Thanks to some quick work by Canonical Design Team member Paul Sladen, the Ubuntu font is now available for use in Google Docs for everyone regardless of operating system.
Popular download manager Tucan - pitched for use with online file sharing sites such as Mediafire, RapidShare and Megaupload - has added indicator-applet support in its latest alpha build, ahead of Ubuntu 11.04's release this Thursday.
'Nautilus Facebook Uploader' has shed the shackles of the file manager from which it was originally created to work with and is now a fully fledged application in its own right.
For Ubuntu 11.04 Canonical will be offering a 'try before you download' test drive of Ubuntu in the cloud. Simply by signing into the cloud website with your Single Sign On account you can spend 15 minutes poking around the stock Ubuntu desktop to see what all the fuss is about. Ahead of that launch, tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday, Canonical are running a 'live open trial' for 24 hours in order to ensure everything scales, works and runs well.
QMLSaver is a burning red digital clock screensaver that might check the naff and dated boxes but most certainly ticks the 'useful' one too.
Over the last few weeks we've shown you how to add Unity Quicklists to Banshee, the Unity Home Launcher and even web-browser Opera. Well folks - here are even more!
Developer Shnatsel stopped by the OMG! Inbox! to share word an icon-based project he’s been working on that aims to help LibreOffice better 'visually' fit the rest of the Ubuntu desktop.
Recently I had to make a choice as to whether I wanted to stay with Ubuntu Unity or move to GNOME 3 and hence another distribution. I chose to move to Fedora because my work requires it, luckily though this has given me a new perspective as I have been a long time Ubuntu user.
I'm here to kick off the first installment of Ubuntu Download of the Week where I will introduce you to a new hidden gem of an app or game each and every Monday that might just make your life a little bit more enjoyable, or at the very least, give you something to fiddle with each Monday while you're trying to find the will to actually get the work week started.
It'll feel like the future (albeit that lame, not quite awesome future as depicted in late 1980s hollywood films) but with one plugin you can use 'clapping' to control playback of media in Ubuntu's default media player Totem. "Far out!"
Next time you're in Starbucks, why not ask them to fill you up in this Ubuntu-branded travel mug? It'll certainly show the Mac-loving hipsters who's coolest!
OMG! reader Nico, who earlier this week showed us how to add an unread message count to Pidgin on the Unity Launcher, mailed in a pre-made Banshee Quicklist for Ubuntu 11.04. Once installed a wide selection of handy actions are no-more than a right-click away...