Posts from February 2011

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Firefox 4 RC coming next Friday

It's been over one year since the very first Alpha release of Firefox 4 was made available for testing and now news reaches us it could be hitting Release Candidate status as early as next week.

17 February 2011

Meet the Cardboard Computer: Sustainability Meets Style

Meet an Ubuntu running cardboard computer with ideals fastened on saving the environment...

17 February 2011

Unity Panel to Follow Users’ GTK Theme

Ubuntu 11.04 will, in an update later today, add theme support for Unity's top panel.

17 February 2011

Inside the OMG! Ubuntu! office

Over the last few days I've been posting a few photos of our new office, a space in the Centre for Innovation at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand thanks to The Distiller. The guys and gals on our Facebook page have enjoyed the photos, so I figured it'd be a good idea to post a few of them here for you guys to have a look too.

17 February 2011

Share your feedback and ideas for OMG! Ubuntu! via Get Satisfaction

Good news, everyone! As part of our increasingly important goal of including our readers in more and more of what we do, we've now set up a Get Satisfaction page for you to share your ideas, ask questions and report issues with OMG! Ubuntu! and other Ohso products. Make the jump for the juicy details.

17 February 2011
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This Ubuntu One Concept hides some neat ideas under option overload

As far as Ubuntu One has come over the last year there are things people think it could - or should - do better. I'm not sure that the 'everything bar the kitchen sink' approach, as ~usrnametaken proposes in his mock-up below, is entirely the right approach - but I can admit to running out of fingers counting options I see in the mock-up that I'd love to find available in the Ubuntu One Dashboard - particularly the inspired 'Ubuntu One Backup Service'.

16 February 2011
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Chromify-OSD gives Chrome web apps native Notifications in Ubuntu

A new extension for Chrome enables Ubuntu users to receive Chrome notifications using Ubuntu's default desktop notification system

16 February 2011
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Document foundation challenge aims to raise €50, 000

The Document Foundation is aiming to raise a giant €50, 000 by March 21st - but what for and why?

16 February 2011
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What does ‘Natty Narwhal’ actually mean? You’ll be surprised…

Two words that form the code name for the new version of Ubuntu - but both are rather unique. Here we take a look at where each word comes from and what it means...

16 February 2011
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‘NotifyLog’ Aims to Never Let You Miss Ubuntu Notifications

Ever been frustrated at just missing a notification bubble in Ubuntu by a split second? Log 'em with NotifyLog.

16 February 2011
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Scribes: Powerful yet minimal text editor

Bored of Gedit? Looking for something fresh and a bit more powerful? Check out Scribes.

16 February 2011

‘Wallpaper Gallery’ is a Shotwell friendly wallpaper changer for Ubuntu

Like wet Gremlins snacking after midnight, there are some categories of apps where the amount of choice available borders on crazy . Wallpaper changing applications are very much of this breed, so what makes 'Wallpaper Gallery' - a new 'timed wallpaper changer' app for Ubuntu - more Gizmo and less manic Mogwai?

16 February 2011