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Quickly Install Google Android Fonts

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 […]

18 August 2009
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Launch OpenOffice Apps Faster

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 […]

18 August 2009
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The Gnome-Do Weather Docklet – Totally Awesome

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 […]

17 August 2009
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SCREENSHOT 16//08//09

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 […]

16 August 2009
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Speed Up Auto-hide On Gnome Panels

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 […]

16 August 2009
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PiTiVi 0.13.2 Released To The Wild

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 […]

13 August 2009
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Karmic’s New Boot & Login Screen

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 […]

11 August 2009
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Ubuntu Netbook Remix Gets A Facelift For Karmic

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 & […]

10 August 2009
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About OMG! Ubuntu!

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? […]

7 August 2009
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My Top 3 Chrome Extensions

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.

5 August 2009
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Try Emesene 2!

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 […]

5 August 2009
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Chrome Themes

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 […]

5 August 2009