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Jaunty Netbook Remix

The oncoming release of Jaunty will also see the first release of an official netbook version of Ubuntu – namely the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Whilst the interface has been floating about for a while and is easily […]

24 March 2009
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A Simple AND Powerful Photo Editor – Fotoxx

Fotoxx is a very simple, straight forward photo editor that aims “…to meet most photo editing needs while remaining easy to use.” And it succeeds! It has many, many features a short selection of which […]

22 March 2009
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Gwibber Is a Desktop Twitter Client For Ubuntu

Gwibber is a microblogging client for the GNOME desktop. It supports Twitter, Jaiku, Identi.ca, Facebook, Flickr, Digg, and RSS, with support for more services being added all the time. Gwibber allows you to post updates, read updates, reblog, retweet, […]

22 March 2009
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New Jaunty Login Screen Updated!

A not-entirely-major revision to the Jaunty Jackalope login screen was released today. Have a peek: – Doesn’t look any different to you? Here’s the original Jaunty GDM: – It’s a subtle change, but a good […]

21 March 2009
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Battery Meter Screenlets

Battery Screenlet This first one is a very simple battery screenlet that displays your real-time battery power as a graphic.    It’s icon is based on the Tango battery icon, so it integrates well into […]

20 March 2009

Behold, the New Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty!

A brand new set of desktop wallpapers just landed in the Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope”. So far, the Ubuntu 9.04 alpha releases have simply re-used the same wallpaper design you’ll have seen in Ubuntu 8.10. […]

19 March 2009
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Take A Peek At The New Jaunty Splash Screen

A new theme for USplash appeared in the Jaunty repositories yesterday. Although USplash is being replaced in Karmic Koala (more on this soon), this new Ubuntu start up screen is kind of a good send […]

19 March 2009
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Gnome 2.26 – What’s New?

Gnome 2.26 has arrived and will be in Jaunty for sure. Here’s a quick overview of some of the mode notable new features and upgrade. 1. Brasero Brasero is now the default cd/dvd burning application […]

18 March 2009
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Apps: Rhythmbox development to cease

I currently use rhythmbox as my default music player/manager in Ubuntu so it’s with great sadness to hear that there will be no more development on it after it’s 0.12 release. From the rhythmbox development […]

16 March 2009
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Cheese! Webcam Flickr Group

I know it’s hardly original, but I’ve created a Flickr group for people who use Cheese! to upload their mugshots to! If you don’t already have Cheese! grab the .deb from here or from Add/remove. […]

14 March 2009
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Apps: Alternative to VLC, Totem

If you don’t like VLC’s primitive appearance or find Totem a bit too buggy, you could always try MPlayer for Gnome. MPlayer is a movie player that is often overlooked, despite the fact is supports […]

14 March 2009
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Emerald: Unique Window Theme

How often do you click on the titlebar of your open windows? Is it just to close it? This very interesting emerald theme, called ‘bump’ and you’ll see why, cuts out all of the normal […]

13 March 2009