The first public version of Gwibber 2.0 has been released on the Gwibber daily-builds PPA. Gwibber is an open-source microblogging client for the Gnome desktop that allows you to read, post and follow status updates […]
Canonical yesterday unveiled the Ubuntu Software Store, finally giving a name, and a face, to the integration of Add/Remove, Synaptic, and other package tools due in the upcoming release of Karmic Koala. Tech site Phoronix showed off […]
Skype 2.1 Beta was released for Linux yesterday brining with it a host of new and improved features ” including PulseAudio support! The last version of Skype for Linux was released over a year ago, […]
Auto-mounting NTFS / Windows Partitions in Ubuntu is actually really easy. It’s great, for example, if you have a partition you share between Windows and Linux with files on. Set NTFS/Windows Partitions To Auto-Mount 1. […]
Ubuntu 9.10 has been in development for the pas 4 months, ahead of its release in October. Below, I list of 10 features and changes on the way that you may not yet know about… […]
Caffeine is a “status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the “sleep” power-saving mode.” The developer also words it another way: – Caffeine is a tiny cup of […]
Today saw Ubuntu’s first “Artwork Drop” for Karmic Koala. Despite there being no official ‘artwork’ released from Ubuntu’s Design team as of yet, the community side of the artwork submission has been quite prolific. Of […]
Ubuntu 9.10’s proposed splash and log-in screens have, once again, undergone minor revisions. This time they’ve swapped out the warm tones of version 2 for a steely ‘purple’ colour – reminiscent of the first iteration. […]
10 Ubuntu Themed Wallpapers for your Ubuntu desktop. Ubuntu Text by Treyisrad Download Destroy Ubuntu by lukeroberts Download Plain Ubuntu by [unknown] [click image to download] Ubuntu by snn-engn Download Ubuntu Metal by fibermarupok Download […]
OpenShot is an new non-linear video editor similar in feature set to ‘Windows Movie Maker’ or Apple’s ‘iMovie’. Although currently in development, the latest release is surprisingly stable and comes with a raft of features […]
Rhythmbox ships with many popular plug-ins already installed – such as lastfm scrobble support, visualizations, DAAP music sharing and iPod support, but you can expand Rhythmbox’s features further with third party plug-ins that range from […]
Bilbo is a desktop blog editor for Linux that supports many online blog services including Blogger (Blogspot), WordPress, MovableType and MetaWeblog. It features a full featured WYSIWYG editor and an HTML editor as well as […]