Ubuntu 10.10’s New Sound Menu Starts to Stir into life

Ubuntu 10.10 will see the Meerkat rock out with a new Unified sound menu that allows users to “…easily change sound volume and control music playback.” We’re a few weeks away from Alpha 2 but, […]

20 June 2010
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Sezen contextualized file manager shown off [Video]

Seif Lotfy from Zeitgeist and Elementary fame has been working on a new file searcher/browser called “Sezen” that provides contextualized results based on time and file type. Sezen makes use of Tracker and Zeitgeist to give […]

20 June 2010
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Video Effects in PiTiVi

Ubuntu default video editor PiTiVi currently lacks video effects – but this won’t be the case for much longer. PiTiVi developer Thiblahute has been working on implementing effects into PiTiVi as part of his Google […]

18 June 2010
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Stacks for Docky looks like a dream, works like one too!

A few days ago we mentioned in passing that the talented Psybers was working on stack functionality for premier dock app Docky.  The feature hadn’t worked for me until now so finally having it up and running […]

18 June 2010
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Cardapio – The awesome replacement menu applet that just keeps on giving

Since we first featured panel menu-replacement applet Cardapio several weeks back the application has evolved at an awesome pace – even my initial want for Zeitgeist integration is on the way!  In case you haven’t […]

17 June 2010
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Windicators in action (albeit mocked-up action)

Windicators will form part of Ubuntu 10.10’s new feature set but remained, until now, somewhat of an enigma for no-one really knew what they were supposed to be for – other than indicate! Below are some […]

17 June 2010
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Use Bootchart to find out how long Ubuntu takes to start on your computer

Stat hounds looking to find out exactly how long Ubuntu takes to start-up should lay down their stopwatches and start using Bootchart. Bootchart will not only provide you an exact time (in seconds) of how […]

17 June 2010
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HeyBuddy – a minimal identi.ca only desktop app for Linux

HeyBuddy is an indenti.ca only desktop microblogging application that is both nimble, light & designed to be simple to use. Features HeyBuddy doesn’t stuff a tray icon in your panel, there are no reams of […]

17 June 2010
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The Docky Stable PPA: The easy way to stay up-to-date safely

Although many users prefer to live on the bleeding edge of application development some people prefer the security, stability and general sass of stable versions; no random crashes, half-baked features or memory-munching bugs. We feature Docky a […]

17 June 2010
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Mono Icons for RadioTray

Yesterday we blogged about radio-in-your-gnome-panel-applet RadioTray. It has an OK-ish default tray icon but it isn’t mono and that so distressed the awesome Tommy Brunn (of Caffeine fame) that, using his super design powers, he […]

17 June 2010
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Transmission 2.0 Released – new UI filters, features, fixes

Popular open-source BitTorrent client – and default Ubuntu torrent app – Transmission has updated to version 2.0. This latest release sees several bugs fixed and a handful of new features including: – Local peer Discovery […]

17 June 2010
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Auto-Hide Mouse Pointer in Ubuntu When Idle

Simple things are no-less crazily awesome just take Unclutter which auto-hides your cursor from the screen after a timed period of inactivity. So popular is Unclutter that it’s being reviewed for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10! […]

17 June 2010