The saying goes that you can't please everybody. That seems doubly true when your desktop appearance is involved. Even Faenza, the hugely popular 'squared' icon set for Linux, contains icon designs that send some people scouring for alternatives. Enter Faenza Fresh...
Screenlets fans looking for well-designed eye-candy to place on their desktops should check out the following all-in-one clock Screenlet by Mickeyz.
Launchpad user jf has patched up Pidgin to take advantage of the unread message badge on Unity's Launcher.
The "uniquely" designed desktop Google Reader application 'read Me' has updated, chucking in integration with 'Twitter' and 'Read it later'.
"Getting things done" is, of late, a phrase alien to my work ethic. Rooting around for ways to help my concentrate I remember the 'Pomodoro Technique' - a time-management method that is, supposedly, meant to help. And thankfully there's an app for it.
The second beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 is now available for download.
Sentinella might sound like name of a posh fragrance but the small app has been designed to keep your OS feeling fresh rather than yourself smelling such. It does this by monitoring your system resources for a pre-set 'condition', and then launching a specified action when this condition is met.
With its version number jumping up almost as fast as a kid on a bouncy castle, Yorba have announced a new release of digital photo manager Shotwell.
The Unity Launcher is nifty for many reasons - the way it hides, the way you can drag file types on to the launcher to open up in an appropriate app, etc. The following 'app' by reader Vincent makes it niftier still by adding a 'drag and drop' Imageshack uploader to your launcher line-up...
The Humble Bundle is back, once again letting you set your own price for a set of five DRM-free games.
Add some style to your desktop with the Equinox Evolution suite of themes by Faenza creator tiheum.
A new release of semantic file and application search tool 'Synapse' has been made available for download. Although similar in function to other launchers, such as GNOME Do or Launchy, the vala-written Synapse is lightweight in resource use and fast in presenting a variety of results thanks to tight Zeitgeist integration.