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Ambiance theme for GNOME-Shell

Gnome-Shell may be heading in a different direction given the recent delays and new unity-esque mock-ups shown at Guadec but one thing is for sure: the current darkly-toned look Shell rocks out with is not […]

2 August 2010
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17 Recommended apps for Linux designers and developers

Freelance web developer John Hamelink has put together a tight little list of apps he recommends for Linux developers and designers. The (as of writing) 17strong list includes many applications we’ve raved about on OMG! […]

2 August 2010
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Ubuntu Control Centre 0.5 brings GPU switching to Linux

The latest version of UCC – a third-party Ubuntu Control Centre – has been been released. The update sees the usual smattering of bug fixes, stability refinements but, for feature fans, a notable new addition […]

2 August 2010
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Share your music with your mates using Firefly

Earlier this year I was looking for a way to set up music sharing for my flatmates. I knew that Rhythmbox supported DAAP sharing, so I set that up using the DAAP plugin and that […]

2 August 2010
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July’s most popular posts on oMG! Ubuntu!

It’s August the 1st already! Geesh… time flies when you’re busy blogging! Here are the 10 most read posts here on OMG! last month. The best advert for Ubuntu you’ve probably never seen… OMG! Ubuntu! […]

1 August 2010
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Proposal to make GNOME a fully-fledged OS

Last weeks GUADEC was less like a developers conference and more like a presidential campaign rally! The enthusiasm, positivity and general feedback that it has garnered is incredible but amongst the many interesting things propositioned […]

1 August 2010
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Restore default Gnome settings in Ubuntu (quick tip)

Installed, hacked and tweaked Ubuntu a bit too much? Wish there was a glowing red ‘reset’ button you could press? Well there sort of it… Reset GNOME defaults in Ubuntu Restoring the default GNOME settings […]

1 August 2010
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The new Gnome-Shell mock-up in motion

The “new” style GNOME Shell mock-up presented at last weeks Guadec conference now comes with added motion! The following video demos the intended motion-design of the layout so whilst what you see below is not […]

1 August 2010
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Ubuntu Stickered: My keyboard finally gets ubuntuized

It didn't take me long to cave in and buy some of the (very cheap) new Ubuntu sticker sets we mentioned a few days ago. Admittedly this was, in part, because I spied that the sheets contained some neat circular Ubuntu logo stickers that seemed to be an appropriate size to cover the Windows key on my keyboard.

1 August 2010
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Give the Ubuntu Forums a new look using Stylish

The Ubuntu Forum will be getting its official visual upgrade sometime later this year but in the mean time, if the happening hub of all things Ubuntu is wearing weary on your eyes, give it a […]

1 August 2010
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Mark Shuttleworth apologises for alleged sexist comment

Mark Shuttleworth has apologised “unreservedly to all offended” for his “poor choice of language” during LinuxCon 2009 during which a comment made by the Ubuntu founder was deemed to be sexist by many members of […]

1 August 2010
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Clementine music player gets dev ppa

We love the Amarok 1.4 inspired music player Clementine here at OMG! towers so we’re stoked to learn of a newly created dev-build PPA for the bold and the beautiful to make use of. Dev […]

1 August 2010