Google’s Linux based Mobile Operating System ‘Android’ (Gee, try saying all that with a mouthful of doughnut!) comes with some very sexy fonts called ‘Droid’. The fonts are crisp, clear and far nicer looking/easier to […]
If you use OpenOffice you may have noticed the rather frustrating start-up times each time you launch it. I came across this nifty tweak today which speeds up the length of time it takes for […]
Gnome-Do comes with a variety of different docklets for use with it’s ‘Docky’ interface. For example the ‘Trash Can’ docklet lets you right click on it and choose to empty your trash directly, or simply […]
For anyone wondering why the hell I’m posting a screeenshot of my Ubuntu desktop, i do it every so often for my own purposes. I like to be able to look back and see how […]
Gnome Panels can be set to auto-hide, however they can be quite slow to ‘re-appear’. This is a quick fix to make them pop-up quicker! The default timing for the panel to show on auto-hide […]
The PiTiVi team have announced the latest release of their popular Video Editing application. PiTiVi 0.13.2 adds the following support/features to an already impressively stable ‘basic’ video editor: – Undo/Redo support Audio mixing Ripple/Roll edit […]
The boot screen design proposal has undergone a minor revision since this post was written. Check out the revised boot screen/GDM screen by clicking your way over to this post. The Ubuntu design team […]
Ubuntu’s ‘Netbook Remix’ interface is undergoing a makeover in time for Karmic Koala’s October release. The new layout merges the previous two side panes into one, opting to place folder shortcuts in a ‘Files & […]
What is OMG! UBUNTU? Omg! Ubuntu! is an Ubuntu blog for the Ubuntu user. Our posts are aimed at users rather than developers. “OMG! Ubuntu!” is a silly name. Why did you call it that? […]
Below are my top 3 Chrome/Chromium extensions. All are .crx files, meaning one click install, and need the most up-to-date dev version of Chrome/Chromium and require that --enable-extensions is added to the launcher. Download links are provided.
Want to try out the pre-alpha of Emesene 2? You’re in luck! The Emesene development team (and what a merry band of wranglers they are, too!) have provided a .deb snapshot of Emesene 2 as […]
Google have launched the official Google Chrome themes channel allowing for one click customisation of the super-fast open source browser. Google Chrome (and by extension Chromium) both support themes on Linux. (You may need […]