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New Ubuntu Advert makes for a slick introduction to the OS

During Mark's keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit he played a very slick new video advertisement for Ubuntu. Whilst I doubt this will be rocking up on your TV anytime soon it's nonetheless an extremely slick introduction to Ubuntu and what it's all about.

27 October 2010
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Enable ‘Instant’ site loading in Chromium daily build

The Chromium daily builds on Linux now offer up the option to instantly load websites as your enter the address in the URL bar.

26 October 2010
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Easily get Wine apps to match your GTK theme

Nothing sucks more about running Wine applications in Ubuntu than the visual yell of "HEY! I'M NOT NATIVE!". The following tip is a quick and pain-free way to get Wine apps matching the look of the rest of your desktop.

26 October 2010
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Ambiance Persona for Firefox 4

Firefox 4 users on Ubuntu 10.10 looking to blend the browser in to their desktops should try out the following Ambiance Persona theme by reader Juan.

26 October 2010
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Gwibber to gain Unity Quicklists, Geolocation Integration and more

What's the best thing since slice bread?

26 October 2010
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Ubuntu getting a new icon theme

Whilst the big news in Mark Shuttleworth's opening address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit was regarding Unity he also touched upon the creation of a new Ubuntu icon theme - one that will be in keeping with the Ambiance and Radiance GTK themes.The icon set is by no means planned to land fully in Ubuntu Natty - the completed set is targeted for Ubuntu 12.04.

25 October 2010
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Zeitgeist’s bright future in Unity

It’s UDS time again and although I am not physically there (German VISA issue), I am happy to hear about the Unity work being done and I think I speak on behalf of the Zeitgeist […]

25 October 2010
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‘Sponsor an app’ model coming to Ubuntu Software Centre in 11.04

Helping to fund your favourite open-source applications will become much easier in Ubuntu 11.04. A new method will be introduced to the Ubuntu Software Store to allow users to 'sponsor a package' for any amount they so wish via the in-place UbuntuOne payment structure.

25 October 2010
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Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop

In his keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 11.04 will use a new desktop version of Unity for the default desktop environment.

25 October 2010
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Ubuntu 11.04 to ship Unity as default desktop?

A blueprint suggesting a that a variant of the Unity netbook interface should be used on the desktop edition for Natty Narwhal has been approved by Mark Shuttleworth for discussion at the Ubuntu Developer Summit this week.

24 October 2010
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Banshee OMG style, now with 100% more genre filtering

Since Joey scooped me by posting Alex Launis exellent Play Queue enhancement, I figured now the time has come to show off a 5 month old feature in Banshee. Yes.. 5 months old. Namely Alexander […]

24 October 2010

Pastie – handy clipboard manager indicator applet

Pastie is a small clipboard manager that uses an indicator-applet to display and give access to you clipboard history.

24 October 2010