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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Get CheckGMail to Use Ubuntu Notification System Easily

CheckGMail is a popular panel applet for notifying a user of new mail in their Gmail account. It’s also popular for annoying Ubuntu users since it doesn’t use the notification system like most other applications […]

11 November 2009
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Flickr Apps: Frogr – A Gnome Flickr Organizer. (Almost)

Frogr is a desktop Flickr Organizer For Gnome. Or at least it will be. Frogr only currently supports uploading of Photos to Flickr and the option to edit file details (titles, description, tags, etc) before […]

2 September 2009

‘Caffeine’ For Linux Is a Handy App To Delay Screensaver/Suspend

Caffeine is a “status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the “sleep” power-saving mode.” The developer also words it another way: – Caffeine is a tiny cup of […]

27 August 2009
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Cover Art & Lyrics Widget for your desktop

Display album art (and lyrics!) for your playing tracks right on your desktop with CoverGloobus.

25 April 2009

Meet Elegant New Jabber Client ‘Synapse’

Synapse is a Jabber-only based messaging client designed to look good as well as work well. Whilst many current IM clients support jabber (Such as Pidgin and Gnome’s Empathy) Synapse makes no bones about the […]

14 April 2009