Backing up your tweets, managing your account and searching tweet based on strict criteria direct from the desktop has been made easy with Histwi by OriginalCoding. We’ve featured many, many desktop twitter applications here on […]
The latest version of open-source flash player alternative Lightspark has been released. This version brings several new features to users including Chrome/ium support, improved sound synchronization and better compatibility with YouTube. Support for Firefox’s ‘out […]
If you're sat looking a bit bamboozled by the name 'CoverGloobus' then where have you been?! The desktop Cover Art, controller n' Lyrics app is an application with no equal on Linux and no self-respecting eye candy lover should be with out it. Today's daily 5 looks over a handful of extra themes you can add to the art-rocking desktop display app...
Looking for a simple, lightweight Flickr image uploader? Orifli by Original Coding might be just what you’re looking for. If you’ve never heard of Orifli before now then there’s a simple reason – the Flickr-loving app is […]
If you’re looking for Ubuntu powered netbook that is as beautiful outside as it is inside then prepare to coo over the latest ‘Starling’ netbooks to hatch from the nest of Ubuntu-dedicated hardware company System76… […]
If you’ve never tried Pandora, (and you live in America, as it is US only) you probably should. Type in your favorite artist or band, and then BAM, it starts playing tracks from them, as […]
The ever ace Seif Lotfy tweeted the following mock-up a wee while ago and, being both a self-confessed Docky Diehard AND a total Sezen head, my jaw was literally wedged open as an emphatic ”YES” […]
Once you’ve installed Ubuntu from a LiveCD you might never give much thought to what else you could use it for. If so, then meet today’s Daily 5…
We’re big fans of the AppImage project – the distro-agnostic application packaging method that allows applications to run with no installation required – so we’re stoked to see the following project by George Dumitrescu adding […]
Linux PowerPC users will finally have something cheer about when open-source Flash implementation ‘Lightspark’ releases version 0.4.3 later this year. In an announcement for an upcoming release candidate for version 0.4.2 in which the team […]
We at the Indicator-Weather project need you to do some forecasting for us. (World groans – ed) Whilst we’ve got a pretty kicking preview that works but what we really need is to find out […]
Wine 1.2 stable has finally been released today after more than two years of development. The release sees support for 64bit applications, new Tango-based icons (props to Joel Holdsworth who helped lead the work on […]
I know that many readers have had concerns over the direction that Ubuntu 10.10’s new sound menu has been taking and it would be fair to say that a significant section of those were centred […]
Short sharp update: As the Software Centre continues to improve during the Maverick development cycle you can count on us to make a song and dance about every trivial update. Thing is, I don’t consider […]
Canonical’s Neil Jagdish Patel has just announced a new release of Unity – Ubuntu’s forthcoming ‘Ubuntu Light’ interface as well as the Ubuntu Netbook interface replacement. This update brings global search in the ‘Places’ pane […]
Spotify Unlimited subscribers are now able to use the Spotify for Linux preview. Prior to now the preview was only available to Premium subscribers – Spotify’s highest tier package – but in an update today […]
The latest version of Novell-sponsored distribution OpenSuse has been released today. OpenSuse 11.3 brings a boatload of brilliant new features to users desktop including secure online file backup via SpiderOak, tracker file indexing (replacing beagle), btrfs support & […]
If you’re chomping at the bit to try out some of Googles Web App features in Chrome/ium then read on! Google announced that a new Chrome Web Store was being built earlier this year at […]