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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How to Customise Ubuntu’s Notification Bubbles

Ever wanted to change colour, font or position of the new Ubuntu 'bubble' notifications? Using the third-party NotifyOSD Config app, you can!

2 June 2010
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icoGen lets you change the colours of the most popular icon sets

Do you love the Elementary icon set but wish it was green? Would you use Meliae if it was less pastel? Say hello to the answer: icoGen. icoGEN can generate whole new iconsets based on SVG […]

1 June 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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Don’t Like a Default Ubuntu App? Swap It For One of These Alternatives

The default selection of applications in Ubuntu are great for most people but it would be foolish to think that one size fits all. To make it easier for you we’re going to show the […]

30 April 2010

Scrobble using the official Last.FM client with Rhythmbox

Although Rhythmbox, the default music player in Ubuntu, comes with a last.fm plug-in to scrobble your track plays to the Last.fm service, it does lack a few of the features found in the dedicated last.fm […]

30 April 2010
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Oscar winning video editor goes open-source

Oscar and Emmy award-winning editing software 'Lightworks is going open-source. EditShare, the company behind Lightworks, see open-sourcing the editing application as a way to “…release its full potential...“'

13 April 2010

Pino twitter app adds indicator applet support, more

It seems that a week can’t go by without the superhuman development team behind desktop Twitter app Pino releasing yet another update. And we’re certainly not complaining! This weeks’ update sees the awesome twitter application gain a […]

4 April 2010
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MeMaker – Make A Mini You In Ubuntu

MeMaker is an easy to use avatar creation program for Linux. Aside from being fun to play about with, the avatars created can be easily saved, exported to your Launchpad account for use as your […]

3 March 2010
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Yarssr – Panel Applet RSS Reader

Yarssr (Yet Another RSS Reader) is an RSS reader for the GNOME panel.  It displays an icon in the notification area which changes colour to alert you to feed updates. Clicking on the icon give you […]

1 March 2010

‘Twitim’ Is Yet Another Desktop Twitter Client for Linux

Lately is seems as though we have native twitter clients tweeting out of our ears! So does Twitim bring something new to the deck or is it just yet-another-twitter-client?

26 February 2010
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Gnome VLC player gets new name, PPA

A few weeks back we blogged about ‘GNOME VLC Player’, a native GTK+ spin of VLC with the mission to have a “simple” interface inside a gtk+ body. That project has since been re-named ‘GNOME Media Player’ and […]

16 February 2010
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Screenshot Tool Shutter 0.85 Released – Brings Super Features, New Improvements

A new version of screenshot/capture tool Shutter has been released, bringing new tools, features and user improvements. The shutter team were far more eloquent regarding the release, announcing: – The time of waiting is over […]

22 November 2009