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Monthly Archives: August 2010
The oauthcalypse arrives & Gwibber is ready
Support for basic user authentication in many desktop Twitter applications will end at 8AM Pacific time this Tuesday morning, according to Twitter. Applications which don’t switch to the microblogging service’s new ‘O Auth’ user authentication system, which is touted as being more secure as you only need to provide your password to Twitter, will all API [...]
Ubuntu One Contact sync gets better Android device support
Errata: This an updated version of our previous post on the Android Application which wasn’t entirely clear about what was on offer. The Android application for Contact Sync is free – and always will be – rather the 30 day trial offering users free access to the sync feature – a staple of the Ubuntu [...]
Ubuntu Ambiance theme for Windows XP & Wine
Often it’s newer Linux users missing the familiarity of Windows that skin their OS to mimic that of another but here the tables are turned; fed up of booting into Windows and everything looking so different from the comfort of Ubuntu? Meet Light themes for Windows. The awesome hands behind the skin are those of~Freddi67. [...]
This Sound Menu idea is way too cute not to want
I don’t know what is left to say about the Ubuntu 10.10 Sound Menu that hasn’t already been said so far – it’s a menu, it’s new, most of you love it! This mockup by queckjap is both cute and fantastically representative for what the sound menu does with Rhythmbox. Of course there are issues [...]
KDE 4.5.1 Released
The release of KDE ‘Software Compilation’ 4.5.1 has been announced by the KDE team. The release comes less than a month after the release of the last iteration – KDE 4.5.0 What’s new? Nothing jaw-dropping. KDE SC 4.5.1 focuses on delivering stability and bug fixes to the desktop, the full list of which can be read in the change-log. [...]
Btrfs won’t be supported in Maverick
The ‘next-gen’ BTRFS file stystem will not be supported in Ubuntu 10.10. The work needed to provide its inclusion will not be completed in time and, as such, has been deferred to Ubuntu 11.04. It was hoped that support for BTRFS as an option would be available in Maverick with Ubuntu Foundations team member Scott [...]
Exaile mono panel icons
If you’re an avid Exaile user but find the default tray icon a bit too colourful for your other-wise monochromatic panel then replace them with these mono versions created by Jaapz. Download ubuntuone.com/p/ETB/ Once downloaded extract the archive somewhere accessible. Install In his mail to us Jaapz succintly explains how to install them: – ‘To use them, [...]
Check MD5/SHA256 hashes with a GUI tool
Ever needed to check a hash against an .iso or other download but felt put off by using the terminal to do it? Here’s a simple GUI utility for doing so by the name of ‘HashCheck’. “This HashCheck script… checks MD5 and SHA256 hashes, two which are the most common.†states the developer on the [...]
Opera for PPC Linux to be discontinued
Sad news for PPC Ubuntu users everywhere (admittedly we’re a minority, but we do exist!) Opera have announced that Opera 10.6x will be the last version of the browser to support the PowerPC architecture on both Linux and Mac. This follows Mozilla’s announcement that Firefox 4 is ‘unlikely’ to support PPC. The Opera team cite [...]
Elementary theme getting a dark panel
Okay – everyone knows that I – Joey-Elijah of the United Kingdom – am a massive Elementary theme fan but even I can admit to being surprised that the honourable Dan Rabbit has been working on a dark panel for elementary – something I’ve longed for for, well, a long time! “It’s right around the [...]
Empathy’s meta-contacts feature get detailed
We revealed yesterday that meta-contacts is coming to the Empathy instant messenger and now one of its developer – treitter – has spoken more on how it all works…. How to link A new ‘link contacts’ window allows you to quickly select alike contacts from different services and bind them together thus creating a new [...]
Split large files easily in Ubuntu with GNOME Split
Ever needed to upload a large file to an online web service but found yourself constrained by maximum file size limits?
The easy way to get around this is to ‘split’ your file into smaller chunks for uploading. These are then rejoined by the downloadee.
Chrome/ium themes for the new look Light themes in Ubuntu 10.10
The light themes have updated and now your Chrome theme looks a tad off colour. Fix it thanks to these two plucky people! Ambiance Easily the more popular of the two Light themes, Ambiance has seen a very nice upgrade for Ubuntu 10.10 so the following Chrome/ium theme is a must for those lovers of desktop consistency. [...]
Help test Ubuntu 10.10 multi-touch
Are you a lucky soul in possession of a touchscreen toting laptop, netbook or desktop or even one of those new fangled multi-touch mouse or magictrack-pad? Either way you can help hone Ubuntu’s new multi-touch support simply by running through some step-by-step tests. Canonical’s Ara Pulido posted the call for testers so if you’re interested you should head [...]
New Ubuntu 10.04 training courses available
New training courses based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS are now available from Canonical. The courses available remain the same as previously with Ubuntu Certified Professional (UCP), Deploying Ubuntu Server Edition (plus an accelerated version) and Deploying Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud all available to take either through Ubuntu Training Partners or online/e-learning. It should be noted that from September 30th onwards certification for UCP course [...]