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Ubuntu One Files Now Available For iOS

| Date: January 05, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: cloud, iOS, iPhone, linux, sync, ubuntu, ubuntu one

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Canonical has released Ubuntu One Files for iOS (iOS4+ only), an application to easily access, sync and share any file on your Ubuntu One account from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Install MPlayer2 And SMPlayer2 In Ubuntu

| Date: January 05, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, mplayer2, smplayer2, ubuntu, video player

MPlayer2 is a fork of MPlayer that "contains significant further development and supports a number of features not available in other Unix players".

Ambiance And Radiance Colors Theme Pack Available In A PPA

| Date: January 05, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: ambiance, eyecandy, gnome, light themes, linux, lxde, radiance, themes, ubuntu, xfce


A quick update: Ambiance and Radiance Colors theme pack, which provides Ambiance and Radiance available in 8 different colors, is now available in a PPA for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and 12.04 Precise Pangolin users.

LibreCAD 1.0.0 Released (Cross-Platform 2D CAD Drawing Software)

| Date: January 04, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: cad, librecad, linux, macosx, qcad, ubuntu, windows


LibreCAD, a 2D CAD drawing tool has reached version 1.0 more than a year of work. LibreCAD, previously known as CADuntu, works natively on Mac OSX, Windows and Linux and is based on the community edition of QCad.

Spotify Scope For Unity Music Lens

| Date: January 04, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: lens, linux, scope, Spotify, ubuntu, unity

spotify scope for unity music lens

After Grooveshark, another music scope is available for the Unity Music lens: Spotify scope.

SMPlayer 0.6.10 Released With Minor New Features

| Date: January 03, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, smplayer, ubuntu, video player

SMPlayer is a popular front-end for MPlayer and can play videos, DVDs and VCDs, featuring configurable subtitles, audio track switching, video equalizer, filters, playlist, audio and subtitles delay adjustment and much more.

After almost 2 years, a new SMPlayer version has been released: 0.6.10. The new version only brings some minor new features like:

Install Picasa 3.9 In Linux And Fix Google Sign In Issue [Wine]

| Date: January 03, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: fix, google, google plus, linux, picasa, ubuntu, wine

picasa 3.9 linux google plus share

Picasa 3.9 was released a while back and among the new features are: share pictures to Google Plus, Picasa name tags for Google Plus, new photo editing effects and side by side editing.

Download Ambiance And Radiance Themes In 8 Different Colors

| Date: January 02, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: ambiance, light themes, linux, radiance, themes, ubuntu



Ambiance & Radiance Colors is a theme pack that provides Ambiance and Radiance available in 8 different colors: red, orange (different from Ubuntu orange), yellow , green , blue , purple , graphite (grey) and pink.

Cinnamon 1.1.3 Released With Panel Autohide, More

| Date: January 02, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, desktop environment, gnome 3, gnome shell, linux, linux mint, ubuntu


Cinnamon is a GNOME Shell fork created by Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint founder, which tries to offer a layout similar to GNOME 2: a bottom panel with launchers, GNOME2-like systray and notifications and more.

Clementine Music Player 1.0 (Stable), Finally Released

| Date: January 02, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: clementine, grooveshark, linux, macosx, music player, Spotify, ubuntu, windows


A while back, Clementine music player got Grooveshark and Spotify support and these, among many other new features are finally available in a stable release (1.0). You'll need a Spotify Premium / Grooveshark Anywhere account though.

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