Transform URLs, Map locations, text into QR codes in Ubuntu with Qreator

Qreator is a definitely interesting application that allows one to encode various information types in QR codes.

Its look is simplistic yet fancy and properly designed with big orange icons that bear a symbolic look&feel, "backed" by the minimalist toolbar.

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Unity DuckDuckGo lens released (PPA available)

Unity DuckDuckGo lens

DuckDuckGo is search engine designed with a clean interface and an enhanced user privacy level in mind.

Unity DuckDuckGo lens integrates the DuckDuckGo search engine into the Dash, incorporating its power into the handiness of the Dash.

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0 A.D. Alpha 10 Jhelum released (PPA available)

0 A.D. Alpha 10

O A.D. is free open-source real-time strategy game that corroborates various civilizations and high-quality artwork, 3D graphics, professional sounds into an ancient warfare gaming experience.

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Kdenlive 0.9 released (PPA available)

Kdenlive

Kdenlive is a powerful video editor with numerous features designed with a qualitative video editing experience in mind.

Kdenlive 0.9 has been released adding new interesting features and taking a solid step towards enhanced stability.

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System76 CEO, at UDS-Q: We don't build Ubuntu computers because it's Ubuntu, we build Ubuntu computers because it's the best operating system

UDS-Q ended on May 11th, 2012, yet various interviews are still landing in the open, with a double-sided approach: as Ubuntu in the wild experiences but also as interesting insights about how Ubuntu gained portions of its overall success across the time.

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Launchpad reaches bug number 1.000.000

Launchpad

Launchpad is huge software-creation base that allows users to create, develop, maintain, gather feedback and outer participation in their "mission" of delivering (usually) free software.

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Unity Gwibber lens 3.4.1 gained monochrome category icons (Ubuntu 12.04)

Unity Gwibber lens

Gwibber, Ubuntu's default social client, has gone through various optimizations and enhancements in the Precise Pangolin development cycle, culminating with a more appealing and fast application.

Usually, after an Ubuntu version is launched, shortly, via the Update Manager (for the default apps), applications are receiving fixes and improvements, updates that could not been landed in time for the final release (due to limited development time, etc).

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Mark Shuttleworth, at UDS-Q: The next LTS, 14.04, to be the best platform in the world

UDS-Q was an exciting event that brought a solid amount of news for the next Ubuntu development cycle, where Quantal is the first piece of the next 2 years Ubuntu iteration (the period of time from an LTS to another).

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Firefox 13 BETA gained built-in Reset Firefox tool

Installing add-ons and non-default themes can transform Ubuntu's Firefox into a slow web-browser, slowness that can be dealt with by tweaking various time-consuming configuration options, etc.

A new feature landed in Firefox BETA (the 13 BETA has already landed in Ubuntu 12.10), Reset Firefox, option that reverts Firefox to an initial fresh stage with a just-installed feel.

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4 fancy icon themes for Ubuntu 12.04 (PPA available)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was released with a smoother, polished interface that, along with its under-the-hood stability enhancements, pleasures the user's eyes in terms of looking, nevertheless, there are always methods to improve one's desktop experience, like for instance, non-default icon themes.

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