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Elementary Theme Gets A PPA

One of the most popular themes for GNOME, Elementary theme, has finally landed itself in a PPA so that users may stay up-to-date with the latest tweaks, changes and improvements to the already flawless theme. […]

11 December 2009
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Ubuntu Lucid To Get Windows Aero Style Look Thanks To Enhanced GTK+

Lucid may not be getting a new GTK theme but it will still be getting an entirely new look. Ubuntu’s Ayatana team (most famed for creating those awesome ‘new’ notification balloons that came in Jaunty) […]

10 December 2009
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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 Released [Link Now Live]

The first Alpha of the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx development cycle will be released later on today. This will be the first of 3 Alpha releases, the following of which will arrive January 14th and […]

10 December 2009
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Yet More Malware Found on Gnome-Look

Yesterday we were the first to bring you the news about malware being targeted at Ubuntu users, and today, sadly, another malicious file was uploaded to gnome-look, this time masquerading as a theme called ‘Ninja’. […]

9 December 2009
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Adobe Flash 64bit Refresh Available For Download

We exclusively told you last week that a "refresh" (I.E. a new alpha version) of Adobe’s Flash Plugin for 64bit Linux was going to be released on the 8th of December and lo and behold […]

9 December 2009
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Malware Hidden Inside Screensaver On Gnome-Look

Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous ‘waterfall’ screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org. The .deb file installs a script with elevated privileges designed to perform a DDoS attack […]

8 December 2009
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Google Chrome Extension Gallery Now Live

Google Chrome’s official Extensions Gallery is finally open for business. Tons of new extensions are available from the official extension gallery, including adblockers and official extensions from big tech names like eBay, StumbleUpon and (of […]

8 December 2009
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Google Chrome Beta Officially Released For Linux

No major tech site is currently reporting on this, but (Edit: 45 minutes later the rest of the big tech sites catch up! yet another OMG!Ubuntu! first…) The Google Chrome Beta for Linux is now […]

8 December 2009
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Lucid To Get New Scanning Tool ‘Simple Scan’

MadsRH over on his awesome blog has just written about ‘Simple Scan’ – a new new scanning tool that Lucid will be getting, repalacing X-Sane. ‘Simple Scan’ Simple Scan will provide a new UI for […]

6 December 2009
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Sublime XSplash Theme – “Clean Xsplash”

If you’re bored of your current XSplash theme, bored of having your desktop wallpaper set as your XSplash background or even just tired of the other gorgeous XSplashes we’ve shown you, try ‘Clean Xsplash‘ by […]

6 December 2009
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Ubuntu Sun Theme Gets Official Release

Proposed Lucid theme ‘Ubuntu Sun’ finally has an official downloadable theme. The previous version we blogged about was a “fan” effort. Love it or hate it, Ubuntu Sun at least has tried to do things […]

6 December 2009
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Docky Design Feedback Wanted

Docky developer DBO post a thread on the Ubuntu Forums asking for some feedback on a UI issue. Knowing so many this blogs readers to be devout Docky enthusiasts i though I’d highlight the question […]

6 December 2009