The 6th and final Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala lands today – the 17th of September. Alpha 6 brings with it, as always, a truck load of bug fixes and tweaks as well […]
Karmic Beta 1 will be available to all in just TWO WEEKS time! Although nothing “new” as such will be present in the Beta, a lot of it will actually be “new” as in ‘the […]
NowPlaying and CoverGloobus are two methods for displaying currently playing track details, controls and artwork on your desktop. Screen What? NowPlaying is a screenlet and requires the Screenlets framework to work. You can install screenlets […]
Dust is one of the most popular Ubuntu themes. So much so that is even now included in Ubuntu by default. Applications Whilst all GTK applications can adapt to Dust fine, those not written in […]
You can stay informed of upcoming Ubuntu releases in your Google Calendar by importing an simple Release Schedule document. I will admit that this is purely for Ubuntu lovers and probably no-one else! I must […]
Kubuntu users will finally be able to use Ubuntu’s notification system in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Jonathan over at ConservativeTechie has posted a sweet guide on how to enable them in Kubuntu 9.10 ” as […]
Ever seen and wanted one of those “powered by Ubuntu” stickers to lavish on your laptop or desktop? Want no more because you can get a set of four free stickers thanks to awesome Ubuntu […]
Lifesaver is a new Gnome Screensaver that searches Twitter & Indenti.ca for mentions about Ubuntu, then displays them on your screen. Useful? Probably not. Geektastic? HELL YES. Sadly it only currently works in Karmic due […]
MSN video and audio chat is now supported by instant messenger ‘Empathy’. Empathy will be replacing Pidgin as Ubuntu’s default IM client in Karmic, so this support being released couldn’t come at a better time […]
Update: An easier way to install this is to add the daily-builds PPA https://launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive/banshee-daily An updated version of Banshee’s Last.FM plugin provides better scrobble support and “instant” now listening updates on Last.FM. The current Last.FM […]
Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]
My current desktop as of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 5. Wallpaper: OMG! KARMIC ALPHA! by d0od Icons: Breathe Icon Set Perfect Clock Skin: Barcode2 White Desktop-Art plugin for Rhythmbox Dock: Gnome-Do Docky @ 48px […]