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Turpial 1.4.7 adds identica support, new multi-column options & much more

Y’know, detractors aside, it has been a wee while since I last (t)wittered on about a Twitter app. So what’s new with Turpial, one of my favourite clients that is both light and feature-filled? I […]

26 August 2010
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It’s the little things that often matter: ‘Organize desktop by name’

I don’t need to pad this post out: In Ubuntu 10.10 you can ‘organize desktop by name’. This replaces the previous wording of ‘clean up by name‘ which, lets be fair, was a piece of potentially confusing terminology. […]

26 August 2010
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“Where is it?” – Ubuntu 10.10 Software Centre now tells you where to find your newly installed app

It is often the little things that have the greatest impact and, as such, consider me thrilled to finally see the ‘Where is it?’ feature implemented into the Ubuntu Software Centre/Center for Ubuntu 10.10. What is it? […]

26 August 2010
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Lookout! Indicator-screenshotting tool Lookit 0.3 hits Beta

The latest version of TinyGrab inspired screenshot tool ‘Lookit’ has hit beta status and is on the look out for the brave and the bold amongst you to do some testing… New features There are plenty of […]

25 August 2010
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Nautilus’s revamped ‘places’ sidebar

As part of Nautilus’s ongoing revamp – which will see Zeitgesit integration, a beautiful new breadcrumb path-bar & the long-overdue ‘undo’ feature amongst other things – a newly redesigned Places sidebar has been committed as ‘fixed’ in the GNOME […]

25 August 2010
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Dropbox icons now respect your global theme (no more manually replacing them!)

Customizers rejoice: the latest experimental build of Dropbox now respects your installed icon set. This means users no longer need to manually replace them with theme-akin replacements. “We have changed the names of our tray icons […]

25 August 2010
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Fix the Brasero copy/burn error

As someone sans a working DVD drive let alone something to burn or copy I have been largely unaware of a bug plaguing Brasero users during the last few releases: it fails to copy audio and data CD’s and, […]

25 August 2010
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Humanity icons get updated

With the UI and feature freeze just about to fall into place for Ubuntu 10.10 a few subtle changes to the default ‘Humanity’ icon set have landed – and just in time! Unlike previous releases and/or updates […]

25 August 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Monochrome App Icons

There’s nothing worse than an application sitting in the notification area of your system panel and sticking out like a sore thumb on the cohesive hand of your desktop. Or something more poetic. Below sit […]

25 August 2010
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Indicator-Monitor puts system stressing process in plain sight

Another day and another indicator applet to share word of. Today we’re looking rather more informative than time-saving – a system process monitor. ‘System load indicator’ monitors yours running processes CPU, RAM and disc I/O […]

25 August 2010
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Finally – A Chrome theme for Elegant GNOME!

Chrome/ium fans using the Elegant GNOME theme/script pack we featured yesterday can rejoice! A very ace dude by the name of JurgenWagen has created an Elegant-matching Chrome/ium theme that is just the thing for those […]

25 August 2010
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Ubuntu fixes 100 paper-cuts for Maverick – Already!

A short, sharp and congratulatory post right now as news as reached my ear that  the100 paper cuts initiative for Maverick has hit its goal with a full, fat round 100 ‘cuts’ fixed and released. […]

24 August 2010