Posts from March 2010

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16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

By Benjamin Humphrey, Ubuntu Manual Team leader. UPDATE: I’ve added in “Fixed!” where things are fixed, and “Probably won’t be changed” where it’s more than likely nothing will be changed. In this post I’m going […]

10 March 2010
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The New Bing UK Commercial

Adverts for search engines feels so very 2000 to me (Yahooooooooooo-oooooh!). In fact the only search engine I’ve seen advertised on TV here in the UK within the last few years has been the increasingly […]

10 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Gets New Logout Dialogues

Did you ever get annoyed by the restart/logout/shutdown countdown timers that presented themselves in previous Ubuntu releases? They looked like this: – They were lacking in information – particularly for newer users who might not […]

10 March 2010
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5 Ubuntu Light-inspired GTK Themes

With so many ‘Ubuntu Light’ inspired/tweaked/modded themes suddenly sailing about the blogosphere, I thought that it was time the very best dropped anchor into the OMG! port so we could check them out in a […]

10 March 2010
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A quick look at some new features in Banshee 1.5.5

Banshee will be releasing yet another version of itself very shortly (supposedly today) bringing some new features to the party. Gapless playback? Check. Wikipedia integration? Check. YouTube suggestions?! Check! Demo gnomeuser from the Ubuntu forums […]

10 March 2010
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GNOME Do to get more kick-ass than Chuck Norris

Yesterday evening the jolly folk behind launcher-and-then-some GNOME Do held a meeting to set out some goals for the future of the project. Hold on to your seats, kids. Just Do. First things first, the […]

10 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD Installer gets a slick new look

The Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD has ditched the boring ‘black on white text’ menu approach and instead delivers up a GUI menu. Whilst we’re still 2 months away from the final installer design, here’s a […]

9 March 2010
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Easy GUI Window Button Switcher for Lucid (and Karmic) users

I do envision a time when the Window Button Controversy™ has been resolved and i can stop posting endless articles about it. Alas, that time is not yet. To smooth things over OMG! Ubuntu! reader […]

9 March 2010

UbuntuOne Music Store Gets a New Icon

The new UbuntuOne Music Store is certain to be a standout feature in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ‘Lucid Lynx’ when it’s released in April. But to date, all of the WIP screenshots and testing snapshot we’ve […]

9 March 2010
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Ubuntu Lucid Users: How to Switch buttons back to the right

Using Ubuntu 10.04 and want your window control buttons back on the right? Well here’s how! Firstly let me apologise for not posting this tip sooner – I keep getting e-mails asking about it too […]

9 March 2010
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Help Bring Ubuntu .ISO to USB Burning to OS X

I saw Ivanka Majic, Ubuntu’s design team leader, retweet the following plight by fellow design team member Michael Forrest earlier and decided to also post it here. Judging by the sheer amount of OS X […]

9 March 2010
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Ubuntu Light Themes Get Improved Scrollbar, More

The default Ubuntu Light themes have been updated with an improved scrollbar. (Dig in, guys, as these themes will be updated a lot over the next few months). Our criticism of the “current” scrollbar was […]

9 March 2010