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Mono 2.8 public preview released

Andrew Jorgensen has announced that the 2.8 preview of Mono is available. This is the first early version of what will become Mono 3.0, the next long term supported version of Mono (2.4.x and later […]

13 September 2010
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Interactive Unity mock-up

Unity may not even be officially released yet but already people are thinking about how it can improve for 11.04 and beyond. Take Michael Jonker’s awesome interactive Unity mock-up, as posted to the Ayatana mailing […]

13 September 2010
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Steadyflow download manager aims to look good, work better

Ever felt that your desktop has been bereft of a modern and capable download manager? Maia Kozheva felt the same and decided it was time to do something about it... Meet Steadyflow.

13 September 2010
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Couturier is a neat PDF merge app inspired by iCombiner

Merge and combine mulitple documents using Couturier - a PDF merge app inspired by iCombiner It's a flawlessly usable application that does what it's supposed to and not a jot more or less. Download link inside.

13 September 2010
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Show the date, day & seconds on Indicator-Datetime

Maverick users who have either personally installed the Indicator-datetime applet or found it sat lovingly on their desktops after an upgrade may wish is was a little bit more... configurable. Getting it to display more than the time - e.g. the date, seconds and/or the day - is actually relatively simple, just following the following steps that lie herein.

13 September 2010
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Remnants of the Week

All sorts of crazy tips came in over this last week, but rather then send barrages of tiny news, here's the whole group at once!

13 September 2010
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Rhythmbox re-imagined Elementary style

German designer Jan stopped by the OMG! mail box today to share his mock-ups for an Elementary style Rhythmbox and Evolution. “Today I did some mockup images for Rhythmbox and Evolution (mail and calenderview) how […]

12 September 2010
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Shutter 0.86.4 released – you can now capture all workspaces as one image

The greatest screenshotting tool known to Linux users sees a new release today. Version 0.86.4 (don’t say that with a mouthful) adds many exciting new features. Ready for a rundown? Capture all workspaces as one […]

12 September 2010
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Ambiance style Emesene tray icons

Last week we highlighted some gradiently-gorgeous (no, that is a word now) Ubuntu Radiance style replacement tray icons for everyone’s favourite MSN clone ‘Emesene’. Whilst many readers loved the simplicity behind them the author had stated […]

12 September 2010
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How to restore default GNOME Panels in Ubuntu

So you've removed a desktop panel you wished you hadn't, ditched an applet you now realised you were quite fond of or you just long for the halcyon days when your desktop panels were all neat and tidy like a fresh install, right? This script is there to help.

12 September 2010
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Kobo Desktop eReader application also available for Ubuntu

Kobo Desktop Application –  a free application from eReading company Kobo that enables users to read, build a digital library, and shop for eBooks directly from their computer – is also available for Ubuntu, we […]

12 September 2010
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Lightspark 0.4.4.2 fixes YouTube support, adds audio plugin framework

“Another week, another bug fix release for Lightspark!” starts the release announcement on SSSUP‘s blog, which goes on to assure that YouTube support has been fixed and a new plugin-based audio-framework – allowing the flash-alternative […]

12 September 2010