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Midori 0.2.0 Released

The Midori team today announced the release of version 0.2.0 of the webkit based web browser. This latest release see’s a ton of improvements made to the once notoriously crash-happy browser. These include: – Improved […]

16 October 2009
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Automatically Install Your Nvidia Driver For New Kernels – Hands Free!

If you manually install your Nvidia drivers- be they beta or stable releases – you’ll probably have noticed that you need to manually reinstall them every time you receive a kernel update via update manager. Thankfully you […]

16 October 2009
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Brainstorm: Make Setting Up GMail In Evolution Simple!

Evolution is a mature, well featured and tightly integrated E-Mail client in Gnome. It’s no suprise that it’s kept as default in Ubuntu, too. Sadly Evolution can come across as a bit complex for first […]

15 October 2009
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Poll: Karmic Koala 2 Weeks Away: Will You Be Upgrading?

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be officially released in just 14 days time. Crazy times! Before this we have do also have a release candidate to look forward to testing in one weeks time. I’ve […]

15 October 2009
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Random Gnome-Games News, Tips and Tweaks.

Every version of Ubuntu has shipped with the default set of Gnome-Games, a so called “collection of sixteen ‘five-minute’ games.” Mostly they get ignored. Below are some updates and some tips on Gnome-Games. Themes! One thing […]

15 October 2009
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Gnome-Do Docky To Become Separate Application

Gnome-Do’s Docky mode will soon no longer be part of Gnome-Do but instead launch itself as a standalone application. Arguably the most popular dock for Linux there has ever been, Docky has found itself “outgrowing” […]

15 October 2009
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UbuntuOne Gets ANOTHER New Icon – This Time It’s Pretty Nice!

UbuntuOne received a new icon (again) in today’s Karmic Updates. Gone is the slightly indecipherable HDD and Cloud emblem and in just a fluffy cute cloud. This time the icon achieves it’s aim: it is distinguished from the rest […]

15 October 2009
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Banshee 1.5.1 Released

The Banshee team announced the release of version 1.5.1 of the popular music player/manager yesterday morning and this ‘point’ release sees lots of improvements and a few new features, too. The main noted features are […]

14 October 2009
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ubuntu one sync passwords

UbuntuOne can do a  lot more than sync files between computers running Ubuntu. With Karmic it will finally gain some extra new functions – such as syncing contacts, Firefox bookmarks and tomboy notes. https://launchpad.net/bindwood

14 October 2009
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Glossy Black Gnome Theme – Lithium

Lithium is a sleek and stylish dark theme for Gnome. Several gorgeous and subtle features really enhance this theme. The currently highlighted window lights up with an orange glow on the taskbar, and hovering over […]

14 October 2009
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UbuntuOne Gets A (Rubbish) New Icon

UbuntuOne – Ubuntu’s cloud storage service – has been given a new icon in the latest Karmic updates. The new icon is, presumably, to better integrate UbuntuOne into the new Karmic Panel Icon style. I […]

13 October 2009
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The Face Of Google ChromeOS?

Following my earlier post that Google Chrome OS will be Debian based (just like Ubuntu – tangible link ahoy!) I thought I’d take a peek at the available build of Google Chrome for Google Chrome […]

13 October 2009