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Easily access missing interface tab options in Lucid with InterfaceTab

Many users coming to Lucid in a few days time may be confused to discover that the System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Interface tab is no longer there. Reasons for its removal The tab […]

26 April 2010
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Tyler on Ubuntu: Nautilus

Guest post by Tyler James With the release of Nautilus-Elementary 2.30 I’ve been thinking quite a bit about File Browsers. I did a comparisonof the 4 file browsers I see the most often, (Finder, Nautilus, […]

26 April 2010
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Flyback – Time Machine style backup for Ubuntu

Flyback is an Apple ‘Time Machine’ style backup solution for Ubuntu. The developers state that “..Linux has almost all of the required technology already built in to recreate it.” As such Flyback doesn’t require pallets […]

25 April 2010
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Help advertise your favourite applications

Design demi-god Dan Rabbit is working on a new project ” and needs your help! He states: “I’m working on a project that I think everyone will enjoy, and there’s something I need to make […]

24 April 2010
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Lubuntu Beta 3 released

The latest beta release of Ubuntu based LXDE spin ‘Lubuntu’ has been made available. This release is termed ‘Beta 3′ rather than ‘Release Candidate’ as with Ubuntu 10.04 due in part to Lubuntu not gaining […]

24 April 2010
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Workspace Window Placement Hack: Choose which apps open in which workspaces!

In response to my post on workspaces, several of you expressed a desire to have applications automatically open to a particular virtual desktop. Well this is not a hack that requires future dreams and hopes, […]

23 April 2010
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Nautilus-Elementary 2.30 For Lucid gets a PPA, will wow you

Nautilus-Elementary developer ” and by developer I mean super hard working superhero developer ” ammonkey has just pushed Nautilus-Elementary 2.30 into the Nautilus-Elementary PPA. Nautilus-Elementary 2.30 is phenomenal to look at, to use and to […]

23 April 2010
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5 ways to celebrate Ubuntu 10.04’s release

C’mon ” hands up how many of you would love to jive it up at an Ubuntu release party but sadly don’t know anyone/live near a loco holding one? *puts own hand up* There are […]

23 April 2010
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Workspaces: and How We Use Them.

Well hello OMG! readers! This is Tyler Brainerd, also known as Tyler James. Some of you may have read my comments here and there on OMG, and/or perhaps seen a few screenshots from my computer. […]

23 April 2010
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Refining the battery menu – your advice wanted

The Ubuntu Design team (specifically the awesome MPT) are calling for feedback on the forthcoming Battery ‘application indicator thingy’ Menu heading to your panel in Ubuntu 10.10. Add your take over @ http://design.canonical.com/2010/04/battery/ Article originally […]

23 April 2010
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Save power, save money, save battery, save the planet with Granola for Linux

I saw this over on the OpenSourcer and couldn’t resist sharing. Granola makes your computer more energy efficient without slowing it down or limiting performance when needed. Best of all it’s free! Features of Granola: […]

23 April 2010
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Nab a free Ubuntu 10.04 CD!

Online Linux disc ‘retailer’ OS discs are giving away free (yes, free!) copies of Ubuntu 10.04 ” but only for the next 7 days! It’s also worth us mentioning that OS discs “support the Open […]

22 April 2010