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‘NotifyLog’ Aims to Never Let You Miss Ubuntu Notifications

Ever been frustrated at just missing a notification bubble in Ubuntu by a split second? Log 'em with NotifyLog.

16 February 2011
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Scribes: Powerful yet minimal text editor

Bored of Gedit? Looking for something fresh and a bit more powerful? Check out Scribes.

16 February 2011

‘Wallpaper Gallery’ is a Shotwell friendly wallpaper changer for Ubuntu

Like wet Gremlins snacking after midnight, there are some categories of apps where the amount of choice available borders on crazy . Wallpaper changing applications are very much of this breed, so what makes 'Wallpaper Gallery' - a new 'timed wallpaper changer' app for Ubuntu - more Gizmo and less manic Mogwai?

16 February 2011
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How to make Docky icons smaller than 24px

The following Docky tip may pander to a 'niche' desire but it has the knock on effect of letting you create a rather surreal desktop experience...

16 February 2011
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How to make the Unity 2D launcher transparent in Ubuntu 10.10

Unity 2D users (or rather, 'testers' since it's still very much in development) bored of the solid bar launcher background can, with a bit of jiggery-pokery, get a fully transparent version.

16 February 2011

The top 5 desktops from our Facebook competition

Last week we ran a 5-day competition on our Facebook page, where fans were invited to submit a screenshot of their pimped Ubuntu desktop. We got over 500 submissions throughout the week, and it was certainly a tough decision to pick only 5 winners out of so many.

16 February 2011
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Unity Bitesize Bugs Update: 15th Feb 2011

This is the first guest post from Jorge O. Castro, External Developer Relations Liaison, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks Welcome to the Unity bitesize extravaganza. First off, if you're interested in past progress reports I have them on my blog. However the guys decided that it might be "ace" for me to just tell you guys directly, so here we go.

15 February 2011
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US Readers: last chance to voice against ACTA

Tuesday 15 February 2011 17:00 US/Eastern is the deadline for American citizens to register voice against ACTA - the proposed international 'counterfeiting agreement' that seeks to extend the sucker tentacles of copyright criminalisation into as many nooks and crannies in every day life as possible.

15 February 2011
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Indicator-weather update puts temperature on panel

Weather information applet 'indicator-weather' has added some spit and polish to its latest release - including the display of current temperature directly on the panel.

15 February 2011
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Banshee to ship with Ubuntu Music Store in Ubuntu 11.04

With Banshee selected as Ubuntu 11.04’s default music player one question has been circling our minds: will there be two music stores enabled by default, or just one? And if one – which one?

15 February 2011
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Easily distracted? You need ‘Self Control’ for Ubuntu [App]

Procrastination besets us all, particularly when there is work to be done. Whether your vice is being glued to your e-mail inbox, YouTube or something worse - such as holding the crown for Frantic Facebook Refresher of the year' - there is a neat nuclear option available to obliterate your time-addictive internet loitering.

15 February 2011
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Ubo icon set is Hand drawn, GIMP coloured beauty

I'm going to skip the traditional introduction and say that whilst the icon set featured here is likely to be an acquired taste it is nevertheless beautiful. Find out why inside.

15 February 2011