If you’re bored of your current XSplash theme, bored of having your desktop wallpaper set as your XSplash background or even just tired of the other gorgeous XSplashes we’ve shown you, try ‘Clean Xsplash‘ by […]
Proposed Lucid theme ‘Ubuntu Sun’ finally has an official downloadable theme. The previous version we blogged about was a “fan” effort. Love it or hate it, Ubuntu Sun at least has tried to do things […]
Docky developer DBO post a thread on the Ubuntu Forums asking for some feedback on a UI issue. Knowing so many this blogs readers to be devout Docky enthusiasts i though I’d highlight the question […]
AWN is a dock-like window and launcher manager for Linux. But you already know that, right? Evolution AWN 0.4. is the next major version due for release and is currently in beta for people desperate […]
Desktop blog editor BloGTK! released a new version – version 2.0 – back in September that, somehow, I missed news of! What’s new It would be easier to say what isn’t new with 2.0. The […]
Task management application ‘Getting Things GNOME!‘ has just pushed a new version out of the stable door, saddling it with all manner of new plug-ins, UI improvements and 99 firmly squashed bugs. Well done guys! […]
The ‘Preferences’ menu of popular MSN messaging client ‘Emesene’ has received a thorough makeover – and looks much the better for it! Below is a brief over-view of whats changed and whats new. New Style […]
Did you know that rolling your mouse scrollwheel whilst hovering over the GMail or Folders Docklet in Docky lets you change the colour? Credit for informing me of this crazy-but-awesome tips goes to reader SeifSallam, […]
After seeing Ara Pulido over on planet.ubuntu remind everyone that Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 is heading our merry way next Thursday, i thought what better way to prepare myself than to share with […]
Like the Windows XP look and layout? Want it in Ubuntu with zero hassle? Well I have no sympathies, but “PhrankDaChicken” certainly does as he’s created a “one script” solutions that, yes, totally themes GNOME […]
Chromium no longer needs the –enable-sync flag to get Bookmark Syncing up and running, so feel free to remove it from your launcher commands. Looks like an official beta release of Chrome can’t be too […]
Avant Window Navigator, a popular dock for Linux, is going to be getting a shiny new network manager docklet. One of AWN’s developers, “moonbeam”, posted the following teaser on his blog. In it you can […]
This last week I’ve been banging on about the utterly gorgeous Google Wave Emerald theme. I don’t much care for Emerald and prefer to use Metacity. Thankfully the awesome AlexR1 on Gnome-Look.org has updated his […]
Ever wanted to hide excessive icons on your panel? Just pop them in a drawer! Right click the panel with the excessive icons Choose ‘Add To Panel’ Select ‘Drawer’ Move it to where you want […]
‘Docky’ has added a National Public Radio docklet to its line-up. The docklet allows user to to search for and, presumably (see below), play stations that are available to them. Clicking on the NPR logo […]
“MyHumanity” for Pidgin is a subtle yet Tango-esque way to improve Pidgin’s contact list. For comparison here are the default Pidgin icons against the “MyHumanity” icons: – Sure this isn’t an earth-shatteringly dramatic change, […]
Adobe are to release a new version of their native 64-bit Flash plug-in for Linux on the 8th December. Posting on the “Flash 10 Player” page for Linux 64 bit, Adobe make the following statement:- […]
Lucid, Lucid, Lucid. It’s the only word on Ubuntu-fervents lips these days! As part of the post-Koala release, Mark Shuttleworth held his usual Q&A session in an IRC in somewhere land and spilt all sorts […]