‘Pidgin Music Tracker’ is a small plug-in for Pidgin that will display your currently playing track as your status for all your contacts to see! Simply download the .deb file, double click, select install and […]
The Chrome browser continues to take steps forward to an official Google-sanctioned release. Although the latest Linux updates for Chromium are not as drastic as the previous major update, small incremental steps are being implemented […]
With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ now just days away from release, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at computerworld.com has shared a list of his favourite five things about the new edition of the mammalian-monikered […]
Ubuntu’s free CD shipping programme Ship It is now taking pre-orders for Ubuntu 9.04 CDs. Requesting a free CD is a great way to get an Ubuntu installation CD, especially if your internet is subhead […]
We’re only a few days away from the official launch of Jaunty Jackalope, but for those early-birds who really can’t wait, the first (and likely only) release candidate has just been released. This pre-release packs […]
The first Alpha of Ubuntu’s next version – 9.10 AKA Karmic Koala ” will be released on May 14th ” less than one month after the final release Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. Whilst this initial […]
So many really great ideas pop up on brainstorm.ubuntu.com that it’s a shame not all can be implemented. One very popular idea right now is the concept of going beyond ‘icons’ as merely static launchers […]
This screenlet just popped up on Gnome-look.org and it’s very ‘ooooh!’. Anyone who has used KDE 4.x.x will have seen the plasma ‘folder view’ applet, if not glance below at the transparent boxes that show […]
Time for a new wallpaper post! (C’mon, you can never have too many wallpaper choices!) This time I’ve chosen a few from Desktopography ” a very rad non-profit project comprising of a group of very […]
Short post, but the moment i saw it i had to share because it’s so sexy! Just look at this very sexy gnome panel: – (click to view larger) It’s sooooo simple to install and […]
Synapse is a Jabber-only based messaging client designed to look good as well as work well. Whilst many current IM clients support jabber (Such as Pidgin and Gnome’s Empathy) Synapse makes no bones about the […]
The current testing builds of Google's Open-Source Chromium browser (I.e Google Chrome) hit a very welcome update today.
This is one of my must-install’s whenever I’ve installed Ubuntu. It’s a simple Gnome panel applet that lets you control most popular music players without having to open said player up! The music applet provides […]
Of all the various IM clients for Ubuntu, i always find myself drawn to Emesene ” mainly because my IM contacts are all MSN based and Emesene (say the name aloud!) is modelled on an […]
Linux in general has all the software you could need… but a lot of it is either clumsy to use or just trying to do too much. A great example of this is video editing […]
For all the transparent, glossy, 3-D bezel-laden GTK themes out there, there are also sublime simplistic ones too. White in particular makes for a minimalistic and elegant choice. As such below are my pick of […]
If you get annoyed at having to constantly type in your password every time you boot into Ubuntu, why not “do without”? Setting up auto-login is as easy as saying your name! 1. Go to […]
This disc-managing screenlet displays drives connected to your system. Features:-Click to mount, unmount, and eject drives-Click to play audio CD’s, open other volumes in Nautilus-Hover to show name and status Options:-Horizontal or vertical layout-Show/hide empty […]