Scrobble Rhythmbox plays to your Libre.Fm account using the ScrobbleFree Rhythmbox plug-in. Libre.Fm is a free and open-source replacement for last.fm founded in 2009, and still under development, the service was forged on the principle […]
I have an ever burgeoning lmental list of things I’ve always meant to post and the following has been one of them. The GNOME foundation provide Amazon referral links for your browser. That is, every […]
As the 10.10 development cycle rolls along various user-created themes are submitted for potential inclusion in the ‘Community Themes’ package. The popular Impression themes have been available for a few cycles now but, for Maverick, […]
Linux users are already spoilt for choice when it comes to free online cloud storage. UbuntuOne and Dropbox both offer 2GB for nothing whilst newly announced project SparkleShare aims to better both of these. If […]
Compiz 0.9 was released for testing earlier today and see the widely used compositing manager benefiting from a major re-service having been completely rewritten in C++. 0.9, an unstable branch of Compiz that will eventually […]
We’ve not really covered badass Zeitgeist powered semantic File Browser ‘Sezen’ much before here on OMG! before and, y’know, I’m at a loss as to why. A simple way to describe the lightweight but not-a-traditional-file-browser […]
Free and fully Open Source Flash implementation ‘LightSpark’ sees the release of a second release candidate today. Lightspark 0.4.2 sees the following additions and improvements, as listed on the official announcement: – YouTube support for […]
Following on from the second development release of Ubuntu 10.10 a few days back comes the latest testing iteration of LXDE-based Ubuntu spin ‘Lubuntu’. Lubuntu developer Julien Lavergne, on announcing the availablity of the new […]
The Google Chrome dev channel (as well as the Chromium daily builds) recently gained preliminary support for storing user passwords in the native system keyring rather than, as currently, the built-in unencrypted password store. Whilst […]
Last week Weather-Indicator project member Cullen shared his favourite five images from the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr Pool (where users can submit photos, a dozen or so of which will make it into the default installation […]
Windows converts will find that many of their favourite applications are already available on Linux; Skype, Firefox, Google Chrome, VLC, etc but there are many Windows staples that don’t have Linux ports. The applications listed below make perfect drop-in replacements.
There are a lot of things that make people switch to Ubuntu. Perhaps it’s older hardware that needs a refresh, or a complete loathing of all things Apple and Microsoft, or maybe a desire to run all […]