One of the great things about GNOME Shell is that it’s comprehensibly themeable – from the top panel and applet menus to the awesome on-screen keyboard. Below are five are five of my top GNOME Shell […]
Though for many users it is likely comforting to know that use of the terminal can be largely, if not entirely avoided with today's crop of shiny Linux distributions, there are those among the community who love the raw utility of the command-line. Others still find they need the Linux terminal to effectively accomplish certain tasks.
So you've downloaded or upgraded to the latest release of Ubuntu, the 'orsome Oneiric Ocelot, but what now? Here is a list of 10 post-install tips/ideas to make your first encounter with the Oneiric Ocelot more of a stroll in the park than a walk on the wild side...
What’s been happening in web browser land over the past seven days? Let’s take a quick look… Google Chrome 14 – New Stable Release The latest stable release of Google Chrome – now sitting at […]
Microsoft have been busy showing off Windows 8 today - and, to their credit, it's looking and behaving pretty different to any release of Windows in the past. Whatever your take on the release, there are a number of features and changes present in Windows 8 that may provide some competitive flair for Linux developers to work against.
Germany has lifted a 17 year ban restricting the sale of classic video game 'Doom' to adults only. To celebrate, why not toast some demons in 'historically accurate' Linux port 'Chocolate Doom?
We all want the latest features in our favourite apps as soon as possible, and some of us are willing to accept bugs, breakage and general beta-quality experience in order to get them sooner. So, how to switch to a development version of your favourite web browser in Ubuntu? Read on...
With Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 long since out, and Ubuntu 11.10 stirring up excitement with every update, it's easy to forget that the 16 month old Long Term Support release of Ubuntu 10.04 remains installed on many a users computer. But there are a number of applications that provide their latest versions for Ubuntu 10.04 users, and in this post I'll highlight 10 of the very best applications still loving the honourable Lucid Lynx.
We all love a bit of branding right? ("Cows say no" - the world) Canonical have a tonne of ready-made merchandise readily purchasable from their on-line store. Whilst the cost of postage in the store doesn't come cheap, you are allowed to treat yourself sometime... Below are my favourite five items readily available form the store.
Reader Raiyan mailed in with an idea for an article a few weeks back, titled 'Top five commands a new-comer to Linux should know.' A great idea, but we all have different ideas about what makes a must-know command. So I took to the @omgubuntu twitter account to ask you - the readers - what five commands would be in your top five. After the jump are the five most suggested commands by you - the OMG! Ubuntu! reader.
Development tools for Ubuntu - there are a few of them, but which one is the best for C++ development? We dig around in and get our hands dirty with the first iteration of our new series, Ask OMG! where we try to answer reader questions. Read on for a full rundown on the most popular IDEs for Ubuntu!
It's a new week, but I'm behind. Here are a couple of things I never got around to mentioning last week...