Open-source rich text editor ‘TextRoom’ is another of ‘minimal, distraction free’ tool designed for writers. Editors of this ilk share one common goal: to get you writing. To do this they shove any potential distractions […]
Clementine – the Amarok 1.4 inspired music player – is going mono in its forthcoming release. If you’re worried by that statement then relax - I don’t mean that kind of mono but rather its […]
Dual screen users can now benefit from the beauty of Maverick's default wallpaper thanks to the following dedicated dual-screen version by Kyle Baker.
Love the new Ubuntu font so much that you want every website to use it? Say hello to the following plucky Chrome extension which offers to do just that
Docky and the Deluge torrent client were great bedfellows for a while with the former able to display transfer rates for the latter. And then it broke when Deluge 1.2 was released. Boo. Thanks to Gary over at cranked.me we can get it working again in no-time.
Users of the Hotot twitter application's Daily Builds PPA are in for a treat with the latest pre-alpha update with indenti.ca & multi-account support now added.
Main menu replacement Cardapio can truly boast to be a lightweight app, with it now using just 5MB of RAM when in active use.
Opera 11 will ship with support for extensions. Finally.
The traditional biannualy held Ask Mark session of Ubuntu Open Week took place on 14th October 2010 1400 UTC on IRC. In the session, the Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life talked about Unity, Project Harmony, many things about Canonical and clarified some points about less Kubuntu love and copyright assignment. And of course, the usual humor.
Linux.conf.au 2011 has opened registrations for the largest open source conference in the Southern Hemisphere. Linux.conf.au will be held in Brisbane, Australia at the idyllic waterside Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Gardens Point Campus from 24 - 29 January 2011.
Canonical's Gerry Carr has posted a neat video demonstration of Ubuntu 10.10's new multi-touch features in action with the Ubuntu Unity interface.
There are hundreds of ways to add website shortcuts to your desktop: Prism apps, Chrome WebApps, good ol' fashioned dragged n' dropped shortcuts on your desktop. The issue? Most of these require some effort on your part. Enter Web Launcher and it's crusade against hassle.