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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
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How you will access applications in Unity – Meet Applications Place

In a discussion on the Ayatana mailing list about implementing a simpler-way to view and install applications, Ubuntu UX member David Siegel shared a frustratingly tantalising tid-bit: – “This looks very similar to the Applications […]

17 June 2010
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Listen to radio stations in Ubuntu with RadioTray

Tuning into your favourite online radio stations without needing to open a dedicated music application is a breeze using RadioTray. The application runs directly from your system panel with a menu-only interface – thus making […]

16 June 2010
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Real-time sunlight wallpaper app gets a PPA, fixes

The awesome Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper application we mentioned last week is finally installable via a PPA. The new PPA version brings several fixes and features along with the added benefit of allowing users to stay […]

16 June 2010

easy to use Lucid-themed conky bar now even easier to use!

Remember that easy to use Lucid-themed Conky bar we showed you back in early May? It’s just got even easier to use. Many of you loved the look of the look of the bar but […]

16 June 2010
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Automatic Ubuntu Manual Updater

If you’re a big fan of the Ubuntu Manual project and want to ensure you have the latest version possible then say hello to Jason Cook’s automatic manual updater script. The script pulls in the […]

15 June 2010
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Indicator applet support comes to Lubuntu

Indicator Applet support for LXDE based Ubuntu spin ‘Lubuntu’ is coming very shortly, Lubuntu developer Julien Lavergne has just announced to the Lubuntu mailing list.  Lubuntu 10.10 will see the desktop panel – lxpanel – […]

15 June 2010
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lxBDPlayer is BLu-ray playback software for Linux

lxBDPlayer, as the name suggests, is an open-source blu-ray disc player that uses the popular DumpHD decoder. Developed by 4 Students at French engineering school ESIEA the software aims to be easy to use – […]

15 June 2010
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Jolicloud netbook OS adds touch screen support

Netbook-centric operating system Jolicloud will be adding support for various touchscreen displays ‘out of the box’ in its next release. Jolicloud, which is based on Ubuntu, have released a video demonstrating well touch support in […]

15 June 2010