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Microsoft Office web apps now available in the UK

Microsoft have finally launched their free online Office Suite (termed ‘office web app’) to UK users as part of SkyDrive – Microsoft’s cloud storage platform. We’ve all been sent at least one document file created in […]

8 June 2010
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Safari 5 works via Wine; handles basic browsing well

Apple have just launched version 5 of their flagship web browser Safari for Windows and Mac. Linux users who, for some reason or another, feel left out and want to see what the fuss is about will […]

8 June 2010
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Save space by automatically deleting downloaded update packages

Here’s a great tip for netbook users and those with limited disc space: automatically delete downloaded update packages after they’ve been installed. Default hoarding By default Synaptic keeps every downloaded update packages in a cache. This is especially useful […]

8 June 2010
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GNU/Linux: The Name Game

I have been asked several times why I do not refer to Linux as “GNU/Linux,” or “the GNU/Linux operating system,” or some variation thereof. Most of you are well aware of the controversy around using […]

8 June 2010
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Want your wallpaper to help you be productive?

We’ve probably all seen, at some point, varying different productivity wallpapers. OMG! Ubuntu! reader Osvaldo decided that he wanted the default 10.04 wallpaper with some nice looking organizational helps, so he made up this great […]

8 June 2010
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Downloading and Converting online videos made easy with DamnVid

Downloading and converting videos from popular video sharing services like YouTube, Dailymotion, CollegeHumour and Veoh has been made super easy thanks to desktop application DamnVid. In their own words DamnVid is described as “…a video downloader and converter that […]

7 June 2010
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Well that’s a nice volume slider (minor post alert)

You’re likely all aware that Ubuntu 10.10 is getting a funky feature-packed new sound applet for Maverick. That shindig promises to be crazy awesome and a great usability improvement. Until that pops up do allow […]

7 June 2010
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How To Stop WiFi Starting on Boot in Ubuntu

To most of us Ubuntu starting the Wi-Fi connection automatically on log-in is a great boon – it lets us get online much quicker. For some, however, it is an annoyance. Below is an easy […]

7 June 2010
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Many hands make the light work; few make it shine

Ubuntu lives in a special place between Windows and Mac OS X reserved only for Linux: more shine than Windows, less than OS X, resulting in a steaming pile of mediocrity. Since I’ve been involved in the Ubuntu […]

7 June 2010
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Banshee getting full iPod/iPhone support – could still become Maverick default?

As part of Novell’s annual Hack week event Alan McGovern, of Moonlight and MonoTorrent fame, will be working on the much requested libgpod binding and integration work for Banshee — which has the potential to […]

6 June 2010
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Moovida core media player is banshee with ads

Moovida, the popular cross-platform GStreamer-using media centre, are lunching a new desktop media player application — called Moovida Core -  as part of its’ ‘Moovida 2.0‘ strategy. The player, which uses Banshee as its backend, […]

6 June 2010
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Quirky Wallpaper: Live Earth wallpaper

This could be you! I love space, and, more specifically I love space wallpapers as my wallpaper. During exam time (like now) I usually set some motivational wallpaper like “Get the hell off Facebook and […]

6 June 2010