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Gorgeous Elementary Firefox skin is coming soon

Elementary fans longing for a Firefox theme to match do not have much long to wait. The skin is the work of a Thomas 'Seahorse Pip' and looks every bit as sumptuous as you'd expect.

1 September 2010
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Choqok 1.0 Beta 3 released – adds OAuth support

KDE twitter client Choqok has rolled out a new beta release with timely OAuth support to ensure Choqok users are able to continue using Twitter - which switches off API requests for non-OAuth applications today. Feature list after the jump.

1 September 2010
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C’mon Mozilla, show me my Firefox icon!

Firefox - why won't you adhere to my icon theme!? Small issues sometime grate the most and the following bug falls squarely into that category... Click through for the rest of the rant.

1 September 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 Opera 10.70 skins – Opera has never felt this native!

We've mentioned Kyle Baker's superb Opera themes before so, and in light of sad news yesterday that PPC support for Opera will be discontinued, it's nice to see said skins have been updated for the new & improved default themes in Ubuntu 10.10.

1 September 2010
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Unity adds improved launcher, dash icons

Ubuntu 10.10's Unity interface has gained some new icons in an update tonight. Three new launcher icons - for applications, places and trash respectively - are joined by category icons in the dash over-view. Hit up the break to see screenshots in all their glory.

1 September 2010

The Oauthcalypse Arrives But Gwibber is ready

Support for basic user authentication in many desktop Twitter applications will end at 8AM Pacific time this Tuesday morning, according to Twitter.

31 August 2010

Ubuntu One Contact sync gets better Android device support

Errata: This an updated version of our previous post on the Android Application which wasn’t entirely clear about what was on offer. The Android application for Contact Sync is free – and always will be […]

31 August 2010
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Ubuntu Ambiance theme for Windows XP & Wine

Often it’s newer Linux users missing the familiarity of Windows that skin their OS to mimic that of another but here the tables are turned; fed up of booting into Windows and everything looking so […]

31 August 2010
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This Ubuntu Sound Menu Concept Is Too Dang Cute

I don’t know what is left to say about the Ubuntu 10.10 Sound Menu that hasn’t already been said so far – it’s a menu, it’s new, most of you love it! This mockup by […]

31 August 2010
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KDE 4.5.1 Released

The release of KDE ‘Software Compilation’ 4.5.1 has been announced by the KDE team. The release comes less than a month after the release of the last iteration – KDE 4.5.0 What’s new? Nothing jaw-dropping. […]

31 August 2010
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Btrfs won’t be supported in Maverick

The ‘next-gen’ BTRFS file stystem will not be supported in Ubuntu 10.10. The work needed to provide its inclusion will not be completed in time and, as such, has been deferred to Ubuntu 11.04. It […]

31 August 2010

Ubuntu Mono Style Icons for Exaile Music Player

If you’re an avid Exaile user but find the default tray icon a bit too colourful for your other-wise monochromatic panel then replace them with these mono versions created by ~Jaapz. Install In his mail to us […]

31 August 2010