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Ayatana and Single Click Navigation

Hey there readers. In case you weren’t aware, Ayatana has a mailing list through Launchpad to discuss the future of UI in Ubuntu. It is Ayatana that brought us the Notifications, the oft disputed window […]

16 May 2010
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News in brief: Pidgin, F-Spot see new releases, Servoy goes Open-Source & space-based aubergine

Another day and another selection of ‘news in brief’. Eyes down for a full house… F-Spot Perks Up F-Spot pushed out a new release yesterday. The release comes a few days after Ubuntu decided to […]

15 May 2010
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Clementine Music Player gets a PPA, Many New features

Clementine music player — which we previously dubbed the Ghost of Amarok 1.4 — slipped out a new release a few days back, adding a veritable punnet of new features, bug fixes and translations. New […]

15 May 2010
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Turpial in English finally comes to a PPA

If like many you’ve been looking for the perfect lightweight desktop twitter client then you may have come across Turpial. It’s fast, lightweight and has many of the features users look for in a twitter […]

15 May 2010
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Manual Fever!

Heads up everyone, those obsolete, dusty things you never look at are coming back into fashion in the Ubuntu world!  Manual fever is gripping Ubuntu community teams all over the world as everyone starts to […]

14 May 2010
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Need a Gnome-Do alternative? Try Kupfer

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty big fans of Gnome-Do around these parts. However, there’s a new little app that, in some ways, might just be drinking Do’s milkshake. Its Kupfer, and no, I […]

14 May 2010
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Next-gen file system May be default in UBuntu 10.10

Scott James Remnant of the Ubuntu Foundations team has mentioned that the next-generation BTRFS filesystem could very well be the default filesystem for Maverick installs, stating in his blog post: – “We are going to […]

14 May 2010
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‘Finery’ theme tweaks Ubuntu Radiance, Looks better for it

Here’s one for the long-term readers — hands up if you remember this post about a rather swell ‘Ubuntu Light Re-imagined’ mock-up? No-one? Thanks to the hard work of Immanuel Peratoner the theme is now […]

14 May 2010

uTorrent Users Call for Native Linux Version

Almost 1500 users of free, but closed-source, torrent application uTorrent have voted for a Linux version to be made, using the project’s new ideabank page to voice their demand. The native-Linux suggestion currently outstrips the […]

14 May 2010
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Chromium Daily shifts buttons to the left for Ubuntu users

Users of the Chromium browser daily builds for Ubuntu may be surprised to find their window controls ‘doing a Lucid‘ and switching from the right to the left. Chromium now adheres to the window button placement specified […]

14 May 2010
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Rekonq to be Kubuntu 10.10’s default browser

We’re hearing that Kubuntu 10.10 will see Rekonq installed as the default browser. Features Rekonq may not have a plugin library but it does have AdBlock support baked in the application itself. It also boast a […]

14 May 2010
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News in brief: Steam for Linux, historical RTS, new Docky theme, a Rubbish Ooo icon & more

Welcome to the OMG! daily digest of Linux related news, talking points and wry eye rolls on our part. There’s something for everyone.* Full Steam ahead Several media outlets, including the British Telegraph newspaper, are […]

14 May 2010