Posts from May 2010

Native uTorrent Client Coming to Linux

Several weeks back we mentioned the curious fact that uTorrent users were voting in their thousands asking developers to make a native Linux version. So strong was the call for a native version that it […]

31 May 2010
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Nautilus Elementary adds Toolbar Editor; fulfils bug opened in 2001

Nautilus-Elementary – the simplified and gorgeous file-browser that is fast turning heads everywhere – will soon be adding a new feature that users the world over have been asking GNOME developers to include by default […]

31 May 2010

How to Disable the Opera Tray Icon in Ubuntu 10.04

Whenever we write about the popular, if much ignored, Opera web browser one question will  inevitably crop up in the comments: ‘How do you disable the Opera tray icon?’ It’s actually really simple to do. […]

31 May 2010
GNOME Pie Unity Theme

Smart GTK theme is light, elegant and fresh

Looking for a fresh light theme to brighten up your desktop? Say hello to Pr09studio’s latest work: Smart GTK. Smart GTK theme was designed with the new Ubuntu colour scheme in mind. As such, you […]

31 May 2010
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Linux powers 91% of the worlds top supercomputers

With the biannual list of the top 500 supercomputers the world over released, the following screenshot of a graph showing the operating systems used in those 500 peta-flop crunching machines, and produced by the University […]

31 May 2010

KOffice 2.2 Now Available for Kubuntu users to install

KOffice 2.2 – the latest and greatest version of the KDE Office suite – was released a few days ago with many improvements in stability & and file compatibility. Whilst many users will find OpenOffice the all-round-more-capable office suite, KDE […]

31 May 2010

Opera 10.6 Alpha for Linux Improves UI, Speed

The first Alpha of Opera 10.6 has been released, adding small UI improvements and even-greater speed gains. As development has now moved on to the 10.6x series there will be no stable release of Opera 10.5x for Linux. Speed […]

31 May 2010
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Add more apps to the Ubuntu Messaging Menu

Over the last few weeks we’ve blogged about various different applications that slot neatly into the Ubuntu Messaging Menu, giving you an easy way to stay on-top of alerts and notifications. For those that may […]

31 May 2010
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CoverGloobus adds more player support, new theme, options

Desktop Cover Art, controller n' Lyrics app CoverGloobus has added support for more music players in the latest development version.

31 May 2010
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GNOME Paint is Microsoft Paint clone for Linux

As much as Microsoft Paint is derided, mocked and generally thought of as lame there is no denying that it’s one of the applications newcomers to Ubuntu find curiously omitted. GNOME Paint aims to fill […]

31 May 2010
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OMG! Win Linux T-Shirts all day!

OMG! Ubuntu! is excited, thrilled and all-out stoked to announce that the wonderful Nixie Pixel – female geek numero uno who boasts over 33, 000 YouTube subscribers - is teaming up with OMG! to contribute some ‘buntu-toting videos for […]

31 May 2010
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The ‘Ubuntu Aurora’ Wallpaper that is Out of this World

Chances are you’ve already come across the wallpaper you can see to the right of this paragraph. I’ve been using it on my own Ubuntu desktop for a while (visible in many recent screenshots), and […]

31 May 2010