The first and only Beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be available for download later on today – exactly one month before the final release is due on October 29th. Alpha No Hable […]
OpenShot – one of the best video editor available for Linux – finally has a PPA! That’s news enough in-itself as it means pain free installation but the even better news is it now comes […]
Want to run a web app, like Google Tasks, on your Ubuntu desktop, complete with all the features the online version has? Well, you can — using Mozilla Prism. Mozilla Prism allows websites to be […]
The login and shutdown sounds for Ubuntu haven’t changed in what seems like eternity! Given the current emphasis on creating a more modern looking Ubuntu desktop one has to ask who forgot about the system […]
Karmic may not be released, but this little tweak is too sexy not to mention! It changes the system clock applet to match the rest of the "new" style panel theme. For comparison, here’s the […]
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The Login screen for Karmic Koala has finally been pushed on the servers and made available through update manager. As i mentioned earlier this week the GDM sticks closely to the mock-up design proposed for […]
‘Quirky Wallpaper’ is a short series of posts about different types of wallpapers for Gnome/Ubuntu. These range from having a real-time earth displayed as your wallpaper to an entirely animated desktop! Random NASA Wallpaper This […]
PDF Mod is an easy-to-use straight-forward application for modifying and basic editing of PDF documents. Simplicity is the name of the game with PDFmod so don’t expect excessive amounts of configuration options or tools not […]
If you’ve installed a theme in Ubuntu that gives you a big ruddy shadow under your panel, removing it is just a copy ‘n’ paste away! With shadow: – Without Shadow: – Remove Panel Shadow […]
EarCandy is a smart volume manager for PulseAudio that fades applications in and out based on your current activity. It will automatically mute your music when a Movie or a YouTube video starts. And will […]
It was named last week and will make the first tentative footsteps into the world in early December – but what do we know about the Lucid Lynx so far? The Lynx’s Lair What kind […]
The new “Ubuntu Software Store” has been renamed to “Ubuntu Software Center” – seemingly caving in to users dissatisfaction over the choice of name. Mattheweast posted on the Ubuntu Froums: – I had an email […]
The release schedule for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has been posted to the Ubuntu Wiki. The Lucid development cycle will see only 3 Alpha builds but adds in an extra Beta to the proceedings. Previous […]
This week in Ubuntu has seen a proverbial flood of new artwork for our favourite operating system’s latest pet – the Karmic Koala. One of the biggest additions has been a new default wallpaper (for […]
Say hello to the default wallpaper for Ubuntu 9.10! It landed with the rest of the photo wallpapers in todays updates and replaces the Jaunty default wallpaper that the Alpha builds have been using until […]
A bevvy of photographic wallpapers from the Ubuntu Photo Wallpaper Shortlist arrived with this morning’s Alpha 6 updates. They range from the "I would never use that": – To the visually impressive: – The rest […]
The login window that will be greeting all users of Karmic Koala has finally been revealed! The GDM design as a whole, like with the XSplash, sticks very closely to the mock-ups the Ubuntu Design […]