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Five alternative apps for ALT+F2 functionality in Unity

"Arrrrrrgh" said the bear with the sore head when trying to run 'xkill' in Unity. "Why doesn't pawing ALT + F2 work in here?!". He needn't worry. I've made a list of some worthy replacements. Click on in to read.

8 November 2010
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Nautilus-Elementary is dead, long live ‘Marlin’

The honeymoon is over folks: Nautilus-elementary is no longer being actively developed. The elementary team are instead turning their attention towards creating a file browser that does everything they want it to, and it's called Marlin.

8 November 2010
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Is this the first peek at the new look ‘Gnome Do’ launcher?

A trusted source, one wishing to remain anonymous, sent in the following screenshot of what looks like the newly-rewritten [Gnome] Do...

8 November 2010
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Remmina to be Ubuntu’s new remote desktop app

GTK app Remmina is to replac TSClient as the default remote desktop client in Ubuntu 11.04. The tool is a capable successor to tsclient with many great features and support for multiple network protocols - including RDP - all of which is wrapped up in a consistant and accessible interface.

8 November 2010
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(belated) Happy Birthday to System76

November 7th saw Ubuntu computer company 'System76' reach its five year birthday.

8 November 2010
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Deditor is a Dedicated python text editor for Ubuntu

Meet Deditor – a lightweight Python-specific text-editor for Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s default text-editor ‘Gedit’ is a capable choice for python programming whether new or adept but for those seeking something developed towards the needs of python-developers […]

7 November 2010
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NVIDIA have ‘no plans to support Wayland’

With the current flurry of excitement over the announced aim of Ubuntu switching the current X server with the promising ‘Wayland’ display server in the near future,  NVidia have decided to join in the jamboree […]

7 November 2010
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Clutterflow gets packaged for Banshee 1.8

Banshee CoverFlow-style plugin ‘Clutterflow‘ – which we’ve covered many,many times hence no formal introduction to it – has seen a new repackaged release this weekend. The release, which adds support for Banshee 1.8 and improves […]

7 November 2010
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Use Ubuntu mono icons with any icon theme

Keep a mono-styled tray icons but use any theme set of your choice for the rest of your system.

7 November 2010
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GNOME 3 gets a new font [download]

GNOME 3 will ship with many exciting new features we already know about but here’s another to chalk up to the list: a new font! The font, a ‘Humanist sans-serif’ family titled ‘Cantarell’, isn’t actually […]

6 November 2010
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elementary mail app Postler comes to Launchpad

It's been a wee while since I last spoke about the elementary mail application 'Postler' but, in the last few days, the project has finally come to Launchpad.

6 November 2010
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Five Ways to Switch Between Workspaces in Ubuntu

Multiple desktop workspaces have long been an important feature of the Linux desktop. Half the battle in getting used to using 'virtual workspaces' is in finding a way to switch between them that suits your workflow. We list our top 5 ways of switching workspaces.

6 November 2010