The current testing builds of Google's Open-Source Chromium browser (I.e Google Chrome) hit a very welcome update today.
This is one of my must-install’s whenever I’ve installed Ubuntu. It’s a simple Gnome panel applet that lets you control most popular music players without having to open said player up! The music applet provides […]
Of all the various IM clients for Ubuntu, i always find myself drawn to Emesene ” mainly because my IM contacts are all MSN based and Emesene (say the name aloud!) is modelled on an […]
Linux in general has all the software you could need… but a lot of it is either clumsy to use or just trying to do too much. A great example of this is video editing […]
For all the transparent, glossy, 3-D bezel-laden GTK themes out there, there are also sublime simplistic ones too. White in particular makes for a minimalistic and elegant choice. As such below are my pick of […]
If you get annoyed at having to constantly type in your password every time you boot into Ubuntu, why not “do without”? Setting up auto-login is as easy as saying your name! 1. Go to […]
This disc-managing screenlet displays drives connected to your system. Features:-Click to mount, unmount, and eject drives-Click to play audio CD’s, open other volumes in Nautilus-Hover to show name and status Options:-Horizontal or vertical layout-Show/hide empty […]
If you run Compiz you can easily turn your gnome menu’s transparent. This is pretty neat if you already have some kind of transparent emerald theme running and want your whole desktop to match. Firstly, […]
The current situation for blogging from Ubuntu is dire. I say this with a short sigh and a tiny bit of frustration. I’m not against blogtk! or drivel – the latter worked fine when i […]
Gnome 3 will present a different UI to that we know as Gnome now. Partly this is a response to KDE 4 and the UI changes there, but mainly it’s about bringing the concept of […]
I use this collection of icons myself on my both my Netbook and my desktop and totally love them! Pretty much every icon is covered. Mash Up mixes up icons from many different sources – such as […]
Ubuntu 9.10 may seem like a while away yet, but it promises to be the greatest update to Ubuntu so far. This is just a quick list of some of the expected features and functions […]