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Mitter Twitter Application Review

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?

29 May 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 Application Menu now available for testing [PPA]

You will have likely already heard that Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition is introducing “global menu” ”esque  application menus into the panel (think OS X if you’re confused). If you want to help to test the […]

28 May 2010
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Help test Ubuntu 10.10’s proposed network indicator applet [PPA]

The brave (and foolhardy) amongst you may wish to help test the Indicator Network applet being proposed for inclusion Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. Test it out in Lucid You can test Indicator Network in Lucid […]

28 May 2010

These Popular Linux Apps Also Available for Windows

The word ‘dual boot’ may be a dirty word to some but it remains a practical and often necessary scenario that many people find themselves in. Whether for gaming, work or access to Adobe Creative […]

28 May 2010
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Boxee – Kickass streaming media right on your TV

Boxee was demoed at UDS with the hopes of getting it into the main Ubuntu repositories, and I say rock on! It’s an amazingly polished home media center running Linux that allows you to stream media […]

28 May 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick daily build available for Download

Dying to bork your system and experience crashes for no reason? You’ll be pleased to hear that the daily builds of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick have swung into, er, being spun and are now available for […]

27 May 2010
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New Skin Makes Opera Web Browser Look 10x Better on Ubuntu

Opera came top in our ‘What is the fastest browser on Linux?’ test-o-rama conducted a few days back, and since then a number of you have decided to take it for a web-browsing whirl. But […]

27 May 2010
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Get Google Reader Updates in Ubuntu’s Messaging Menu

Users wishing to get handy desktop-bound updates of e-mails, tweets and un-read items in Google Reader should check out CloudSN, a multi-service notification applet that integrates with the Ubuntu Messaging Menu. Here is CloudSN (which […]

26 May 2010
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How to change the active tab colour in Kupfer

Do you use Do alternative Kupfer? Fellow writer Tyler James waxed lyrical about it a few weeks back (see here for his review and how to install it.) If you do use it then the […]

26 May 2010
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Wouldn’t it be cool if… there was a Facebook-only Messaging Menu notifier?

Like most “mainstreamers” my sister wastes spends a massive amount of her time on social networking site Facebook. Guaranteed that whenever she’s on her netbook working, watching a film or just leaving it sat idle […]

26 May 2010
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Crebs: The ULTIMATE Wallpaper Slideshow application

A few days ago we blogged about a simple wallpaper slideshow generator called, somewhat un-surprisingly, ‘wallpaper slideshow’. Well… forget that application as the following wallpaper slideshow maker is easily more capable, configurable and darn-right cool. […]

26 May 2010
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Buy a Limited edition lynx toy from Ubuntu & help Save real Lynx’s, too!

Users buying the new limited edition Lynx toy from the Canonical store will also be helping to save real Lynx’s in the process. Ubuntu’s parent company Canonical are donating a portion of each Lynx toy […]

26 May 2010