The latest beta release of LXDE-based Ubuntu spin ‘Lubuntu’ has been made available for testing.
If you’re a big fan of the Faenza icon set then chances are the following Faenza styled Conky bar, created by pingsuters over on gnome-look.org, is sure to tempt.
An updated version of elementary styled Firefox theme ‘Firefox elementary’ has been released today. The theme helps to seamlessly integrate Ubuntu’s default web browser into your Elementary themed desktop. Download http://seahorsepip.deviantart.com/art/Firefox-elementary-2-0-180837401 Download, extract and double-click […]
Facial recognition software may be nothing new but did you know you can use your webcam to log in to your Ubuntu desktop? Logging in to Ubuntu with nothing more than a smile is possible using the pam-face-authentication utility which was specifically designed for regular everyday users to use.
Thunderbird users seeking out native notifications and interactive integration with their Ubuntu desktop need look no further than this neat add-on.
Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS ships with a new default font set that provides near-identical replacements for commonly used Microsoft fonts online. Replacing the previously used ‘Liberation’ font set are ‘Tinos’ – a Serif font akin […]
Users of Faenza who long for Java-based one-click hosting download manager Jdownloader to integrate into their desktops may wish to use the following Faenza-style replacement icons to get slick desktop syncopation.
It was so ace it's now a wallpaper. Yep - the tug o' war between Ubuntu (with Geeko from SUSE to boost the ranks) and the OS X cats...
If you’re using a recent-ish version of Google Chrome or Chromium then you have support for ‘web apps’. These are, essentially, ‘pinned’ webpages sans toolbars, but can also be all sorts of custom applications that perform different functions. Thanks to the hard work of Nicolas Leperlier, we now have an Ohso Quick-Launcher type Chrome App!
The default Ambiance theme in Ubuntu 10.10 - and its lighter sibling Radiance - have received lots of due love and attention since Lucid and thusly many third-party browser "themes" have also been pepped up in anticipation. Skins ahoy inside.
Hardened Rhythmbox users longing for a Banshee-style Album Art browsing view need long no more. RhythmArty is a plugin for rhythmbox that provide such a view; allowing you to browse your music collection via large […]
Tom Cowell‘s purpled-ified Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy badger wallpaper is a something for nostalgia hounds out there, taking the bokeh-style brown wallpaper that draped itself across desktops 5 years ago this October and adds some purple-magic […]