Straight to the news then. Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 has been released and includes a whole host of upgrades including a revamped Alt-Tab switcher, improved Gwibber which now looks much better with added effects etc and a change to the me-menu with some interesting changes that will be looked at in the near future. Also of note, Firefox 6 and Thunderbird will be used in 11.10. Simply visit: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/alpha-3/ to download and install.
Google Music Manager has launched for Linux. At the moment it is at the BETA stage, but it looks promising. So far it is restricted to US users, however it is easy to get around this by using a US Proxy. Hopefully a full guide and tutorial will be up and running soon. Head on over to music.google.com for more information.
DistroWatch follows the download habits of Linux users. This week sees the top five downloaded Linux distributions as Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian and PCLinuxOS. Over the last six months, the top five looks very similar with Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian and OpenSUSE. Users of the brand-new Pinguy OS which I have been publicising the last month or so will be glad to know that its risen to number 18 in the list this week, while there are also big jumps in downloads for Ultimate (6), PureOS (9), FreeBSD (12) and Lubuntu (20). Its great to see some of these lesser known or lesser used distributions getting the recognition they deserve.
Finally, as reviewed on the blog, Ubuntu One has increased its storage from 2GB to 5GB for its free users. That is excellent news for cloud users, and really should be tried by as many people as possible as its a great feature.
During the week I'll be adding more reviews, guides and general Linux goodness, so please follow the site or add it to your bookmarks. And remember, spread the word!
Mark Adams
7th August 2011
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