Posts from January 2011

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Notify-OSD on scroll wheel volume change [Video]

Volume in Ubuntu; always one of the first things I hammer my keyboard volume keys to reduce after a fresh install. It's so loud!

23 January 2011

Natty’s Unity launcher adds icon theme support

Welcome news for Ubuntu 11.04 alphas testers partial to non-default icon sets: Unity's launcher now adheres to your chosen icon set.

23 January 2011
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LCA2011 – Picked up in a Linux car? You betcha.

How do you get to a Linux Conference? Only with style. And what's more stylish than a Toyota Prada SUV with a number plate that reads "LINUX?"

23 January 2011
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Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center to add ratings and reviews in February

Ubuntu 10.10 users will be able to rate and review applications within the Ubuntu Software Center on February 11th, according the official wiki page timeline for the project.

23 January 2011
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Faenza-styled gaming icons

These are too great to pass up on posting; Faenza-style game icons for a gaggle of popular Linux games.

22 January 2011

Another Ubuntu-powered tablet appears

GizChina have posted news of another new (albeit dual-booting) Ubuntu tablet. The tablet boasts a dual-core 1.6Ghz Atom CPU, 1GB Ram, a 16Gb SSD hard-drive and a 9.7″ screen, all tucked up inside an iPad-esque […]

21 January 2011
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RSS-Aware indicator adds ‘quit’ button, but still no ‘clear all’

An updated version of RSS-aware - an indicator applet for displaying and alerting you to new news items in given feeds - is available for download.

21 January 2011
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Ubuntu One Chrome web app gives you quick access to your personal cloud

A new Chrome Web App (okay, 'glorified bookmark') provides you with quick access to your Ubuntu One file storage.

21 January 2011
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Thank You, everyone!

My laptop arrived, now it's time to thank all the people who helped me get it.

21 January 2011
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OpenShot 1.3.0 gets fancy upgrades

OpenShot developers have been hard at work since November cooking up improvements & upgrades for this already awesome video editor.

21 January 2011
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Unity update delivers the initial drop of a revamped Dash

Just in, and an update to the Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha has brought with it the first iteration of what will soon blossom into Unity’s long-awaited Dash revamp.

21 January 2011
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LibreOffice Release Candidate 4 available to download

The fourth release candidate of OpenOffice fork LibreOffice has been made available for download.

20 January 2011
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AirPlay video playback comes to Totem

A new plug-in for Totem movie player allows it to receive and play AirPlay video streams.

20 January 2011
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Docklet API ‘coming’ to Unity Launcher [updated]

Unity’s launcher could get some added oomph with the release of a new Launcher API for developers to use. When asked whether Unity’s launcher could allow for "…the installation of the Gmail Docky Docket in […]

20 January 2011
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LibreOffice now default Office Suite in Ubuntu 11.04

The update Natty testers have been waiting for has landed: Open Office fork LibreOffice has, in an update this morning, replaced Open Office as the default office suite in Ubuntu 11.04.

20 January 2011
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How to add repositories to Ubuntu from behind a firewall

Having trouble updating Ubuntu at University? MadnessRed has the solution in this guest post.

20 January 2011

Everything you need to know about Linux.conf.au 2011

I'm sure you've heard about it, but do you really know what it is, why it exists and why you should care? In this article I try to answer three questions: What is Linux.conf.au, what happens there, and why should you care?

20 January 2011
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RemoteDroid lets you control your desktop using your phone

This week I've been on the hunt for a simple Android app that will let me pause and play videos running on my Ubuntu desktop from the other side of the room. Despite not being exactly what I was looking for RemoteDroid, a small app that turns your Android phone into a wireless keyboard and trackpad, proved to be the easiest to set up and to use.

19 January 2011