Posts from October 2009

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OpenShot Video Editor Gets New Icons & Preference Window

The best video editor for Linux ‘OpenShot’ has finally gotten itself some new icons! Yes it is a slow news day… These new ‘tango’ style icons bring a much needed visual refresh to the (at […]

20 October 2009
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How To Set Shutter As The Default Screengrab Tool In Ubuntu [Tips]

Shutter is a feature-packed screen-grabbing application. You can use it to take screen-shots of your desktop, a specific window, a user-defined selection or even a website! Then you can edit it: crop it, apply annotations to it, highlight parts, […]

20 October 2009
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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 […]

19 October 2009
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Re-enable Missing Icons In Ubuntu 9.10

One minor cosmetic change in Gnome 2.28 – which is the basis of Ubuntu Karmic Koala – has resulted in many users being left confused and wondering if there is a rather blatant bug in […]

19 October 2009
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ShipIt Now Taking Orders For Karmic Koala CD’s.

ShipIt are now taking pre-orders for free CD’s of Ubuntu 9.10. ShipIt send copies of Ubuntu for free all around the world – you merely need to request one! It is important to note that […]

17 October 2009
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Midori 0.2.0 Released

The Midori team today announced the release of version 0.2.0 of the webkit based web browser. This latest release see’s a ton of improvements made to the once notoriously crash-happy browser. These include: – Improved […]

16 October 2009
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Automatically Install Your Nvidia Driver For New Kernels – Hands Free!

If you manually install your Nvidia drivers- be they beta or stable releases – you’ll probably have noticed that you need to manually reinstall them every time you receive a kernel update via update manager. Thankfully you […]

16 October 2009
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Brainstorm: Make Setting Up GMail In Evolution Simple!

Evolution is a mature, well featured and tightly integrated E-Mail client in Gnome. It’s no suprise that it’s kept as default in Ubuntu, too. Sadly Evolution can come across as a bit complex for first […]

15 October 2009
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Poll: Karmic Koala 2 Weeks Away: Will You Be Upgrading?

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be officially released in just 14 days time. Crazy times! Before this we have do also have a release candidate to look forward to testing in one weeks time. I’ve […]

15 October 2009
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Random Gnome-Games News, Tips and Tweaks.

Every version of Ubuntu has shipped with the default set of Gnome-Games, a so called “collection of sixteen ‘five-minute’ games.” Mostly they get ignored. Below are some updates and some tips on Gnome-Games. Themes! One thing […]

15 October 2009
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Gnome-Do Docky To Become Separate Application

Gnome-Do’s Docky mode will soon no longer be part of Gnome-Do but instead launch itself as a standalone application. Arguably the most popular dock for Linux there has ever been, Docky has found itself “outgrowing” […]

15 October 2009
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UbuntuOne Gets ANOTHER New Icon – This Time It’s Pretty Nice!

UbuntuOne received a new icon (again) in today’s Karmic Updates. Gone is the slightly indecipherable HDD and Cloud emblem and in just a fluffy cute cloud. This time the icon achieves it’s aim: it is distinguished from the rest […]

15 October 2009