The first Alpha of Opera 10.6 has been released, adding small UI improvements and even-greater speed gains. As development has now moved on to the 10.6x series there will be no stable release of Opera 10.5x for Linux. Speed […]
Over the last few weeks we’ve blogged about various different applications that slot neatly into the Ubuntu Messaging Menu, giving you an easy way to stay on-top of alerts and notifications. For those that may […]
Desktop Cover Art, controller n' Lyrics app CoverGloobus has added support for more music players in the latest development version.
As much as Microsoft Paint is derided, mocked and generally thought of as lame there is no denying that it’s one of the applications newcomers to Ubuntu find curiously omitted. GNOME Paint aims to fill […]
OMG! Ubuntu! is excited, thrilled and all-out stoked to announce that the wonderful Nixie Pixel – female geek numero uno who boasts over 33, 000 YouTube subscribers - is teaming up with OMG! to contribute some ‘buntu-toting videos for […]
Chances are you’ve already come across the wallpaper you can see to the right of this paragraph. I’ve been using it on my own Ubuntu desktop for a while (visible in many recent screenshots), and […]
Looking for a simple way to receive facebook notifications on your desktop? Facebook Notify by Nzjrs may be the answer. A simple python-based tray application, it provides you with timely notifications upon: – One of your friends changes […]
I rely on indicator applets almost as much as I reply on Emesene, the open-source MSN messaging app for Linux. So when the latest PPA build of the aforementioned amiable chat app DISABLED support for […]
Did you know that OMG! Ubuntu! has its own IRC channel? Oh yeah; we like to geek out, too! If you’ve never visited the “channel” (I prefer “chat room”) and you want to, then this […]
A few days ago I was asked by a reader to recommend a ‘system info’ tool. I (foolishly) assumed everyone already knew about Hardinfo. It’s my-go tool when I want to glean more info about […]
Fellow Europeans – tonight is the grand finale of the 55th Eurovision song contest – and you’d be a fool to miss what promises to be one of the closet fought contests in the last 10 years. A few […]
Native Twitter applications are fast becoming the iPhone fart app of Linux: there is an endless stream of them, and they all pretty much do the same things. Mitter enters the fray as Yet-Another-Twitter-Application but does it have anything unqiue to offer over more established apps like Pino, Qwit and Gwibber?