Section: Apps

Here you can discover the latest Linux apps, software and system utilities to use on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and related distributions, from office suites and music players to dev tools and CLI scripts for getting things done.

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Vuze 4.5 released – adds new speed test, android support

The Vuze team have released version 4.5 of the popular BitTorrent client. This latest release provides users with a new speed test, support for transcoding and transferring content to Android phones and iOS 4. The new […]

6 August 2010
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Xpad – simple Sticky notes for your desktop

For efficient task management Ubuntu users are spoilt. Tomboy, GTG!, Tasque, Tasks and a slew of others besides; they’re all packed with awesome features that help you get what needs to be done, done! Now supposedly […]

6 August 2010
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New Opera Snapshot fixes crashes, gets speed boost

I need to come up with a catchy name for the incremental development snapshot Opera releases – something like ‘Ohnother-Opera’. Yes. I am aware I am waffling so on to the news in hand… A new development […]

5 August 2010
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A handful of Unity updates…

Ubuntu’s new netbook interface ‘Unity’ received a batch of big updates 2 days ago but, due to wrestling with the beasts known as Ralink chipsets, i’ve only just managed to update. What was added, what’s new […]

4 August 2010
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Safely remove USB drives using a nifty application indicator (updated with new icon)

I love application indicators and I also love yanking out my USB drives without properly ejecting them. These two passions have meet each other in a nifty new application indicator by developer Eugeny Pankov. The tiny app has been […]

4 August 2010
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Marave – Distraction free writing in Linux

The never-ceasing distractions of tweets, pokes on Facebook, Gmail spam  & match.com matches to review are all enemies of writing. Was there ever an activity assailed by the vampires of impetuosity as much as writing? Marave aims to […]

4 August 2010
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Meerkat’s new sound Indicator: Changes on the way?

Mark Shuttleworth has just posted some focused discussion and mock-ups over on his blog, highlighting the artists name in the new Maverick Sound Menu – like so: I for one think that the sound menu is looking […]

4 August 2010
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Open source dropbox alternative SparkleShare releases first alpha

The first alpha release of open-source Dropbox competitor SparkleShare has been made available for testing today. SparkleShare is built on mono, GTK+ and requires users to use Git for storage. Don’t have a Git repo? […]

3 August 2010
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17 Recommended apps for Linux designers and developers

Freelance web developer John Hamelink has put together a tight little list of apps he recommends for Linux developers and designers. The (as of writing) 17strong list includes many applications we’ve raved about on OMG! […]

2 August 2010
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Ubuntu Control Centre 0.5 brings GPU switching to Linux

The latest version of UCC – a third-party Ubuntu Control Centre – has been been released. The update sees the usual smattering of bug fixes, stability refinements but, for feature fans, a notable new addition […]

2 August 2010
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Clementine music player gets dev ppa

We love the Amarok 1.4 inspired music player Clementine here at OMG! towers so we’re stoked to learn of a newly created dev-build PPA for the bold and the beautiful to make use of. Dev […]

1 August 2010
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Faenza may just be your new fave GNOME icon set

There are plenty of great icon themes available for GNOME users to brighten their desktops up with but how many of those are truly awesome? Faenza, by ~tiheum – best known for his Equinox themes […]

1 August 2010