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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
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ChromeOS to be based on Debian

It’s already well known that Google HQ use a custom version of Ubuntu as one of their OSes, and it seems that Google’s forthcoming Chrome Operating System will be no different – running atop a […]

13 October 2009
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Random Things To Do In A Terminal: Play Tetris

Have you longed to play Tetris in a terminal session? No, me neither, but you can! Install sudo apt-get install tint Now, to run, just type open the terminal and type “tint”, choose a level […]

13 October 2009
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Enable Facebook Chat In Empathy

Empathy can support any protocol that pidgin does – this includes facebook chat. Whilst there is no user-end plugin framework for Empathy as of yet, there is a simple hack around to get Facebook chat […]

12 October 2009
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Enhance Pidgin With Facebook Chat, Now Playing Status, Interface Tweaks

It may not be the default chat client in Ubuntu any longer, but Pidgin is still an awesome application. Below are 5 tweaks and plugin’s i install off-the-bat when i’m faced with a fresh version […]

12 October 2009