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Ubuntu 10.10 Wallpapers: Snails, Dalmatians & Plenty of Grass

The Ubuntu Artwork selection process for Maverick Meerkat is over. 17 new photo wallpapers have been selected for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10. You can see each of the winning images in the gallery below. A […]

26 August 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10′s new default wallpaper (for now at least)

It’s evolution rather than revolution on the Ubuntu 10.10 default wallpaper front – but is the image below really the default wallpaper or will there yet be a surprise found waiting on the desktop at a later […]

26 August 2010
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More Software Centre additions: easily install add-ons, prep app purchasing

Further to our posts on the new look software centre for Ubuntu 10.10 and the introduction of a ‘where is it?’ feature to help users quickly locate their installed apps there are also a handful […]

26 August 2010
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Radiance gets updated for Maverick

Ubuntu design team member – and one of the many forces behind the latest Ubuntu Light Maverick themes – Andrea Cimitan has just blogged about the updated version of ‘Radiance’ for Ubuntu 10.10. Stating that “Radiance […]

26 August 2010
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Add Shoutcast to Rhythmbox

If you’re one of the estimated 600,000 daily Shoutcast web radio listeners you might be interested in this: a Shoutcast plugin for Rhythmbox. Although I’m not a massive fan of radio there are times, for whatever reason – […]

26 August 2010
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WeatherPaper puts the weather outside on your desktop inside

GNOME users have long been left out in the cold when searching for a good looking & easily-themeable ‘Weather Wallpaper’ application. Over a year ago I ran down the Gnome-friendly alternatives to KDE’s slick weather wallpaper plug-in and […]

26 August 2010
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Add a neat little Wine app menu to your panel

Joe Lawrence sent us over this incredibly simple yet worthwhile tip for avid Wine users. Sourced specifically because ‘cool menus’ such as Cardapio don’t let you run easily launch Wine applications. He’s already written it […]

26 August 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 sound menu gets new buttons (at last!)

Some of you loathed them, some of you loved them but now they’re gone. Yes, the Ubuntu 10.10 Sound Menu has finally introduced new player control icons that ditch the gaudy n’ grey look of yesterday […]

26 August 2010
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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