November 21, 2009 · News · 5 comments

Congratulations to Google on the open sourcing of Google Chrome OS

When Chrome OS was announced in June we saw this as a positive development, bringing choice to the consumer. We considered how open source development is as much about co-operation as it is about competition. Google have made it clear that they are keen to develop Chrome OS openly and we have had the pleasure of hosting a number of the Google team at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Dallas over the last few days where we have been able to see that openness in action.

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November 21, 2009 · News · 26 comments

Ubuntu Sun

As some people like dark themes and some people like bright themes, why not combine them into one set of matching themes with different shades? This is an idea for a Metacity theme that is based on the idea of having the sun shine into your windows. Could there be a better leitmotiv for the window design of a lucid release? The theme could be combined with any GTK theme if they are modified to have flat menu and tool bars.
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November 21, 2009 · General · 18 comments

Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
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November 21, 2009 · News · 43 comments

Currently the following list of changes everyone is expecting Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
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November 20, 2009 · General · 20 comments

Minitube is a native YouTube client. With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. Minitube does not require the Flash Player.
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