The Banshee team announced the release of version 1.5.1 of the popular music player/manager yesterday morning and this ‘point’ release sees lots of improvements and a few new features, too. The main noted features are […]
UbuntuOne can do a lot more than sync files between computers running Ubuntu. With Karmic it will finally gain some extra new functions – such as syncing contacts, Firefox bookmarks and tomboy notes. https://launchpad.net/bindwood
Lithium is a sleek and stylish dark theme for Gnome. Several gorgeous and subtle features really enhance this theme. The currently highlighted window lights up with an orange glow on the taskbar, and hovering over […]
UbuntuOne – Ubuntu’s cloud storage service – has been given a new icon in the latest Karmic updates. The new icon is, presumably, to better integrate UbuntuOne into the new Karmic Panel Icon style. I […]
Following my earlier post that Google Chrome OS will be Debian based (just like Ubuntu – tangible link ahoy!) I thought I’d take a peek at the available build of Google Chrome for Google Chrome […]
It’s already well known that Google HQ use a custom version of Ubuntu as one of their OSes, and it seems that Google’s forthcoming Chrome Operating System will be no different – running atop a […]
Have you longed to play Tetris in a terminal session? No, me neither, but you can! Install sudo apt-get install tint Now, to run, just type open the terminal and type “tint”, choose a level […]
Empathy can support any protocol that pidgin does – this includes facebook chat. Whilst there is no user-end plugin framework for Empathy as of yet, there is a simple hack around to get Facebook chat […]
It may not be the default chat client in Ubuntu any longer, but Pidgin is still an awesome application. Below are 5 tweaks and plugin’s i install off-the-bat when i’m faced with a fresh version […]
Karmic Beta was today gifted with an updated set of sounds for use with Empathy. I say ‘Sounds’, but i can only discern one new one and it’s used when you get a new instant message in […]
WallpaperFM converts your Last.Fm data into a really cool – and highly customizable – wallpaper. Way too cool not to make part of my Quirky Wallpaper Series and share with the rest of you Ubuntu […]
Dropbox screenlet displays your current Dropbox usage, freespace and status on your desktop. The screenlet does require having Dropbox open and running or else it looks like this: – Download Download Dropbox Screenlet @ http://www.gnome-look.org/content/Dropbox+Screenlet Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk