Discover a mix of tutorials on everything from how to install the latest versions of apps or enable new features, to workarounds for known issues – alongside general ‘configuring Ubuntu’ advice.
Importing your music collections ratings from iTunes to Rhythmbox is a wheeze using this 'iTunesToRhythm' script by a user called ‘Doug’. Hit up the full article after the jump for a download link and usage instructions.
If you've longed to make the leap from Last.fm to its’ open-source ‘rival’ Libre.fm but the thought of losing your thousands of scrobbles put you off then do read on...
Long to have old-skool 'sharp' looking fonts in Ubuntu? Here's a .deb and a how-to!
You don't need to miss out on the neat Ubuntu Sound Menu integration Rhythmbox boasts in Ubuntu 10.10 if you're team Banshee thanks to the availability of a Banshee sound Menu extension.
With Adobe re-starting their 64bit Flash testing, Linux users are once again able to benefit from native flash on their 64bit desktops. Installing it isn’t a great chore, as we outlined previously, but if you’re […]
Users are always seeking to speed up their web-browsing experience but short of upgrading your connection speed or switching ISP what can else can you do? Switch your to OpenDNS.
Nvidia using Ubuntu 10.10 adopters suffering from performance regressions in which some applications are slow to 'redraw' and text rendering is laggy, may wish to try one of the two following solutions.
Longing for a visually impressive way of browsing your music library in Rhythmbox? Can you say 'Coverflow time'!
Want to enable visualisations in Banshee? Here's how.
Afro over on our sister site OMG! SuSE! just posted a neat little guide on getting web browsers Google Chrome & Opera to look all neat and tidy within the KDE desktop. Since the tips […]
If you use the popular GnoMenu application in AWN you'll find yourself stuck with a gold foot as your main launch icon - which is great if you like giant golden feet, less so if you were hoping for something more configurable. Here's how to use your own icon.
Maverick users who have either personally installed the Indicator-datetime applet or found it sat lovingly on their desktops after an upgrade may wish is was a little bit more... configurable. Getting it to display more than the time - e.g. the date, seconds and/or the day - is actually relatively simple, just following the following steps that lie herein.
So you've removed a desktop panel you wished you hadn't, ditched an applet you now realised you were quite fond of or you just long for the halcyon days when your desktop panels were all neat and tidy like a fresh install, right? This script is there to help.
Long to ditch the old-skool GNOME panels and rock it with a dock and some bling? A very nice reader by the handle of sub7i dropped off a tutorial detailing exactly how you can achieve this. Everything you need is provided behind the read more link...
Ever found a really beautiful icon set with some awful panel icons that shamed you into reverting to the default Ubuntu Humanity set? A reader by the name of bung was in the same fix: – So […]
With the latest development versions of Firefox rocking out on more and more users desktops as it progressed the age old error of ‘add-on not compatible with your version of firefox’ is once again frustrating Joe and Janes around the world. Well, it needn’t. Read on to find out more.
This neat little tip was dropped off in our inbox by a reader called Darren – so thanks goes to him. Become a lazy geek “Fed up with typing ‘sudo apt-get install blahblah’, ‘apt-cache search […]
Quick tip, courtesy of reader Dhananjay, for Maverick-using Nautilus-Elementary fans. “The latest nautilus revision from the bzr (ver. 108) has got back the good old clutterflow (coverflow )to elmenatry 2.31+ branch.” You need to compile […]