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‘For Purchase’ entry lands in Software Store, nothing to get excited about just yet

Pictures tell a thousand words (or in OMG!’s case around 377 words) In a recent update to the Ubuntu Software Centre in 10.10 has come a sidebar entry for paid applications. There aren’t actually any […]

11 August 2010
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Five tips, hacks and tweaks to get a Mac-like experience in Ubuntu

For all the 'ITSAMAC!!!OMG!!!1" sentiment flung in the direction of Ubuntu many don't think that it is 'Mac' enough. We've already covered turning your 'buntu box into a Windows 7 clone but attention turns to Microsoft's Cupertino-based rival and their popular OS X operating system. Here are five ways to make Ubuntu truly looking, behaving and feeling like a Mac.

11 August 2010
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Bringing fun back to the desktop with… OMG! (the app)

Ohso wants to create fun, unique apps. Jorge linked me up with this idea. I quote from the blog post: I think it would be fun to add an achievement system to the Ubuntu Desktop, like is […]

10 August 2010
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Open-Source flash alternative LightSpark final released

Lightspark 0.4.3 final has been released, coming a mere two days after the first release candidate. In the official announcement the developers state that “A couple of interesting features as been added since the RC […]

10 August 2010
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Faenza icon set gets a PPA

Quick heads up to something I forgot to mention before – the very slick Faenza icon set now has a PPA, making it easy to stay up-to-date with the latest additions to the square-y icon […]

10 August 2010
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A beginners tour of Shotwell – Ubuntu’s new photo manager

Ubuntu 10.10 will see the much-derided F-Spot pushed out of the frame in favour of the lighter, leaner Yorba-developed photo manager/editor app going by the name of ‘Shotwell‘. Whilst we’ve featured Shotwell many times on […]

10 August 2010
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KDE hits turbo button with 4.5

This is a cross-post from our sister site OMG! Suse! written by rTyler.   Hold onto your hats! The KDE team just announced the release of KDE 4.5.0, the most recent release of the already […]

10 August 2010
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P-Launcher – handy little package utility

P-Launcher is a simple utility providing simple package-overview, saving and ‘mini’ management. Whilst not intended as a replacement for Synaptic it is portable, requires no dependencies & allows a user to: – Save packages – creates a list of […]

10 August 2010
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Revving up the Ubuntu Manual Project for Maverick

Things have been a bit quiet in manual-land for the last couple of months. We managed to get a couple of translated copies released, but apart from that, the IRC channel and mailing list has resembled […]

10 August 2010
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I said a few things wrong, let’s move on

A couple of days ago I posted an article which, believe it or not, had a fundamental message buried somewhere amongst the stereotyping, name-calling trollop. It was a mistake on my behalf to use such […]

10 August 2010
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DreamScene for Ubuntu? Ta very much.

Ever wanted to set video as your desktop wallpaper a la the quickly-ditched Windows DreamScene? With 'Video Wallpaper' it's easy.

9 August 2010
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For what it’s worth: Rhythmbox gets a pause button, fixes bug from 2006

A small update to Ubuntu 10.10 a few days back brought something rather special to the table…. Nope, not a new icon set, PiTiVi with effects or even the stacks feature in Docky but a […]

9 August 2010