This is a very technical post about the basics and fundamentals of the OMG! App… Taken from the GNOME Wiki The idea being OMG! is to have a central user awarding system where users collect […]
If your life has been lacking a well designed, slighty humorous but oh-so informative Peridoic Table wallpaper then say hello to this Nobel-ium (no really, that is the best pun I can do.) slice of pixel perfect. […]
It might not be Ubuntu 10.10’s photo manager of choice but the F-Spot machine continues to chug along apace. Version 0.7.2 of the photo management application has just been released, coming a mere four weeks […]
Of the many new features Mozilla are stuffing the next edition of their premier browser with is support for the 'work in progress' HTML 3D graphics API WebGL. This will provide high-quality 3D graphics in-browser without the need for plugins. OMG!'s good friend Bilal "bug crusher" Akhtar sent over some instructions for getting it up and running in Ubuntu Lucid which i've printed below.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]