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gma booster promises 2.4x the power for netbook graphics chips

It will come as no revelation that the number one reason netbooks’ suck is due to their meek integrated innards – such as the prevalent use of Intel’s integrated graphics chips. Sure, they need to […]

10 June 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Terminal commands/tips

Today’s daily 5 aims to free up some of your time with some nifty terminal commands. sudo !! Ever entered a command but left off the ‘sudo’ ? Instead of typing the entire thing again, […]

10 June 2010
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Get Animated, Themed, Icon Only GRUB Menu Using BURG – now simple to use!

We all know that the GRUB loading menu that greets many of upon boot isn't the most stylish or modern looking interface - even adding a poorly pixelated picture background can't save it from looking lame. Getting a gorgeous, animated and informative boot-loader is no longer a dream thanks to 'Brand New Universal Bootloader' (more commonly referred to as 'BURG'.)

10 June 2010
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Elementary Theme gets new release; improved look

A new release of the popular Elementary theme has been made – adding improved support for Nautilus-Elementary, a revised style for the Midori web browser and some new look minimal scroll bars. The theme also […]

10 June 2010
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How a shy blueberry crusher stumbled upon an African spaceman and began a new job on Valentines Day

Today is a very special day indeed for, 32 years ago thence, the worlds best ‘design team generalist’ was born in the humble shire of Nelson in New Zealand on June 10th. Forget Jesus – […]

10 June 2010
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We’re NOT Mac OS X!

Those who installed Lucid Lynx got a surprise – from pre-releases through to the full release of 10.04, Ubuntu’s windows buttons have swapped sides! Interesting how this default setup of these buttons now mirror those […]

10 June 2010
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What indicator applets were made for: Mock-up Power Manager Applet for Ubuntu

Power management in Ubuntu is a largely poor effort. As Ubuntu stretches it's leg in the field of mobile computing devices; users need a more coherent and accessible way to control power settings. Users currently need to use 3 (!) applets in-order to manage the oft-most power-related used features of screen brightness, CPU performance and battery life indication.

9 June 2010
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The new Ubuntu font – how to download it

The new Ubuntu font has been available to download for quite a while — providing you had enough wiles to know where and how to find it. Eagle eyed readers will likely have spotted the […]

9 June 2010
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I know I’m in no position to criticise but really GNOME, really? (d0od rant)

With Gnome 3.0 on course to be released later this year developers have begun making the tough decisions on what will be included as part of the desktop – and, perhaps more controversially, what won’t […]

9 June 2010
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Daily 5: Five Alternative System fonts

Today’s Daily 5 offers up 5 alternative fonts for use in Ubuntu as the System font (the one that you seen on menu’s, buttons, etc). The default font in Ubuntu — ‘Sans’ (actually Déjà Vu […]

9 June 2010
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‘Promoting Ubuntu in Business’ Event to be held July 13th

The Ubuntu UK community and Canonical are hosting a ‘different kind of IT event’ next month to promote the use of Ubuntu in UK businesses. The event, which takes place on Tuesday July 13th in […]

9 June 2010
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Get Safari’s new ‘reader’ feature in Chrome & Firefox

Apple pushed out Safari 5 earlier today. With it came a new feature called ‘Reader’ that, in the words of Apple themselves,: – “…removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you […]

8 June 2010