We’re big fans of the AppImage project – the distro-agnostic application packaging method that allows applications to run on any distribution with no installation required – so we’re thrilled to learn that ‘App Thumbnailer’ – […]
Back in early July we featured ‘Alawalk’ – a lightweight launcher for the resource conscious. It was lean, mean and did its job. If you liked Alawalk but found the 72KiB RAm usage a bit […]
The latest version of open-source flash player ‘Gnash’ boasts that ‘100% of all YouTube videos’ should now work using it. Gnash can be run as a standalone application or as a plugin for most popular […]
I have a problem. I’ll be the first to confess. It’s tearing me apart on the inside. Not a day goes by without me thinking about it, always at the back of my mind, in […]
Since this is my first time writing for OMG! Ubuntu! I figured I would start by sharing a little something that excites me. Namely this mockup Mike Beecham presented in the #banshee IRC channel. Personally […]
A few weeks back we featured an official promotional advert for Ubuntu that barely anyone had ever seen which totally rocked. Today we’re back with another, courtesy of the very ace John Bernard in Canonical’s marketing […]
I’m not sure if the association between the colour purple and and luxury is a solely British thing but either way most readers will find that this wallpaper has an utterly delectable feel to it.I almost want to rub […]
The latest version of photo manager Shotwell has developed into something pretty with plenty of new features and enhancements, including: – Migration support for F-Spot users: Shotwell can now import photos directly from F-Spot, including […]
“When you’re using Linux with the GNOME UI, don’t you hate it when you have to go into the terminal or add the force quit button to the panel just so you can exit an […]
The latest development version of Wine 1.3.x has been released. Wine 1.3.1 sees everyone’s favourite none-an-emulator add: – Support for drag & drop between X11 and OLE. Support for favorites in builtin Internet Explorer. Beginnings of a […]
Ubuntu One gets a revamp for the Kubuntu desktop thanks to Harald Sitter’s Google Summer of Code project. We briefly mentioned the proposal to mash Ubuntu One awesomeness with KDE tech back in April when […]
It’s raining where I am but the sun is most certainly shining in my head: Gtalk users on Linux can finally use both voice and video chat. Adding such support has been Google’s top video […]