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Clearlooks Revamp GTK theme is light, stylish

It may be the default theme for stock GNOME but the ‘Clearlooks’ GTK theme no-doubt remains on the fringes of taste for eye candy aficionados. Nevertheless the theme provides a clean and distraction free look […]

28 July 2010
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GNOME 3 delayed until March 2011

The release of GNOME 3 has been delayed once again, this time proposed for release in March of 2011. The news, announced at GUADEC, is to allow the GNOME team ‘another release cycle to mature’ the […]

28 July 2010
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New apps land in the Meerkat software centre

The Ubuntu Software Centre store front in Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha has really started to flesh out, with an update today adding in a roster of application to the ‘New apps’ section. The apps listed within […]

28 July 2010
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211 free Wine-compatible Games in one download

How does the thought of 211 completely free wine-compatible games available in one download, complete with slick launcher and per-game info, sound to you? Indulgent? Maybe. Worth downloading? Hell yes. Mega Games Pack The bundle […]

28 July 2010
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Guadec live streams available, are history in the making

The annual GNOME conference for developers and community members alike is running this week in The Hague, Netherlands. From the GUADEC web site: GUADEC (pronounced gwah-dec) is the largest get together of GNOME users, developers, […]

28 July 2010
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Ubuntu Manual released in Greek, German

After a couple of months and many, many delays, The Ubuntu Manual Team has released Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 in some more languages, Greek and German. The setbacks in translated editions being released was […]

28 July 2010
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Ubuntu aiding the animators of tomorrow

Last week saw the 18th annual ‘Anima Mundi’ festival take place in Rio de Janeiro, South America. In amongst some of the worlds most talented animators, artists and filmmakers residing something a little bit familiar…  […]

27 July 2010

Dell not dropping Ubuntu, adds new ubuntu-powered tower to online store

Scratch your head and then touch your toes; a few days ago news eeped around the blogosphere that Dell were deciding to drop Ubuntu-based offerings from their online store for a limited time due to […]

27 July 2010
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Download Every default Ubuntu wallpaper in one archive

Wallpaper fans who have longed to own every default Ubuntu wallpaper since Warty waddled its way into the world will be lining up to download the following archive created by anchorschmidt. The 66.3 MB .zip […]

27 July 2010
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Naufrago! RSS reader is basic but competent

Nothing comes close in terms of awe and ease as Google’s very own online RSS reader ‘Google Reader’. Despite this many users still use desktop based solutions. Liferea is perhaps the most well known desktop […]

27 July 2010
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How to run Opera Mini in Ubuntu

Ever wanted to see whether the fuss over Opera Mini - oft lauded as one of the best mobile web browsers - stacks up? Maybe you just want to see how your mobile site will displays to users on smaller screens. Here's how to take the ickle-browser for a spin without the need to go anywhere near a mobile phone...

27 July 2010
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Nautilus-Elementary PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 ready – already!

Early testers, adopters or unaware-upgraders of Ubuntu 10.10 missing their Nautilus-Elementary fix will be pleased to hear that  a testing PPA is ready – already! Shouts out, as ever, to the ace ammonkey and, for […]

27 July 2010