Everyone knows that I'm partial to small but useful applets so this next one - for monitoring and controlling caps/num/scroll lock - is yet another great addition to Indicator-Applet arsenal.
A reader called Joshua stopped by the OMG! Inbox and asked whether I could post a quick guide to installing Adobe Air on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit. So Joshua - and other early adopters missing their Air fix - here is a quick tutorial.
Bored of the relatively plain default plymouth theme that Ubuntu ships with? You can easily sass it up with themes like this one, called 'ubuntu sunrise, by dinin over on Gnome-look.
Have we gonna all schtum in your RSS reader? Well, it's our fault. You need to update your feed addresses to point to our swanky new one. Note that the majority of users are unaffected by this.
Monitor CPU load and temperature from your panel using this neat little tool by the developers of Fotoxx.
The very first purchasable application lands in the Ubuntu 10.10 Software Centre. Obligatory screenshots after the break.
Owners of Sony Ericsson handsets (non-android, natch) who want to bring a little Ubuntu style to their mobile experience will -love- the following Ambiance theme designed specifically for that purpose. Make the jump to find out how you can get your sweaty palms all over it.
Lubuntu will not become an official Ubuntu ‘spin’ this cycle, Julien Lavergne has confirmed on the Lubuntu mailing list. Lubuntu had hoped to gain official status during the Lucid cycle before shifting its goal to Maverick. So why hasn’t it gained the official stamp of Ubuntu? Lubuntu developer Julien suggests some reasons why after the break.
The mystical and wonderful design prodigy of slurring Californian descent is back in action with this new-fangled design that tries to be a perfect file browser. Interested? Surely you must be after that hand-crafted sentence containing an abundance of adjectives. Hit up the break to see what's new with DanRabbit's "Marlin."
Generative wallpapers were an interesting topic at the last Ubuntu Developers Summit in Belgium, but unfortunately the design team ran out of time to implement it in the furry Meerkat release this coming October. Community member Martin Owens shares some insight into what could have been, had time been on the design team's side. Go out on a whim and click the title OR the "continue reading" link to.. well.. continue reading. Bam!
Installing applications from .deb files has changed for the better in Ubuntu, with the Software Centre now taking over the procedure.
The GNOME foundation has set a record profit for the month of August, thanks in part to the Amazon MP3 affiliate scheme which is embedded in Banshee Media Player.