy second Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal alpha version. What’s new in Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 2? [...]

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After 3 years of silence, Skype introduces the world with new version for Ubuntu (Linux) bringing many new features and UI improvements. While the Skype is now owned by Microsoft, its development for Ubuntu continues and recently Skype was updated to version 4.0. Version number went from 2.2 all the way to 4.0 and now [...]

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