Canonical unveiled a search-oriented Head-Up Display (HUD) interface that will debut in Ubuntu 12.04. Aiming to reduce dependence on menus and eventually replace them with the help of gesture and voice interactions, HUD could find its way into future versions of Ubuntu designed for smartphones and TVs. DesktopLinux.com

Viper Ubuntu Linux Laptop – 6GB RAM, 640GB HD Intel CoreTM i5 2.53GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz) 6GB DDR3 RAM; 640GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm) BLU-RAY Disc-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW drive 17.3″ WLED high-definition display Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology delivers extra performance when you need [...]

{lang: ‘en-GB’} Mounting disc image files (.iso, .img, .dmg, etc) in Ubuntu isn’t hard. There are a number of applications available designed to carry out the task.But Mounty, a system tray applet, is probably the easiest of them. (…)Read the rest of Mounty – Simple disk image mounting tool (26 words) © admin for Ubuntu [...]

{lang: ‘en-GB’} XNOISE is a media player for Gtk+ with a slick GUI, great speed and lots of features. Unlike Rhythmbox, Banshee or itunes, Xnoise uses a tracklist centric design. The tracklist is a list of video or music tracks that are played one by one without being removed. This gives you the possibility to [...]

Version 4.8 of the KDE desktop environment and software bundle was released, featuring improved, adaptive power management and new windowing layouts. KDE 4.8 is also faster and more stable, and offers new features like Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets and the KDE Telepathy IM framework, says the community. DesktopLinux.com

Logitech MK710 Wireless Desktop Mouse and Keyboard Combo (920-002416) The MK710 contains the MK700 keyboard with Unifying Technology and the wireless Marathon Mouse M705 Up to three years of battery life virtually eliminates the need to change keyboard and mouse batteries Logitech Incurve keys and cushioned palm rest help your fingers glide comfortably from key [...]

It’s somewhat apt that Ubuntu’s ‘Lenses’ feature has brought Unity into clearer focus for many of its initial …Full Article UbuntuHQ

DocumentBurster is a tool for report distribution: split, merge, email, and FTP your reports. It has report delivery for Crystal Reports, SSRS Reporting Services, MS Access, Cognos, PeopleSoft, and SAP. It has report bursting for Pentaho, JasperReports, and BIRT. It can upload reports to MS SharePoint. Release Notes: User Guide chapters 5 (Variables) and 6 [...]

{lang: ‘en-GB’} Ubuntu is a free, open-source computer operating system with 20 million users worldwide. This 30 page guide was written for beginners and will tell you everything you need to know about the Ubuntu experience. You will learn how to install and setup Ubuntu on your computer, find technical support in your community, understand [...]

Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux 3.2 kernel, featuring file-system enhancements such as support for Ext4 block sizes up to 1MB, and faster Btrfs scrubbing. Linux 3.2 also adds some process scheduler improvements, better thin provisioning support, and new Wi-Fi, graphics, and DSP drivers. DesktopLinux.com

The Linux Foundation posted a calendar of its 2012 conferences. These include the Linux Kernel Summit, which will be held Aug. 26-28 in San Diego, where it will be co-located with the larger LinuxCon North America event and the Linux Plumbers Conference, both held Aug. 29-31. DesktopLinux.com

{lang: ‘en-GB’} With Gnome 2 no longer an option we lost one of the most important upstream components our Linux Mint desktop was based on. Our entire focus shifted from innovating on the desktop, to patching existing alternatives such as Gnome Shell. We used MATE and MGSE to provide an easier transition away from Gnome [...]

{lang: ‘en-GB’} JS Studio is a Qt-based cross-platform IDE for developing JavaScript-based web applications. JS Studio is designed to be a fully-featured IDE for developing web applications with a focus on interactive JavaScript-based apps. Here are some of the features currently available: (…)Read the rest of JS Studio – Qt-based cross-platform IDE for developing JavaScript-based [...]

Linux jumped to 1.4 percent desktop market share from 0.97 percent in July, according to Net Applications. Meanwhile, a Linux Foundation survey on enterprise Linux says 79.8 percent of organizations are planning to increase their Linux deployments, citing affordability, technical features, and security as Linux advantages. DesktopLinux.com

We recently published a how to about how to install Unity 5.0 in Ubuntu 12.04. But now even the Ubuntu 11.10 users can install and test Unity 5.0, thanks to the power of PPA. You just need to remember that Unity 5.0 is not stable yet and it might break certain things. Read more here [...]

SoftHSM is an implementation of a cryptographic store accessible through a PKCS#11 interface. You can use it to explore PKCS#11 without having a Hardware Security Module. It is being developed as a part of the OpenDNSSEC project. SoftHSM uses Botan for its cryptographic operations. Release Notes: The library is now installed in $ libdir/softhsm/. This [...]

Temple Run is a hugely popular endless-running game which was released for iPhone and iPad in August 2011. Temple Run has already been downloaded more than 20 million times now and there are about 7 million daily active users. It is now the number one free app for iOS platform. Imangi Studios, the dev team [...]

KDE’s very own font is coming along nicely with its developer releasing an updated …Full Article UbuntuHQ

Ubuntu is currently the most popular Linux distribution in the consumer market. Simplified user controls, interface, and overall ease of use can be attributed to its success. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always have all the software you might need to go through your day. You can use Wubi to install Ubuntu without having to create a [...]