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Make WINE Apps Look Better In Ubuntu

WINE – love it or loathe it you probably have it installed for one reason or another (‘must have’ Windows application or because of Google Picasa etc). It also tends to look butt ugly, so […]

27 March 2009
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Make SUDO Windows Match The Rest Of Your Theme

Have you ever noticed that when using Synaptic package manager or Sudo-ing to root to browse for a file that your root windows don’t match the rest of your theme? Here’s how to make sudo […]

27 March 2009
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The Jaunty Jackalope Beta is Out Now!

A beta build of the next major iteration of Ubuntu is now available to get your Linux-loving paws on from the Ubuntu website. Ubuntu 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ ships with GNOME 2.26, includes a pair of […]

26 March 2009
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3 Great Pidgin Emoticon Themes

Make your IM convo’s in Pidgin a bit brighter by installing some new emoticons. Here’s the OMG! pick of our top 3 favourite emoticon packs for pidgin. (Instructions on how to use them follows at […]

26 March 2009
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Chrome for Ubuntu now has tabs ..kinda (UPDATED)

Progress on Chrome for Linux is pushing onwards nicely.

26 March 2009
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Ubuntu MID for £90? Hell Yeah!

Would you dig a touchscreen mobile internet device running a full Ubuntu desktop that was light, small and totally portable? What if i said you could get one for just £90 / $130 / €97? […]

25 March 2009
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Make Gnome Panels Hide Fully & Pop Up Quicker

Here’s a quick solution to enable your gnome panels to FULLY auto-hide (with no silly and annoying little bit sticking out!) and pop up quicker when you hover over them. First of all make sure […]

25 March 2009
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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 […]

25 March 2009
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Which Country Loves Ubuntu Most?

Playing around in Google Search Insights earlier, i punched in ‘Ubuntu’ to see which countries were searching for it most: – 2004 – Present That’s not entirely surprising – Cuba itself launched a version of […]

24 March 2009
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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