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‘Outsiders’ Emerald window borders could just confuse you

Some things are standard: milk on cereal; Doctor in Tardis; window buttons in frame. Well, the latter was standard; 0rAX0's 'Outsiders' Emerald theme pack literally pushes the traditional boundaries away in these off-corner creations.

17 January 2011
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Play Angry Birds under wine on Linux

Rovio media have no plans to actually bring Angry Birds to Linux, with their previous statement it being something they were 'looking into' since translated as 'no plans at all.' Still, if you're an Angry Birds fan looking to get your feathery fix on Linux you still can - using everyone's favourite binary beverage 'Wine'.

17 January 2011

LCA2011 to go ahead in Brisbane, organizing committee announces

One of the largest Linux conferences in the southern hemisphere, LCA2011, is to go ahead next week in Brisbane after the worst floods to hit Queensland in over 20 years shed some dubious light on whether the event could continue.

17 January 2011
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Change the way websites look in Firefox

Last night I featured a neat 'Ubuntuizing' Chrome extension for Wikipedia that replaced Wikipedia's web font with the fancy new Ubuntu one. Reader rainstride saw that and got in touch to share something most customization anoraks will have a hard time resisting: the ability to change every font displayed on every website.

16 January 2011
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LCA2011 – Ubuntu Australian LoCo Team to present on Open Day

With Linux Conference Australia 2011 fast approaching, it's worth mentioning that the very active Australian Ubuntu LoCo Team are planning to have an Ubuntu showcase stall throughout the open day, on Saturday.

16 January 2011
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How to Change Sidebar colour in Nautilus-Elementary

Change the colour of Nautilus-Elementary's side to gain better integration with your favourite theme. Ambiance is a fantastic theme and Nautilus-Elementary easily sets the standard for user-friendly file-managers. When both are used together things don't always look as good as they could. Here's how to remedy that with some copy-and-paste pizazz.

16 January 2011

This Minimal ‘conky Orange’ theme would look great on any desktop

I both love and loathe Conky in equal amounts. For all it's inanely needless complexity it can produce some beautiful things. Just take this minimally-stunning 'Conky orange' theme as a prime example.

16 January 2011
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Divergence IV Docky theme

How does a Docky theme based on the Divergence IV GTK+ theme sound?

16 January 2011
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The weather indicator project revives; what might have been

The indicator-weather project has kicked back into life this week - meaning none of us need to go without 'weather-info-at-a-glance' on our desktop panel come Ubuntu 11.04. We were briefly involved in the development of the project last year and whilst our designs never made it into being, here they are to peruse at your pleasure.

16 January 2011

This Ubuntu homepage replacement is slick and informative

New and old Ubuntu users alike will find something to love in this colourful homepage replacement by Ryan Kelln.

16 January 2011
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Awesome Elementary GNOME-Shell theme

GNOME-Shell or Unity: whichever desktop shell you choose chances are your favourite GTK+ theme will need to update to take advantage of the new features and elements offered by both. The following GNOME Shell by deviant artist ~half-left should placate the brooding elementary fans amongst you worried about the switch to Shell.

16 January 2011
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NowSpide: New desktop RSS reader in development

NowSpide is a shiny modern desktop RSS reader in development by Siyan Panayotov, whom many will know as the hands behind lightweight image viewer ViewNior.

16 January 2011