Section: News

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Ubuntu Unity launcher won’t be ‘moveable’

Following on from the quick run-downs of Desktop Unity we've featured recently, a number of commenters have asked whether the Unity bar will be moveable - e.g. putting on the bottom like a traditional 'dock' or over to the right. The answer is no.

5 December 2010
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MiniTube’s new icon is…

We reported on Minitube's search for a new icon a while back and many OMG! readers submitte some fantastic designs and now the winner of that very contest has been revealed...

5 December 2010
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Want to see Osmos in the Software Centre? So do the developers!

With World of Goo now in the Ubuntu Software Center for purchase, many gamers are thinking about other popular indie games available for Linux. One such gem is the beautiful Osmos - a rich and addictive puzzle game by Hemisphere Games - whose motto is to create games 'for both sides of the brain.

5 December 2010

Did you know GDM 2.30 is still themeable?

Since the introduction of GDM 2.30 many users have missed the creative freedom its predecessor allowed. Thankfully you can still tweak the screen into something beautiful - check out this GDM by btkostner..

5 December 2010
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Meet Dexter – elementary’s new address book app

Keep your contacts in check with Dexter - a new address book application from the elementary project.

4 December 2010
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Zeitgeist rocking GNOME Shell

I took more time today to play with GNOME Shell...

4 December 2010
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Papercuts project back for Natty

The One Hundred Papercuts project is back for another round of dedicated bug fixing during the Ubuntu 11.04 development cycle. But this time with a slight difference… The Aim During the Maverick development cycle the […]

3 December 2010
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Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Alpha 1 released

The first alpha of the Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal development cycle has been released.

2 December 2010
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Bringing Sexy back to GNOME Shell with Zeitgeist

Seif Lotfy – Zeitgeist creator, hacker and all round semantic solider – has spent the last few days bringing Zeitgeist love to GNOME Shell. With both Unity and KDE to benefit from Zeitgeist it’s nice […]

2 December 2010
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CLI Companion tool adds big changes, new release candidate

Command-line helper tool CLI Companion is hurtling towards a new release - one that brings with it several important changes. More information, links and download info inside.

2 December 2010
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World of Goo now available from the Ubuntu Software Centre

If you don't already own the awesome indie game 'World of Goo' here's some welcome news: it's now available to purchase via the Ubuntu Software Centre.

2 December 2010
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Logic game ‘Brukkon’ now available to 64bit Ubuntu users

Brukkon, the fiendishly addictive puzzle game, is now available for 64bit Ubuntu users to purchase via the Ubuntu One software centre, having previously been only available to 32bit users.

1 December 2010