The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. This is the first Ubuntu 10.04 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new features. (...)Read the rest of Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 released and Download links included (812 words) © [...]

This guide explains a very easy way to reconfigure your ZTE MF626 HSDPA modem to be plug and play in Ubuntu in just 6 simple steps. You will need a computer with hyperterminal (included with windows XP) to send AT commands to the modem. I’m sure there is a way to do this from [...]

Pinta is a drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide a simplified alternative to GIMP for casual users. It currently supports most basic drawing tools, unlimited layers, unlimited undo history, and a wide array of image adjustments and effects. (...)Read the rest of Pinta - Paint.NET clone for linux (24 words) © admin for [...]

GRAMPS is a genealogy program. It helps you organize your family tree, and is capable of exchanging data with other programs using the GEDCOM standard. (...)Read the rest of GRAMPS - Free Software Project for Genealogy (33 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: desktop, GRAMPS, GRAMPS ubuntu, install GRAMPS ubuntu Related [...]

Viking aims to be easy to use, yet powerful in accomplishing a wide variety of GPS related tasks. It uses a hierarchical layering system to organize GPS data, maps, and other layer types with spatial data, such as coordinate lines. (...)Read the rest of viking - GPS data editor, analyzer and viewer (186 words) © admin for [...]

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks. Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistant user interface. Currently RDP, VNC, XDMCP and SSH are [...]

Mark Shuttleworth’s response to left side button criticisms. (...)Read the rest of Mark Shuttleworth’s response to left side button criticisms (259 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | 22 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Mark Shuttleworth's response to left side button criticisms, News Related Articles Ubuntu single sign on service launched (4) sudo vulnerabilities (0) Major Preferences menu changes in Pidgin [...]

Uget is a Free and Open Source download manager, it has many of features like easy-to-use, support pause and resume, classify download, every category has an independent configuration. (...)Read the rest of Uget - Free and Open Source download manager (189 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: desktop, download-manager-ubuntu, install [...]

These days, I’ve heard a lot of arguments about the new design of the window control of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid.Some people like buttons on the left, and some like the right side.I think  the important thing is: how user can change it.So that’s what Ubuntu Tweak does. (...)Read the rest of Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.3 released: more powerful [...]

This is a theme pack which was inspired after Radiance Light-theme proposition. All the metacity and the gtk is available. (...)Read the rest of Radience Osliner - New Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Proposed theme (10 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | 9 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: desktop, download Radience Osliner theme ubuntu 10.04, Radience Osliner [...]

Canonical is burying Ubuntu’s traditional brown theme and is adopting a new visual style for version 10.04, which is scheduled for release in April. The new theme was revealed last week as part of Canonical’s broader effort to overhaul Ubuntu’s branding and visual identity. (...)Read the rest of Canonical’s design team responds [...]

x2go is an open source terminal server project offering a comprehensive “server based computing” solution. Combining the advantages of existing systems it features ease of use, performance and scalability. x2go provides you with access to your desktop as an individual as well as a corporate user - from within your own network and via the [...]

The Zero Install Injector makes it easy for users to install software without needing root privileges. It takes the URL of a program and runs it (downloading it first if necessary). Any dependencies of the program are fetched in the same way. The user controls which version of the program and its dependencies to use. (...)Read [...]

FreeNX is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another machine over the Internet. You can use this to login graphically to your desktop from a remote location. One example of its use would be to have a FreeNX server set up on your home computer, and graphically logging in to the [...]

Even though Kubuntu shares quite a lot with it’s older sibling, there are obviously enough differences between the two distros that Kubuntu use Ubuntu’s PPA system for a large portion of it’s updates. There are myriad reasons for this, but basically it boils down to these concepts: (...)Read the rest of [...]

A theme to integrate Chrome/Chromium to the new Ubuntu-Theme “Ambiance” for the Gnome Desktop, which will be shipped with Ubuntu 10.04. (...)Read the rest of Ambiance Theme for Google chrome/chromium (115 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Ambiance Theme for chrome, desktop, download Ambiance Theme for chrome Related Articles iPod touch 3G [...]

Font Manager is a font management application for the GNOME desktop. It is not intended to be a professional-grade font management solution, but rather a simple application suitable for the needs of most desktop users and even some graphics designers who may need to manage just a few thousand font files. Although designed with the [...]

OpenShot Video Editor is a non-linear video editor. It is meant to be an easy-to-use, powerful, non-linear video editor, with a focus on user interface, work flow, and stability. (...)Read the rest of Install openshot video editor 1.1 in ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) /9.10 (Karmic) (256 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | 7 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post [...]

A ton of users are dissatisfied with the decision to change the buttons on the title bar, however, it’s incredibly easy to change back and forth between the old (Karmic) look, and the new (Lucid Alpha) look. You do not have to be on Lucid to test out the new look. These commands work fine [...]

Giggle is a graphical frontend for the git content tracker (think of gitk on GTK+). (...)Read the rest of Giggle - A graphical frontend for the git content tracker (26 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: desktop, Giggle, Giggle ubuntu, git frontend ubuntu, install Giggle ubuntu Related Articles Some of Known ubuntu [...]