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Ubuntu Developer Week kicks off today

The Ubuntu Developer Week is back and at it again for another fun-filled, action-packed week of learning and education on how you can contribute to Ubuntu and become an exciting developer. Developers are in shortage […]

12 July 2010
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Search for and Add PPA’s from the terminal

One goal on the Ubuntu Software Centre’s roadmap is to add the ability to search for and add other users’ PPA’s. In the mean time we’ve seen other helpful tools spring up – such as […]

11 July 2010
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Chromium’s unified menu comes to daily builds

Image | cmyrland Chromium’s new ‘unified menu’ is now enabled by default in the Chromium Daily build. The ‘single menu’ approach to listing options and features is something a lot of browser are currently in the […]

11 July 2010
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Pragha Media player is both fast and familiar

Everyone loves music players and we’ve certainly had a lot of feature of late - The google looking MiniTunes, ‘ghost of Amarok 1.4’ Clementine & the stylish Banshee-Meego. Pragha is ‘yet another music player’ that’s been kicking around for a while now and, I though, time for a bit of a mention here on el OMG!.

11 July 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Minimal Metacity Themes

To counterbalance the increasing amount of bright and shiny-buttoned Metacity's of late I present you with some sober minimal Metacity themes to install and enjoy.

11 July 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Elementary-Monochrome app icons

Elementary users wanting a consistent look to their notification area may find some of the following monochromatic icons perfect replacements for the unsubtle icons the applications mentioned ship with.

10 July 2010
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Last few hours to win 100gb of free online storage with SpiderOak

Our SpiderOak competition closes today at midnight UTC – which means you’ve got a fair few hours left to win one of two free year-long 100GB SpiderOak online storage accounts – worth $100 a piece! […]

10 July 2010
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How Slow is Your Ubuntu Login? [Poll]

Something has always plagued the Ubuntu installations on my Toshiba Satellite, ever since I started using it early last year: Login time. No, not boot time, which is all the rage nowadays – I’m talking […]

10 July 2010
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Don’t miss the rest of Ubuntu’s UserDay!

Welcome to a much belated post on the ace ‘Ubuntu UserDay’ that have been taking place over the last day or so (timezone depending). Sadly I have only just become aware of them, thanks to […]

10 July 2010
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gtweety – Yet another desktop twitter app for GNOME

Gtweety is “yet another” desktop twitter application for GNOME. But does it chirp any distinctive notes  distinctive amongst the chorus of so many rivals? I accidentally came across GTweety on LaunchPad whilst searching for an […]

9 July 2010
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Smuxi IRC Client – much of what you expect with a little bit you don’t

IRC Clients are one category of application that hasn't evolved much over the last few years. Smuxi doesn't deviate from this mould and is an Irssi-inspired IRC client targeted at ‘sophisticated' GNOME users, although available on other platforms, too. Smuxi has more than a handful of ace features up it's sleeve that would make it an ideal consideration if you're looking to switch IRC clients.

9 July 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 sound menu continues maturing

Ubuntu 10.10’s new Unified sound menu is continuing to mature nicely in the latest updates to the Alpha OS. Early adopters may have already noticed the update but for those waiting for a bit longer […]

9 July 2010