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OMG! Ubuntu! Reader Desktops

There are some awesome screenshots of desktops in the OMG! Ubuntu! Facebook group so I thought it would be cool to post ten of the coolest ones here for you guys to admire, ask questions about […]

12 June 2010
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Cardapio menu applet gets web search and preferences

Our favourite alternative to the main Ubuntu menu applet has received an update today which makes it easier to configure settings and also includes a new plugin to perform Google searches right from your desktop! The new […]

12 June 2010
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Fixing Fullscreen flash in Ubuntu 10.04

If you’re one of the many people who experience issues when watching Flash videos in fullscreen then the following tip by dodo3773 may help you out. “What I did was right click on any flash […]

11 June 2010
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How Do You Use Caffeine? (The app, not the stimulant)

If you use Caffeine – the screensaver and sleep inhibiting application, not the alkaloid psychoactive stimulant – then you may be able to help its development by answering one very simple question: ‘How do you use it?’ What […]

11 June 2010
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mono tray icon for wakoopa monitor app

Do you use software tracking service Wakoopa? If so you may have installed the desktop plug-in in Ubuntu and noticed that the icon it uses a little bit on the bright side. You lost me […]

11 June 2010
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Daily 5: 5 beautiful themes by pr09studio

We love the work of Pr09Studio, real name Leo, here at OMG! – so much so that we’ve featured his wallpapers, his themes and even his pet dog several times already. Okay maybe not the […]

11 June 2010
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Quirky Wallpaper: Real-time sunlight wallpaper

A few days back Benjamin posted an article on setting up a slick real-time Earth view wallpaper. In response to that Carles Sentis has sent us news of an awesome pet project of his which does […]

11 June 2010
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Install Ubuntu 10.10 Software Centre in Lucid

Earlier today we showed off some of the progress being made on the next version of the Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat – including a brand new super slick animated ‘Featured Apps’ bar. […]

10 June 2010
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SparkleShare aims to better dropbox with open source gusto; collaboration tools

A new ‘dropbox style’ synchronisation and collaboration tool aimed at open-source users has been announced today by Hylke Bons. Called SparkleShare aims to provide all of the same features of Dropbox but with better GNOME […]

10 June 2010
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Add Google Voice alerts to the Ubuntu Messaging Menu

Users of Google Voice will be thrilled to learn that thanks to the work of Ken Van Dine you can now receive instant notifications of new voicemail, SMS’s and other Google Voice messages directly to […]

10 June 2010
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Easy branch-to-package creation coming to Launchpad

Testing development branches of your favourite applications will soon be made a lot easier thanks to a new “Branch-to-package wizard” (my term, not theirs) being added to Launchpad. Developers will be able to easily turn […]

10 June 2010
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Maverick Software centre adds animated apps bar

Disclaimer: The screenshots and video contained herein are of an ‘in-development’ application and as such do represent nor constitute the final, end product. The Ubuntu Software Centre continues to excite with it’s development as it […]

10 June 2010