A Hebrew subset of the new Ubuntu font is in the making and scheduled to to be ready in time for Ubuntu 11.04 thanks to the initiative of Israeli web developer Tom Bigelajzen. His enthusiasm for […]
Remember that ever-so-adorable GTK Last.fm player we showed you several weeks back? It’s just updated, adding a new mini-mode, a volume slider and an improved installation script which cleans up after itself – which is […]
You know what picture you want to find – you can see it in your mind! Now if only you could remember what it was called… Naming conventions for digital camera images – and worse […]
It’s really hard to resist blogging about all of the wonderful wallpapers we get sent every day so here I am with in a moment of weakness with this dramatic drape by blauaraujo. Download Article […]
It’s been a little while since we last mentioned the simple & straightforward task application ‘Pytask‘ so i’m here with a small update and a bit of a favour… First up what can you look forward to […]
A new release of virtual light-table and darkroom application Darktable is available for download. The tool, aimed at photographers, allows you to manage “your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable light-table.” […]
A few days back a new default wallpaper landed in Ubuntu 10.10 and whilst we weren’t convinced that this was the final iteration (our own post on it was layered with a questioning tone) the reaction […]
The latest stable release of Ubuntu Tweak is now available, adding to its already impressive roster of features a new desktop and application recovery options. In the announcement on the release the Tweak-team say: – “Desktop […]
Having to rename a group of files – whether they’re photos or general files – can be a time consuming process unless you make use of a batch-renaming tool. ‘Renamer’ is one such tool. A small […]
Reader Alaukik spotted the following rewording of the non-free software disclimaer as he installed the latest Ubuntu 10.10 daily build. It changes the previously less-explanatory ‘please offer me non-opensource software’ to a paragraph of a more […]
With so many competing IM and chat services you end up using by accident or intention – from GTalk when you log into GMail to Facebook when you login to Facebook – it’s by no means unusual […]
When I saw that reader SciFi Jerry had popped a link to a CoverGloobus theme into the OMG! inbox my first thought was “I’ve only just posted a CoverGloobus theme, I’ll have to hold this […]
The battle of the super-light launchers rocks on as the latest release of Alawalk 0.4 struts out into download land. Alawalk is an incredibly useful tool – see here for our comprehensive rundown of what […]
It shameless self-publicity time folks! Actually, it’s been a while since we last featured anything CoverGloobus related. This is partly because, right now, work on adding time-slider and volume support (amongst other things) is going on. […]
It’s an icon with cash in it. Brilliant. Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk
If you have an Ubuntu 10.10 Daily build .iso knocking around you can quickly update it to the latest daily imprint using this nifty script by Jeff Stone. Talking about it he says: – “I’ve […]
With so many visually important Ubuntu updates landing today it was nice to find something else non-Ubuntu related amongst them. Users of the Chromium Daily Builds may (or may not have depending on level of observation!) […]
The newly redesigned Ubuntu 10.10 installer just keeps getting better. Reader Macey stopped by the OMG! Inbox! after taking the latest Maverick daily desktop CD for a spin and noticed something particularly neat about the […]