Jaunty is released in less than 24 hours and I can hardly wait! I haven’t been able to test Jaunty this cycle, so tomorrow will be my first ‘hands on’ with our new favourite mammalian […]
‘Pidgin Music Tracker’ is a small plug-in for Pidgin that will display your currently playing track as your status for all your contacts to see! Simply download the .deb file, double click, select install and […]
The Chrome browser continues to take steps forward to an official Google-sanctioned release. Although the latest Linux updates for Chromium are not as drastic as the previous major update, small incremental steps are being implemented […]
With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ now just days away from release, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at computerworld.com has shared a list of his favourite five things about the new edition of the mammalian-monikered […]
Ubuntu’s free CD shipping programme Ship It is now taking pre-orders for Ubuntu 9.04 CDs. Requesting a free CD is a great way to get an Ubuntu installation CD, especially if your internet is subhead […]
We’re only a few days away from the official launch of Jaunty Jackalope, but for those early-birds who really can’t wait, the first (and likely only) release candidate has just been released. This pre-release packs […]
The first Alpha of Ubuntu’s next version – 9.10 AKA Karmic Koala ” will be released on May 14th ” less than one month after the final release Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. Whilst this initial […]
So many really great ideas pop up on brainstorm.ubuntu.com that it’s a shame not all can be implemented. One very popular idea right now is the concept of going beyond ‘icons’ as merely static launchers […]
This screenlet just popped up on Gnome-look.org and it’s very ‘ooooh!’. Anyone who has used KDE 4.x.x will have seen the plasma ‘folder view’ applet, if not glance below at the transparent boxes that show […]
Time for a new wallpaper post! (C’mon, you can never have too many wallpaper choices!) This time I’ve chosen a few from Desktopography ” a very rad non-profit project comprising of a group of very […]
Short post, but the moment i saw it i had to share because it’s so sexy! Just look at this very sexy gnome panel: – (click to view larger) It’s sooooo simple to install and […]
Synapse is a Jabber-only based messaging client designed to look good as well as work well. Whilst many current IM clients support jabber (Such as Pidgin and Gnome’s Empathy) Synapse makes no bones about the […]