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OMG’s Top 5 wallpapers from the Ubuntu 10.04 wallpaper shortlist

The wallpapers shortlisted for Ubuntu 10.04 have been chosen and will soon be whittled down again to those included on the release of Ubuntu Lucid. Below are OMG!’s top five wallpapers from that selection and […]

29 March 2010
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Nicer thumbnail borders coming to a Nautilus near you

Everyone knows that it’s the little things that matter and Nautilus has a fair share of things that need addressing in that area. Hylke Bons, on the GNOME mailing list, has offered up his improvement […]

29 March 2010
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Gwibber in Lucid: Adding More Columns

Short post to help people get the most out of Gwibber as a lot of readers keep asking me “How I got a ‘multiple columns/tweetdeck style’ Gwibber?”. 1. Default Gwibber This is how Gwibber looks […]

28 March 2010
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Photoshop CS5’s showpiece is a feature GIMP has had for years

The whole internet is buzzing with this at the moment and, well, it’d be crazy for us not to at least mention it. Photoshop product manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes posted a short video on YouTube […]

28 March 2010
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Firefox 3.7 Pre-Alpha Available; Still slower than Chrome, Opera

Another pre-alpha version of Firefox 3.7 for Linux has been made available. Speed improvements aside there is no discernible difference between this release and the last Pre-Alpha for Linux users, but for those who live […]

28 March 2010
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Docky just keeps on giving: Docky Application Menu

Witness the first iteration of an application menu docklet for Docky: – Video by Ricotz, Thanks once again to GhostLyrics Also please try to keep comments on topic Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

28 March 2010
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Xubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 remains borderline irrelevant

Although not many readers of OMG! Ubuntu! use Xubuntu I thought it’d be polite of us to check in with the Xubuntu team and see what was going on in their forthcoming release of Xubuntu […]

28 March 2010
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Docky Adds Session Docklet by Default

Remember that awesome scroll-tastic session management docklet that we drooled lovingly about middle of last week? Well Docky now includes it by default! Hurrah! Users of the DOcky PPA will see this slip in via […]

28 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Window Buttons back on the right (sort of)

Welcome back to another round of Eyes down! Look in! where we briefly run-down some of the minor changes that Lucid has garnered over the last few days that we almost didn’t pick up on… […]

28 March 2010
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Desktop Imgur.com Uploader ‘Gimgur’

Many OMG! readers use image-hosting service imgur.com for uploading screenshots to share in our IRC or in the comment sections of posts. Due to popular screenshot tool Shutter lacking Imgur support most users have to […]

28 March 2010
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GNOME Media Player Adds Volume control; 2nd release in 2 days

GNOME Media Player has issued a second stable release in as many days, this time adding volume control support alongside numerous bug fixes. This feature was much requested by users and gives the multi-engine player […]

27 March 2010
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Little things that matter: Lucid restart warning

One way in which Ubuntu 10.04 will alert users of the need to restart their machines is by turning the panel power icon red. An unobtrusive yet excellent way to notify users who may have […]

27 March 2010