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 […]
Karmic Beta was today gifted with an updated set of sounds for use with Empathy. I say ‘Sounds’, but i can only discern one new one and it’s used when you get a new instant message in […]
WallpaperFM converts your Last.Fm data into a really cool – and highly customizable – wallpaper. Way too cool not to make part of my Quirky Wallpaper Series and share with the rest of you Ubuntu […]
Dropbox screenlet displays your current Dropbox usage, freespace and status on your desktop. The screenlet does require having Dropbox open and running or else it looks like this: – Download Download Dropbox Screenlet @ http://www.gnome-look.org/content/Dropbox+Screenlet Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk
The current default UbuntuOne icon in Karmic Koala is a bright, colourful and cheery icon which is great – expect it doesn’t match the rest of the default panel icons. This is actually a design choice by […]
Hulu, the popular American TV streaming site, today finally launched a native Linux desktop application for their service. Built on Fedora and Ubuntu 9.04, the app is designed to play nice with Ubuntu from the […]
With NASA due to crash a mechanical satellite into out beloved Moon later on today/tomorrow (time-zone depending), i decided it was a great (albeit spurious) way to foist a selection of Moon-related wallpapers upon you […]
Further to my previous post on “Why Google Chrome Should Be Your Default Browser“, I thought i’d post a boring-yet-useful list of 15 Chrome extensions that make an already awesome browser even more awesome… er. […]
pyGtranslator is a desktop application that utilizes Google Translate and lets you translate – from your desktop! Nice! Simple paste your text, select the “to” and “from” language and hit translate. Of course, translations are […]
Karmic’s GDM received some small updates today that brought with them a new HumanLoginIcon set full of beautiful glowing icons – much more akin to the mock-up than the previous humanity icons used in it’s […]
Want to try out the new “single window” Gimp? Here’s how! BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS IN DEVLOPEMENT SOFTWARE AND NOT DESIGNED FOR EVERYDAY USE. You will also need to remove any exising Gimp […]
The first glimpse at the long-awaited (and much-desired) single window Gimp has been posted on GIMP developer Martin Nordholts blog. He updates that progress is coming on well, spurred on in part by the “overwhelmingly […]