Screenshot tool ‘Shutter’ shuffles into view as we continue our 12 favourite applications of 2009 countdown. First things first – Shutter is quite possibly the best Screenshot tool ever created. Period. A super-quick summary of […]
Over the last few days Docky has gained some new features and additions. Notably a 3-D mode and Extensions support. You can find out how to enable 3-D mode here. In this post we’ll be […]
Whise, of screenlets fame, posted a tip for enabling 3-D mode in Docky. You must have Docky (not Gnome-Do Docky) installed. Once set head over to the Configuration Editor. ALT+F2 type gconf-editor Navigate to /apps/docky-2/Docky/Interface/DockPreferences/Dock […]
Mark Shuttleworth has announced that he is to step down as CEO of Canonical, the financial backers of Ubuntu. The CEO duties of Canonical will be handed over to Jane Silber (pictured right), the current […]
Day Three of our countdown of 2009’s top applicationss leads us to an application from the same stable as yesterdays’ Gloobus Preview. Yep! Today we’re throwing tinsel and baubles over its sister application CoverGloobus! CoverGloobus […]
WillWillIbex was a proposed “design” for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex made by a one Will Williams back in 2008. At the time it was nothing more than a mock-up made in Photoshop but the design so […]
Recording radio station streams or excerpts has been made super-easy thanks to the snappily titled ‘Record radio stations’ plug-in for Rhythmbox. Its main set of features provides: – Recording multiple stations at the same time […]
Split-panel nautilus tweaks/hacks are incredibly popular but up until now the feature remained a 3rd party enablement. With the upcoming GNOME Shell raising questions as to the purpose Nautilus due to features Nautilus traditionally provided […]
With 2009 drawing to a close we’re getting all retrospectical* here at OMG!Ubuntu! (*That’s not a real word, but it sounds good.) Today we present our second favourite application of 2009 – Gloobus Preview. For […]
Pino is a new-ish Twitter application for Linux with the moto of being “easy and simple” and “fast.” I couldn’t get the ruddy thing to compile back when i reviewed 6 Linux Twitter applications, but […]
The first 3rd party themes for Docky have been made and popped up on Gnome-Look by user mio6. Two themes are included in the package. These are: Bluesmoke: – and Grey: – Download http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Themes+for+Docky?content=117108 Install […]
Popular GTK+ theme ‘New Wave’ saw a new release today. Version 0.8.2 bags itself a ton of changes and improvements, including improved text colour on statusbar, tooltips, etc, and restyled frames for various applications. […]