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Little Things That Matter: Ubuntu 10.04’s MessagingMenu

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 […]

20 February 2010

New Theme For Ubuntu 10.04 – Human Theme Dropped

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 […]

20 February 2010
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7Digital To Be UbuntuOne Music Store Provider

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 […]

19 February 2010
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Ubuntu to deliver update alerts via Twitter

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 […]

19 February 2010
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How To Install Nautilus CoverFlow In Ubuntu

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 […]

18 February 2010
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Elementary Needs You: What To Call Nautilus’ CoverFlow View?

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 […]

18 February 2010
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CoverGloobus 1.6 "WOW!" lives up to its name

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 […]

18 February 2010
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UbuntuOne Music Store Lands in Lucid. Sorta.

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 […]

18 February 2010
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Cool Changes to Transmission In Lucid

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 […]

17 February 2010
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Lucid Software Centre Adds ‘Featured’ Gallery, PPA View

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 […]

17 February 2010
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Guayadeque Music Player: Light, Unique, Awesome?

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 […]

17 February 2010
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Elementary Theme Getting New Metacity

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. […]

17 February 2010