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Gnome Activity Journal’s "mystery" hacker continues to add awesome features

GNOME Activity Journal - the easy way to view your Zeitgeist life - has been receiving some due love and attention from a so-called 'mystery' hacker who has added Drag and Drop support, entry pinning and audio preview.

28 November 2010
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Browser extension allows website control via Kinect

Dream of going all Minority Report in Mozilla Firefox? Then say hello to DepthJS – a web browser extension that ‘allows for any webpage to interact with Kinect via JavaScript.’ DepthJS is much more than […]

28 November 2010
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Ubuntu Sound Menu plugin for Exaile music player

Exaile music player users who wouldn't mind controlling playback via the new Ubuntu Sound Menu can now get in on the action thanks to a new plugin created especially for this purpose.

28 November 2010
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Cardapio gets mini-mode & Docky helper

A new version of popular main menu replacement Cardapio has been released - with many features longed for by users. Amongst the changes sit reduced memory usage, interface enhancements and added support for Cardapio use with Docky.

27 November 2010
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Ubuntu One for Windows – a quick run down of the first beta

Yesterday I got my invite to join the Ubuntu One Windows Beta. I thought I'd show off some screenshots.

27 November 2010
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Elementary theme for Filezilla

Open-source FTP tool FileZilla is fantastic at what it does - but if you're an elementary fan you'll have noticed that it looks a little lame when doing it.

26 November 2010
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64bit language pack .deb for Lotus Symphony

64bit user missing extra languages in IBM Lotus Symphony office suite? Here's just the ticket.

26 November 2010
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Bodhi Linux may just be your favorite new lightweight distro

Bodhi Linux may just be the Crocodile of distro spins: Very green, really quite snappy and more powerful than you'd think at first glance...

26 November 2010
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EZ DVD Ripper wants to make optical-to-portable simple

There are tonnes of apps for ripping your DVD’s to .avi in Ubuntu – but could they be more user-friendly? A new project named EZ DVD Ripping thinks so. Several months back a reader asked […]

26 November 2010
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OpenShot to get new theme, YouTube & Vimeo uploading

OpenShot. Icons. Theme. YouTube. Vimeo. Join the dots or click in for more.

26 November 2010
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Unigine announces competition for Linux game developers

Unigine Corp., the company behind the Unigine Engine and the upcoming OilRush game have announced a contest to encourage game development on Linux that gives away a free license of their flagship product.

26 November 2010
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Tomdroid on your Android phone syncs Tomboy notes through Ubuntu One

If you're one of the many people who use Tomboy notes to keep your life organized and under control, and you also have an Android phone to boot, you may enjoy Tomdroid - a free app available in the Android Market which syncs and displays your notes on your phone using Ubuntu One or Tomboy's Web Sync service.

26 November 2010