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Ubuntu 10.04 in focus: Empathy

The default messaging client in Ubuntu 10.04 remains Empathy and although it has some detractors still smarting over the switch from perennial favourite Pidgin Empathy remains a fully capable and easy to use messaging client. […]

25 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Radiance/Ambiance Personas for Firefox

Having just reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04 I couldn't help but notice how "un-integrated" Firefox looks in the default set up. But this mismatch can be remedied by applying custom 'personas' - Firefox themes - to the browser.

25 March 2010
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Ubuntu around the world: KanchiLUG

For the Ubuntu Manual Project, we are aiming to have our final product available in over fifty languages. This means that we have to have a lot of translators and translating teams. Luckily, the good […]

25 March 2010
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Guayadeque Adds Slick New Player controls

Call me petty but i’m loving the new buttons Guayadeque is rocking out with in the latest updates. Very nice! It’s particularly awesome to see Guayadeque continue to push forward in crafting a distinctive look […]

25 March 2010
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Help Stop the BBC Introducing DRM

UK users of OpenSource software could be restricted from watching and accessing free-to-air television signals if the BBC are granted permission to introduce DRM into their broadcasts. The result will make the use of non-sanctioned […]

24 March 2010
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The Awesome Wallpapers of pr09studio

If you read OMG! regularly you’ll likely be aware that there a few community artists/designers/themers that we really dig (DanRabbit, Mastropino and ZacBarton to name but a few.) Well the pantheon of win is about […]

24 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Installation Slideshow Gets Updated

We’ve blogged previously about the new-look installation slideshow (designed by Dylan McCall, Michael Forrest and Otto Greenslade) that will greet all users installing of Ubuntu 10.04 – but today finally saw it get pushed into actual […]

24 March 2010
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Why Docky’s GMail Docklet Doesn’t currently work in Ubuntu 10.04

Although popular Dock application Docky is available in the repositories of Ubuntu 10.04 one of the most popular Docklets, for it, the GMail notifer docklet, doesn’t currently function in Lucid. Whilst entering your user credentials […]

24 March 2010
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OMG! Interviews: Laura Czajkowski

At OMG! Ubuntu! we’ve decided some consistency might be in order, so we thought we’d try our hand at profiling and interviewing one upstanding Ubuntu member each week to give you lucky readers a personal […]

24 March 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 now being trailed on Ubuntu.com

The front of the Ubuntu homepage is now displaying a lead for the forthcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release, under the slogan ‘change is coming’. Just look at how the new branding elements contrast again the drab […]

23 March 2010
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24 hours to save the internet in the UK

Today is likely the last chance for UK citizens to demand full Parliamentary debate on the Governments’ proposed Digital Economy Bill before it slips into a political ‘loop hole’ known as Wash Up where it […]

23 March 2010

Too Cute Not to Post: Elementary Icons For Caffeine

I know, I know: you hate minor posts. I get it, but I just noticed that one of fave Linux artists, 0rAX0, has uploaded an Elementary icon for Caffeine, the cool power-inhibiter application. You can download the icons from gnome-look.org. […]

23 March 2010