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Spotify Linux preview now supports Spotify unlimited subscribers

Spotify Unlimited subscribers are now able to use the Spotify for Linux preview. Prior to now the preview was only available to Premium subscribers – Spotify’s highest tier package – but in an update today […]

15 July 2010
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OpenSuse 11.3 Released

The latest version of Novell-sponsored distribution OpenSuse has been released today. OpenSuse 11.3 brings a boatload of brilliant new features to users desktop including secure online file backup via SpiderOak, tracker file indexing (replacing beagle), btrfs support & […]

15 July 2010
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Enable Chrome Web Apps in Chromium on Ubuntu

If you’re chomping at the bit to try out some of Googles Web App features in Chrome/ium then read on! Google announced that a new Chrome Web Store was being built earlier this year at […]

15 July 2010
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Distro Agnostic packaging: Making AppImages

Welcome to the world of Distro agnostic application packaging thanks to the ‘1 app = 1 file’ AppImage initiative from the Elementary-Project. Yesterday we waxed lyrical about the ‘portability’ factor of AppImages – the one-click […]

15 July 2010
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7 days with Emesene 2 Pre-Alpha

Emesene2, the successor to the popular Windows Live Network-based Instant Messaging application ‘Emesene’, recently launched a testing PPA for foolhardy users to install and test the current pre-alpha builds. Emesene2 has been rewritten completely from […]

15 July 2010
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BURG Boot loader installation, themeing & more gets even easier with BURG Manager app

The process of installing BURG – the easy way to get a graphical, good-looking bootloader – has been made easier thanks to a new ‘BURG Manager’ application which provides users with a graphical front-end for configuring and managing various […]

14 July 2010
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Vote now for an awesome new Ubuntu help platform

Spend a minute today to help make the lives of yourself, other Ubuntu users and even the dear developers who toil so hardy over code that little bit easier by voting up a proposal for […]

14 July 2010
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Portable Linux Apps – Run your favourite apps on any Linux distribution from a USB drive

Ever wanted to run your favourite Linux applications from a USB sticks on ANY major Linux distribution with the need to install anything? Then prepare to say hello to Portable Linux Applications. The Portable Linux […]

14 July 2010
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Quickly record soundcard output in Ubuntu with OutRec

“Have you ever wanted to record a sound heard from your computer or website?” queries OutRec on their website  “If yes OutRec is perfect for you.” The application is simple:  you can record everything outputted […]

14 July 2010
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(drum roll) The mystery ‘Chromium menu theme’ is revealed…

If you remember seeing this a day or two back and thinking “Ooooh”…. …followed by feeling a bit “Boooo” when looking at your stock Ambiance theme, then perk up – I need your ears, eyes […]

14 July 2010
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The Ubuntu One Control Panel: Beauty in simplicity

Signing up for and managing your Ubuntu One account could be about to get a whole world easier in later releases of Ubuntu with the introduction of a new desktop-based Ubuntu One Control Panel from […]

13 July 2010
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One users ideal Ubuntu 10.10 Sound Menu mocked-up

Earlier this week Ubuntu’s Community Super-dude Jono Bacon blogged his delight at the ongoing-progress of Ubuntu 10.10’s spiffy new Sound Menu. We, too, here at OMG! towers, have been going a bit gaga over its […]

13 July 2010