A new mockup of Gnome Shell shown off at GUADEC this week gives us a hint as to what the it may look like further down the track. While it’s a distinct improvement on what […]
It may be the default theme for stock GNOME but the ‘Clearlooks’ GTK theme no-doubt remains on the fringes of taste for eye candy aficionados. Nevertheless the theme provides a clean and distraction free look […]
The release of GNOME 3 has been delayed once again, this time proposed for release in March of 2011. The news, announced at GUADEC, is to allow the GNOME team ‘another release cycle to mature’ the […]
The Ubuntu Software Centre store front in Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha has really started to flesh out, with an update today adding in a roster of application to the ‘New apps’ section. The apps listed within […]
How does the thought of 211 completely free wine-compatible games available in one download, complete with slick launcher and per-game info, sound to you? Indulgent? Maybe. Worth downloading? Hell yes. Mega Games Pack The bundle […]
The annual GNOME conference for developers and community members alike is running this week in The Hague, Netherlands. From the GUADEC web site: GUADEC (pronounced gwah-dec) is the largest get together of GNOME users, developers, […]
After a couple of months and many, many delays, The Ubuntu Manual Team has released Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 in some more languages, Greek and German. The setbacks in translated editions being released was […]
Last week saw the 18th annual ‘Anima Mundi’ festival take place in Rio de Janeiro, South America. In amongst some of the worlds most talented animators, artists and filmmakers residing something a little bit familiar… […]
Scratch your head and then touch your toes; a few days ago news eeped around the blogosphere that Dell were deciding to drop Ubuntu-based offerings from their online store for a limited time due to […]
Wallpaper fans who have longed to own every default Ubuntu wallpaper since Warty waddled its way into the world will be lining up to download the following archive created by anchorschmidt. The 66.3 MB .zip […]
Nothing comes close in terms of awe and ease as Google’s very own online RSS reader ‘Google Reader’. Despite this many users still use desktop based solutions. Liferea is perhaps the most well known desktop […]
Ever wanted to see whether the fuss over Opera Mini - oft lauded as one of the best mobile web browsers - stacks up? Maybe you just want to see how your mobile site will displays to users on smaller screens. Here's how to take the ickle-browser for a spin without the need to go anywhere near a mobile phone...
Early testers, adopters or unaware-upgraders of Ubuntu 10.10 missing their Nautilus-Elementary fix will be pleased to hear that a testing PPA is ready – already! Shouts out, as ever, to the ace ammonkey and, for […]
Pino – the desktop twitter application and not the random anime character – is oft cited (by us, admittedly) as one of the best designed desktop twitter clients presently available. With such a popular look […]
Give your desktop a cold, steely makeover with ‘WoW’ gtk theme by ~nale12. The folder contains: – wow gtk theme wow-dark gtk theme wow-light gtk theme Elementary versions for use with Nautilus Elementary: – wow-elementary […]
If applications were movie genres then Docky would most certainly be a gore film. The rate at which it haemorrhages new features is bloody impressive. (See what I did there? No… Moving on…) So what […]
We’re all acutely aware that spending long periods of time in front of blazingly bright computer screens isn’t entirely fantastic news for our eyes – or our sleep patterns. Nevertheless we stare away anyway unaware that there […]
Palm’s WebOS mobile operating system has been much maligned due to the continued dominance of Android and iOS. If rumours are to be believed users will be seeing a lot more of the finger-friendly OS […]