Posts from January 2011

How to make your favourite GTK+ theme ‘borderless’

We've fallen in love with 'Borderless' Metacity theme mods of late - the elementary example we feature was particularly striking. Rather than wait for your favourite theme maker to add a borderless-variant for you to install why not do it yourself? OMG! Ubuntu! reader zach4618 sent in a super easy guide on how to 'mod' a theme yourself.

9 January 2011

Bodhi Linux hits Beta, tries to resolve theme issues

You can't please everyone, as Bodhi Linux has found out....

9 January 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Countdown widget for Android

Okay, we all know that Natty isn't going t opop out preamturely but for those of us willing to keep one eye on the prize the following Android homescreen widget is sure to be a must-have.

9 January 2011

How to Add a Compiz Expose button to Docky

You want to trigger ‘expose’ in Maverick like you’ve seen in Unity? Dan Rabbit sent me over a mail with a quick ‘how to’ on, well, how to do just that! 1. Install Compiz Config […]

9 January 2011

Multi-touch madness: Ubuntu table PC [Video]

CES 2011 saw a veritable armoury of Ubuntu powered devices all ready to make a serious impact amongst competitors. None, however, impressed me as much as this Table PC demo running Ubuntu as its core […]

9 January 2011

Five Sexy Screenlets for Ubuntu Desktops: Gmail, Clock and More

Screenlets, the desktop widget framework for Linux, was once the apple of eye-candy fans everywhere. Make the jump to grab five refreshing screenlets.

8 January 2011

‘MusicMe’ media player forced to change name, goes Tolkien

Transparent Qt music player 'MusicMe' has been forced to change its name. The change, the result of a trademark dispute with a European company, led to the the developers turning their ears towards the linguistic worlds of Tolkien for some inspiration.

8 January 2011

CEDEGA shutting down, GAMETREE LINUX born

Commercial Wine software 'Cedega' is to "cease operation" at the end of February, parent company TransGaming Inc. have today announced.

8 January 2011

Magic scheduler patch coming to your Natty desktop?

We wrote about it, Phoronix demoed it. The magic scheduler voodoo(tm)* which brings happiness to desktops that everyone wanted to test at the time..well it may be coming to your Natty desktop.

8 January 2011

Borderless Ambiance theme for Emerald

‘Borderless’ themes are all the rage currently. The Elementary-Borderless GTK+ theme we featured a few days back has been particularly popular with users so it was somewhat inevitable that the stock Ubuntu themes would get […]

7 January 2011

Ubuntu ported to the Nook color

Another day and another device finds itself capable of running Ubuntu. This time the device in question is Barnes and Noble’s ‘Nook Colour’ eBook reader. With its 7-inch colour multi-touch touchscreen the device makes for […]

7 January 2011

14-inch Ubuntu ARM Laptop Demoed at CES 2011

Okay, I'll admit that I'm a bit obsessed about Ubuntu on ARM and have been scouring Twitter and YouTube for any interesting news from CES. But I found a gem.

7 January 2011
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