Section: Download

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GTA2 inspired ‘Greedy Car Thieves’ gets release date; Linux beta

Running amok in Ubuntu need no longer be confined to running risky Terminal commands or toying with your GRUB menu with the beta release of 'Greedy Car Thieves' - an upcoming action game inspired by the pre-millennial action smash GTA2.

4 May 2011
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[How to] Run KDE Plasma Widgets in Ubuntu Unity

Bring the rich world of Plasma widgets into Ubuntu 11.04.

4 May 2011
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Volley Brawl update adds new characters, stages, changeable difficulty

The venerable Tommy and Bart from Sigmoid have updated Volley Brawl this week with new 7 new characters, user modifiable stages, changeable difficulty and a host of bug fixes.

4 May 2011

Unity panel button replacements for Elementary and Orta

The ability to easily customise your desktop is, arguably, one of the boons of using Linux. Unity is no exception. The following hack allows you to fully integrate some of the more popular 3rd party themes into the Unity desktop.

3 May 2011
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Download of the Week: Hex-a-hop

Hex-a-hop is a simple yet fun little puzzle game where you take a little girl hopping across tiles in efforts to destroy all the green tiles on the board. Brukkon is more involved and provides features such as movable bridges, different weather conditions, and disappearing tiles.

2 May 2011

Introducing the OMG! Ubuntu! Android app

The official OMG! Ubuntu! Android app is here! Now you can get the latest Ubuntu news, tips, interviews, how-tos and more from your favourite Ubuntu site wherever you are on your Android phone.

1 May 2011
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Lubuntu 11.04 released; project on the way to official Ubuntu spin status

Lubuntu 11.04 - the latest version of lightweight, LXDE based Ubuntu derivative - has been released.

29 April 2011
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Ubuntu 11.04 Released, Reviewed

It's finally here: Ubuntu 11.04 is available for download. Sporting the brand new Unity desktop environment, it's all too easy to feel scared or uneasy about switching to Ubuntu 11.04. But don't.

28 April 2011
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AMD ATI release Catalyst 11.4 driver

AMD have released a new version of their graphics driver Catalyst for Linux. The new version, 11.4, contains back-ported X.Org Server 1.10 support in order to function with Ubuntu 11.04, Fedora 15, Arch Linux, etc.

27 April 2011

QMLSaver: digital clock screensaver

QMLSaver is a burning red digital clock screensaver that might check the naff and dated boxes but most certainly ticks the 'useful' one too.

26 April 2011
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Making LibreOffice blend in Ubuntu: Icon porting

Developer Shnatsel stopped by the OMG! Inbox! to share word an icon-based project he’s been working on that aims to help LibreOffice better 'visually' fit the rest of the Ubuntu desktop.

25 April 2011
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Download of the Week: TuxCards

I'm here to kick off the first installment of Ubuntu Download of the Week where I will introduce you to a new hidden gem of an app or game each and every Monday that might just make your life a little bit more enjoyable, or at the very least, give you something to fiddle with each Monday while you're trying to find the will to actually get the work week started.

25 April 2011