Posts from December 2009

OpenTumblr Goes QT, [Desktop Tumblr App]

OpenTumblr is a desktop application for posting and uploading files, photos, etc, to your Tumbr account. I’ve blogged about OpenTumblr before [see here and here] but the latest release slipped out the door a few […]

26 December 2009

Set Bing.Com’s Background Of The Day As Your Wallpaper [Updated]

Bing.com (Microsoft’s Search engine) has various little features that users like. One of those being the daily ‘background of the day’. With a simple script by OMG! Ubuntu! reader “YoungJesus” you can automatically sync your […]

25 December 2009

To-Do Applications Reviewed [Updated With Another App!]

To-Do applications may seem over-kill to some (“what’s wrong with pen and paper?”) but I, personally, find they really help my workflow. Linux has a fair old selection of task applications, but are they any […]

25 December 2009

OMG! Merry Xmas/Hanukkah/Yule/Kwanza/Solstice/Jul

I cannot believe it is Christmas Eve already – this year has gone so fast and I’m about 4 days behind with my 12 Days of Xmas/12 Best Apps of 2009 series, too! Regardless, I […]

24 December 2009

12 Days of Xmas: Day Eight

Let me dig out my ‘We love OpenShot’ banner before I start… There we are. Nicely set up. Ahem. Can you guess what app make Day Eight of our top 12 apps of 2009? I […]

24 December 2009

Shotwell 0.4 Released – Brings Facebook/Flickr Uploading

Version 0.4 of photo management/editing application Shotwell has been released – a day after we featured it as one of our 12 best applications of 2009. Nothing like timing! New Stuff A short overview of […]

24 December 2009

Move Over Screenlets – Opera Desktop Widgets Come To Town

The developers of web browser Opera recently announced plans to free their widget platform from the browser and let them run on the desktop. Users need no-longer have Opera running in order to use Opera […]

24 December 2009

12 Days of Xmas: Day Seven – Ubuntu Software Centre

“What?????” people scream. “Serious.” I say back, nodding. Yes the Ubuntu Software Centre is my 6th favourite application of the year! It was one of the Karmic Koalas’ big selling points – an easier more […]

23 December 2009

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx And The Social Web

Ubuntu are once again aiming to bring the social web to users desktops in the forthcoming 10.04 Lucid Lynx release. The “social from the start” initiative was originally intended to kick-off with Karmic but for […]

23 December 2009

VLC Video Editor In Action [Video]

Despite not being able to get the ruddy thing to compile, VLMC has attracted a lot of interest since we first published the news yesterday. The VLMC team appear to have a YouTube channel with […]

23 December 2009

VLC Team To Launch Video Editor

The people behind one of the most widely used cross-platform applications ever known to man – VLC – are due to formally announce the addition of a new project to their already impressive roster – […]

23 December 2009

Photobucket Drop Support for Linux

Photobucket – once the pin-up of the online image hosting world – has informed a frustrated Mint user that their service no longer supports Linux. They write: – Thank you for your comments. Please note YouTube supports different […]

22 December 2009
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