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Quickly Kill Rogue Apps in Ubuntu with FlashFreeze
Sometimes applications crashes, freeze or otherwise develop an appetite for every last byte of system resources. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen.
When an application ‘crashes’ it usually doesn’t require any input from you (other than banging your head against the wall at any unsaved work now lost). But applications that decide to ‘hang’ or ‘freeze’ not only get in the way of you carrying on with whatever you were doing but can often max out your system resources – leaving you with no option but to reboot or nose-dive into the command line.
That’s where FlashFreeze by Sergey ‘shnatsel’ Davidoff is of use.
Evernote Drag & Drop Uploader for Ubuntu’s Unity Launcher
Evernote – it’s one of the most widely used note taking/to do applications around, yet it still lacks an official Ubuntu client. We’ve covered Evernote clone ‘Nevernote‘ previously, but if you’re seeking something less full-blow and great for quickly adding simple notes and photos read you’ll want to read on… ‘Evermutt’ is a Unity launcher [...]
Audio Recorder Applet lets you record any audio from your sound card, microphone, more
Need something small and handy for recording soundcard audio?
Audio Recorder Applet is, as the name implies, a recording applet for your GNOME panel.
This small tool allows you to record audio from your system soundcard, microphones, browsers, webcams & more.
Put simply. if it plays out of your speakers you can record it!
Busyhot panel applet monitors CPU load, temperature
Monitor CPU load and temperature from your panel using this neat little tool by the developers of Fotoxx.
GoogSysTray 1.2.0 Released – adds previews, new features
A new version of popular Google services notification tray application (!) GoogSysTray has been released. This version adds Google Docs support, mail previews, new Gmail features, Gnome Keying support & “a bunch of new translationsâ€. What is GoogSysTray? From the official homepage: – “Googsystray is a system tray app for Google Voice, Gmail, Google Calendar, [...]
Cardapio – alternative Gnome panel menu, launcher & so much more
Bored of your regular applications menu? Swap it out with Cardápio- a panel applet menu replacement with plenty of features up its sleeve. It allows full access to all of your installed applications and system options  via a more traditional and compact menu approach. Add into that the ability to quickly search for items and it soon becomes [...]
DockBarX Adds live thumbnail previews
The popular window grouping and manipulation applet DockBarX has added support for live window thumbnails – not unlike that offered in Windows 7. It does this by making use of the KDE compatibility plugin available in Compiz, so users will need to have Compiz Config Settings installed to make use of this feature. Install Full installation instructions, along [...]
GNOME Music Applet dead, long live PanFlute
Panflute is a GNOME panel applet for controlling music playback and displaying playback information. The successor to the popular GNOME Music Applet, Panflute boasts many features its predecessor doesn’t including a seek bar and support for more players. It even works with new players such as Guayadeque and the layout of buttons is wholly configurable. [...]
Solve Crowded Panels By using A Drawer
Ever wanted to hide excessive icons on your panel? Just pop them in a drawer! Right click the panel with the excessive icons Choose ‘Add To Panel’ Select ‘Drawer’ Move it to where you want it Add the icons you wish to hide to it. Now there may be one or two issues you don’t [...]