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OMG! 5! – Five Wallpapers by John Baer

Several readers sent us a link to the following wallpaper by ~jbaer - and we can see why! Titled ‘Maverick Dunes’ and created solely in Inscape, the wallpaper makes a wonderful alternative to the default Ubuntu wallpapers in both Lucid and Maverick. Download link inside, kiddies!

6 October 2010
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OpenShot gets a (swish) new website

It may be the most powerful consumer-orientated video editor for the Linux desktop but OpenShot has long held a website not-quite befitting its awesome status. That is until today. 

6 October 2010
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Divergence Theme Pack is sure to put the awe in anyone’s jaw

We show off a set of slick new themes by jurialmunkey, including installation instructions.

5 October 2010
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Blender-made film ‘Sintel’ passes a million views on YouTube

Animated short fantasy film Sintel, created entirely in open-source 3D graphics suite Blender, has garnered over 1 million YouTube views, less than a week after its premiere.

5 October 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 CD covers are a thing of beauty

The case designs for the Ubuntu 10.10 have been revealed in the Ubuntu store, as pre-orders for Ubuntu 10.10 discs begun to be taken.

5 October 2010
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Screenkey desktop recording tool displays key presses on screen

Screenkey display key presses on-screen, making it a perfect foil for use in 'how-to' or tutorial videos.

5 October 2010
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A thank you from Bryen

Yesterday you were all, evidently, touched by the story of fellow Linux user Bryens loss of hardware, today I am happy to report that we not only met the pledge target but exceeded it.

5 October 2010
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New Ubuntu font meets Android, looks stunning

OMG! Reader Nicholas Ipsen dropped by our inbox earlier today to show us some sweet Ubuntu font action in Android. As you might expect, the new font that Canonical contracted type foundry Dalton Maag to design looks brilliant on Google's mobile operating system. More screenshots after the jump.

5 October 2010
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Five Facebook Apps for the Linux Desktop

Today our compendium of computing curiosities (commonly called ‘OMG! 5!’) sees us poke around in the software drawers of everyone’s favourite social network Facebook. Below you’ll find five Facebook-only notification applications for use on the Ubuntu […]

5 October 2010
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Novacut interview: Jason Gerard DeRose talks missed targets, superstars and future plans for the video editor

I had the pleasure of chatting with Jason Gerard DeRose, the lead developer of Novacut, and asked him whether he was disappointed with the failure to meet the crowd-sourced funding target and what this means for the future of the video editor project that has gotten everyone talking.

5 October 2010
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ShipIt taking pre-requests for Ubuntu 10.10 CD’s

The Ubuntu ShipIt program, which provides free Ubuntu Desktop and Server CD's to users otherwise unable to obtain releases, is now taking pre-order requests for free Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and server CD's.

5 October 2010
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Hotot mono tray icon

Remember that pretty swish new Twitter client called ‘Hotot‘ that we mentioned recently? One rather petty complaint we had with it was the choice of colour tray icon used in the indicator-applet. Good news if […]

4 October 2010