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Microsoft’s new spooky Windows 7 themes: use them in Ubuntu

Microsoft have released two new seasonal-themed ‘themepacks’ for Windows 7. With a bit of renaming you can easily grab the wallpapers inside for use on any operating system – including Ubuntu. The new Lightning theme […]

20 October 2010
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0 A.D. Alpha 2 released with new in-game UI, better gameplay, performance

Wildfire Games has announced the second alpha release of open-source ‘ancient warfare’ RTS game 0 A.D.

19 October 2010
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Gwibber, facebook and You

To many of us applications are like cars: you get it, turn them on and they run. The running, fine-tuning and servicing of the app/car is left to a professional – in this case developers. […]

19 October 2010
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Change your Facebook login background with this Chrome/ium extension

Avid Facebook users bored of the dreary login screen can now customize it with an image of their choosing using the Chrome/ium extension ‘Facebook Refresh’.

19 October 2010
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Easily add a Rythmbox ‘remove’ item keyboard shortcut

Does Rhythmbox's lack of a keyboard shortcut for the 'Remove' option annoy you? Well here's an easy way to add a short-cut key of your choice

19 October 2010
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elementary 2.5 released – now faster than Ambiance

A new version of elementary - one of the most popular themes available for Linux - has hit version 2.5.

19 October 2010
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Indicator-Workspaces adds options, Maverick PPA plus hints at future features

Indicator-Workspaces now has a working preferences window and a PPA for Maverick users.

18 October 2010
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Ubuntu Software Center helping you clean up your applications

Thanks to Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi, Software Center is able to tell you which applications (of which Zeitgeist knows of) you have not been using for a while.

18 October 2010
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Take Edubuntu for a free spin online!

The awesome folks at Edubuntu have launched a great new tool for those curious about the educational spin but reluctant to download, burn and then fire up a live disc - Edubuntu WebLive.

18 October 2010
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TextRoom – Distraction free full-screen rich text editor for writers

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 […]

18 October 2010
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Clementine music player goes mono…

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 […]

17 October 2010
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Dual-screen version of Ubuntu 10.10’s default wallpaper

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.

17 October 2010