OMG! reader Melvin has gifted me with some more screenshots of some of the latest updates to land in Ubuntu’s development release. The user switcher menu now has new user icons for other users. The radio […]
I’d imagine the new message indicator alert in Lucid would say something like this if it could speak: – “You’ve got a message waiting, yo. It might be an IM or a tweet – i’m […]
Sick and tired of seeing awesome Nautilus mock-ups that you know won’t ever get made? Well so was one of the best designers FOSS has (and perennial OMG! fave) DanRabbit. So much so that instead […]
Users of Google Chrome will soon no longer have to worry about installing and maintaining the Adobe Flash plug-in themselves. Google have taken the step of integrating the plugin directly into their browser, sidestepping the […]
If you’re one of the many Ubuntu 10.04 LTS testers saddened that the Gmail docklet in Docky is not functioning – be saddened no more! Ubuntu’s developers have fixed the issue that broke integration between […]
Reader Platinrabe sent over his concept for how best to use the free space on window borders that we’ve seen so much of recently: from gesture based controls and intelligent helpers to workflow-enhancing menu-thingy-majiggies) “I […]
Following the rebranding of Ubuntu all of the major spins sought to realign their visual identity in keeping. Kubuntu has finally begun work on creating their ‘new’ visual branding and based on the preliminary mock-ups […]
Ubuntu 10.04 users wishing to play or encode AAC format audio may find themselves out of luck. A closer examination of the libfaac codec, a free software project containing an AAC encoder installable and used […]
If you dig UbuntuOne as much as I do then you’ll likely love this wallpaper by (increasingly one of our favourite) wallpaper artists j_baer (website since gone offline). New Ubuntu branding colour scheme? Check. UbuntuOne […]
Gedit needs a new logo. Judging by their current one (see below) I’d add the adjective desperately into proceedings. This is somewhat old news, and I’m not sure if the Gedit team are still looking […]
Jack Wallen over on TechRepublic posted an interesting piece about a discussion that’s been buzzing on the Ayatana mailing-list over the last few days. It centers around an idea that, like other proposals we’ve featured […]
The default image viewer in Ubuntu, Eye of GNOME, now offers up a helpful dialogue when viewing a picture that has been set as your desktop wallpaper. Thanks to Nizzzia Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk