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How much would you pay for Five great Linux games?

How much would you pay for five really great Linux-compatible games? It really is up to you with ‘The Humble Indie Bundle’. It’s an exciting experiment in online retail & distribution ” these games would […]

6 May 2010
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Ubuntu Mono Theme Tray Icons for Caffeine

Add some Ubuntu Ambiance/Radiance style icons to Caffeine – the coffee-powered way to stop your screensaver or sleep-timer kicking in. Download the icons: [link since broken] Replace the files in /usr/share/caffeine/images/ Installing Caffeine If you don’t already […]

4 May 2010
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8 Slick CoverGloobus Themes

To celebrate CoverGloobus finally getting a Lucid-friendly PPA here are 8 hand-picked CoverGloobus themes from the art-mine that is DeviantArt. (Notice: 32bit users may have noticed by now that CoverGloobus for Lucid in the PPA […]

4 May 2010
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GMail Notifier puts GMail in your Messaging Menu

Further to our previous post on integrating Thunderbird with the Messaging Menu it struck me that many users – such as myself – don’t use a desktop e-mail client at all. Below are two very […]

2 May 2010
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21 gorgeous CD labels for Lucid

You could leave your freshly burnt CD-R of Ubuntu 10.04 looking average or you could splash out and paste on one of these lovelies designed by leogg instead. First impressions count and all that!    In […]

26 April 2010

Gorgeous Replacement UbuntuOne Folder Icons

The stock UbuntuOne folder icon in Ubuntu 10.04 is nothing special. Many users would love to have a more purpose-defined folder icon like Pictures or Documents folders, etc. Mathieu Comandon over @The Hacking Capybara has created a set […]

11 April 2010
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OMG! Replacement coloured indicator message alert icons for Lucid

With Ubuntu 10.04 adding a puke coloured new message alert to the indicator applet many of you will be seeking alternatives. Seek no more. The icons (right) come in all main Tango! colours as well […]

31 March 2010

Too Cute Not to Post: Elementary Icons For Caffeine

I know, I know: you hate minor posts. I get it, but I just noticed that one of fave Linux artists, 0rAX0, has uploaded an Elementary icon for Caffeine, the cool power-inhibiter application. You can download the icons from gnome-look.org. […]

23 March 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

Download 4 New Themes For Ubuntu 10.04, Including Homosapien

Four new themes have been chosen for Lucid’s community-themes package. These themes – along with updates version of 4 old favourites – can be installed in Lucid using the following command: – sudo apt-get install […]

28 February 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