Although people look for the big show-stopping killer-improvements when a new release of Ubuntu rolls around I find that it can be the small things which make the biggest difference. During the Lucid development cycle […]
I wake up (rather late) to some awesome, awesome news: Ubuntu is getting a brand new theme. In an YouTube interview with the Dell “vlog” recorded just yesterday Mark Shuttleworth revealed that a brand spanking […]
We deduced (via some flawed logic and some stray pixels) that it would be 7Digital powering the Ubuntu Music Store back in November and it now seems that we weren’t wrong! Blogger Popey posted up […]
A new method of alerting Ubuntu users to potentially headache-inducing system updates is being launched – via twitter! Users following @ubuntustatus will be informed of any issues or problems with update packages and advise users […]
Although a new name has yet to be decided for Nautilus-Elementary’s CoverFlow view (don’t forget to cast your vote on a new name in our poll) you’re probably itching to try it out, huh? Install […]
The Elementary-Nautilus team are trying to decide what to call their “CoverFlow” view in Nautilus and they need your help. See the image above? Well like me you probably call it CoverFlow in your head […]
CoverGloobus – an awesome application for displaying cover art and lyrics on your desktop – quietly released version 1.6 at the beginning of this month. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while chances […]
The UbuntuOne Music Store landed in Lucid today. Well, sorta. It’s hard to be patient; Click to view larger An initial “place holder” plug-in arrived but upon selecting the ‘Ubuntu One’ option in the sidebar […]
Transmission is my preferred torrent client so I’m pretty stoked to see it not only get indicator applet support in Lucid but also a shiny new icon too! Transmission 1.90 The 1.90 series of the […]
A few small-ish updates to the Software centre just landed in Lucid – but ones that hint at much greater things to come. Featured First up is a new ‘section’ called ‘Featured’ accessible from the […]
Guayadeque Version: 0.2.5 It may have a name like an exotic fruit but Guayadeque music player is a surprisingly powerful new addition to the Linux music player scene. Light on resources and heavy on features […]
We love the Elementary theme here at OMG! and we know a large chunk of you do, too. If you’re not using the incredibly awesome eHomosapien metacity chances are you’re using the default Elementary metacity. […]