MSN video and audio chat is now supported by instant messenger ‘Empathy’. Empathy will be replacing Pidgin as Ubuntu’s default IM client in Karmic, so this support being released couldn’t come at a better time […]
Update: An easier way to install this is to add the daily-builds PPA https://launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive/banshee-daily An updated version of Banshee’s Last.FM plugin provides better scrobble support and “instant” now listening updates on Last.FM. The current Last.FM […]
Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]
My current desktop as of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 5. Wallpaper: OMG! KARMIC ALPHA! by d0od Icons: Breathe Icon Set Perfect Clock Skin: Barcode2 White Desktop-Art plugin for Rhythmbox Dock: Gnome-Do Docky @ 48px […]
Ubuntu’s desktop notification system will see major improvements in the upcoming “Karmic Koala” release. The most notable and obvious of these is simple how they look. The large rectangular pop-up’s familiar to users of Ubuntu […]
It’s that time of the, er… sometime, where i cast my beady eye over the suggestions and ideas over at Ubuntu Brainstorm and either agree that an idea is the single greatest suggestion since someone […]
Ubuntu Karmic Koala will see the first step of the much heralded package-management replacement named ‘Software Store’ – whose name has caused a lot of controversy within the Ubuntu Community. What’s in a name? The […]
Ubuntu Tweak ” the popular Ubuntu Tweaking application ” has been updated to version 0.4.9. This new version adds in support for Karmic, as well as still supporting Hardy through Jaunty. Of more note are […]
A new version of PiTiVi ” a Video Editor for Linux – has been released. Code named “We Shall Never (Sur)render”, it has a new slew of bug fixes and some new features: – Fix […]
Open Source graphics programme ‘The Gimp’ will finally switch to a single window interface in time for its next major release, although the current “multi-window” view will be available to enable for those who want […]
The following plug-ins, scripts and extensions add Google Doc integration throughout Ubuntu. Upload To Google Docs Via Nautilus You can easily upload a file to Google Doc’s via a Right Click with this User […]
Want to find out what percentage of your Ubuntu system is made up of “free” software and packages? On my install, 1.0% of my total installed packages are not-free, meaning i’m 99% there! Install VRMS […]