Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the codename for Ubuntu 12.04 will be ‘Precise Pangolin‘.Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is due for release in April 2012.
A pangolin is a mammal of the order Pholidota.Pangolins have large keratin scales covering their skin and are the only mammals with this adaptation.The name “pangolin” derives from the Malay word pengguling (“something that rolls up”).
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Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
To install thunderbird 7.0 on ubuntu 11.04
1.Open the terminal and type
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable
hit enter and type ubuntu password.
2.Then type below command and hit enter
sudo apt-get update
3.Type below command and hit enter
sudo apt-get install thunderbird
4.Press y and hit enter to continue
5.To open Thunderbird, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type Thunderbird in the search applications field.And click Thunderbird mail/News.
SpiderOak is free online backup, sync, sharing and storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE) and it is the best alternative to dropbox. Use SpiderOaky to backup, synchronize, and share data across all of your computers, external drives and network volumes.
click here to know more about SpiderOak.
1.Go to SpiderOak download page and download the ubuntu client 32 or 64 bit deb package file.
2.Double click the .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.
3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.
4.To open SpiderOak, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type SpiderOak in the search applications field and click SpiderOak Backup.
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2?
Many Bug fixes and performances improvements.
Padding and alignment issues have been solved in software center.
UI tweaks to the Dash and unity Launcher.
LightDM-added an Accessibility Menu.
Default application version numbers:
Firefox 7 Beta
GNOME 3.1.92
Banshee 2.2.0
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This skin pack transforms your Windows 7 operating system into Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal.
Support:
Windows 7 (all edition)
Windows 7 SP1 (all edition)
All Language
Before install unistall old or other version of skin packs and disable user account controller and close all runnig program , after finish restart your system .
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This skin pack transforms your Windows XP into Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal.
Support:
Windows XP (Home, Pro, RTM, SP1, SP2, SP3, Corporate)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows Media Center Edition (2003, 2004, 2005)
Windows 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, RTM, SP1, SP2)
X86(32Bit) and X64(64Bit) Windows Support
All Language Versions
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Scribes is an ultra minimalist text editor with remote editing,automatic word completion and many more.
Main features:
Extensible via Python plugins.
Remote editing (ftp, sftp, ssh, samba, webdav, webdavs).
Snippets.
Automatic word completion,correction and replacement,pair character completion and smart insertion,indentation.
Powerful text processing and manipulation functions.
Bookmarks and smart navigation.
Document Switcher.
Syntax colors for over 30 languages.
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Ubuntu Tweak is a free and open source Ubuntu management software for Ubuntu. Using this tool you can easily configure your ubuntu operating system and desktop settings. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 licence.
Note: This project is no longer under maintenance
Ubuntu tweak is a free software to config ubuntu GNOME desktop and system options.
Main Features:
System Information view.
GNOME Session Control.
Auto Start Program Control.
Quick install popular applications.
Show/Hide and Change Splash screen,desktop icons or Mounted Volumes.
Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash or Network icon.
Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s style and behaviour
Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effect Settings, Menu Effect Settings
GNOME Panel Settings
Nautilus Settings
Advanced Power Management Settings
System Security Settings
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 1 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 1?
New login screen-LightDM
Revamped Ubuntu Software Centre
GNOME 3 and associated packages
New Dash look
new Music lens
Device Menu
New User Menu with Avatars and Guest user switching
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