One annoyance in Karmic is the fact some iPod’s won’t work in Banshee “out of the box”. This is due to Ubuntu moving from HAL to devicekit for managing and notifying the system when hardware […]
Skype is going to be open-sourced! I won’t dwell too long on this as you can check the full post on Slashdot via Olivier Faurax’s blog post. Whilst asking about a Skype package for some […]
Continuing our series on ‘Humanity Style Icons’ for other applications we arrive at cloud storage service DropBox. There are two different versions available currently: – Install Download the replacement icons @ gnome-look.org Extract the […]
Karmic has made good progress on the road to the much-vaunted “10 second boot” aim in mind for 10.04. But you can get it even faster if you’re prepared to take the risk! Reader ‘Ellipsis’ […]
The UbuntuTweak team have released a new version of the oh-so-popular all-round desktop tweaking application to celebrate the launch of Karmic Koala. It brings new PPA’s & Updated sources – some only available for Karmic […]
Firefox 4.0 is not due to be released for well over another yeah but mock-ups of the premier open-source browser’s proposed visual refresh as it will look on Linux have been mocked-up and shown off […]
Today sees the official release of Ubuntu 9.10 ‘Karmic Koala’, following six months of frenzied, fun and (at times) frustrating development. Ubuntu’s official website has been updated with a slick callout highlighting (some of the) […]
You’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10, now what? Here are my top 10 tips for getting a fresh install feeling your own… 1. Install Codecs, flash, Microsoft Fonts and DVD playback stuff Ubuntu cannot, for legal reasons,ship with […]
Oraerk on the Ubuntu Forums posted the following script, and i thought I’d share it with the wider world. It allows one click installation of Adium themes in Empathy through the Adium themes website; You […]
A security hole in Gnome allows anyone to see your keyring passwords without needing to enter so much as a password. The Issue Despite needing to enter your root password to alter such basic things […]
I previously covered Ubuntu Karmic desktop and Kubuntu Netbook Remix, but despite using Karmic NBR i haven’t really touched on it! Until now… The majority of features in the Netbook Remix are the same as […]
KSplice is an incredibly useful application that allows important updates to be installed (such as new kernels, etc) without requiring the need for a reboot. Co-founder Waseem Dahr put it quite eloquently in an e-mail to me: […]