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Do launcher says “I ain’t dead”, sees first new release in a year

“It lives!” cries the release announcement and by jove I suspect many will be surprised to hear that the original launcher app ‘Do’ (formally known as GNOME Do) has been updated this week.

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Two new screenshots leak of ‘mystery launcher’

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We all love a good mystery and the currently unknown ‘launcher app’ we first featured around a week ago continues to bamboozle us, with our ‘source’ today leaking two new screenshots of it in action. Each screenshot shows a different theme in use: – Whilst the project itself remains a mystery rumour has it that [...]

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Is this the first peek at the new look ‘Gnome Do’ launcher?

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A trusted source, one wishing to remain anonymous, sent in the following screenshot of what looks like the newly-rewritten [Gnome] Do…

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whatever you (gnome) do, don’t be long.

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Avid GNOME Do enthusiasts, fans and fanatical followers may have noticed that the project hasn’t been up to much of late. The last major update we heard from the Do guys was back in March and and concerned an impending rewrite and redesign that was aiming to look a little like this: – Do dev [...]

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Need a Gnome-Do alternative? Try Kupfer

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty big fans of Gnome-Do around these parts. However, there’s a new little app that, in some ways, might just be drinking Do’s milkshake. Its Kupfer, and no, I have no idea how thats pronounced. First Impressions One of the first things that I thought when I ran Kupfer [...]

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GNOME Do to get more kick-ass than Chuck Norris

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Yesterday evening the jolly folk behind launcher-and-then-some GNOME Do held a meeting to set out some goals for the future of the project. Hold on to your seats, kids. Just Do. First things first, the ‘GNOME’ in ‘GNOME Do’ is getting dropped. This isn’t a slight at GNOME but more about ensuring that the project [...]

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Docky finally removed from GNOME Do

GNOME Do developer Alex Launi announced this morning that, finally, Do and Docky are now separate applications. When we broke the news that Docky and GNOME Do were to split, back in October of last year, many of you were worried for the future of one the best desktop applications available for the Ubuntu desktop. [...]

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Humanity Style Icons: Banshee, Tomboy & GNOME Do

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Continuing our series on replacement icons for applications that don’t blend nicely with the Karmic default theme ‘humanity’ we find two new icons one for music player Banshee and the other for note-taking supremo Tomboy. Banshee This minimal banshee icons comes in both Humanity and Humanity Dark variants so you can be sure that it [...]

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The Future Of Docky – Docky Creator Jason Smith Tells Us Why Docky Is Going To Get Even More Awesome

Since the news of Do and Docky’s mutual decision to split to better serve users of both apps, a lot of readers have been left confused, worried and annoyed. Docky Alpha 1 To clear things up, get some background on the decision to split and get some juicy insights on the future of Docky, I [...]

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Install Updated Gnome-Do – Now With Awesome GMail Docklet!

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The next version of Gnome-Do will come pre-packaged with several new docklets – including the GMail docklet pictured above. It sits in your dock and simply informs you of mail via a ‘counter’ and has a handy right-click menu for accessing new mails, your inbox and composing mail. The Clock Docklet will be themeable, as [...]

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