If you’ve installed an icon theme in Ubuntu you might find that your ‘Places’ menu still shows your old icons. This is a known ‘bug’ in Gnome and will hopefully be fixed in the next […]
If you’ve installed a theme in Ubuntu that gives you a big ruddy shadow under your panel, removing it is a copy ‘n’ paste away! Remove Panel Shadow Open up your Compiz Config Settings Manager […]
The default Ubuntu theme ‘Human’ is far from what you’d call ‘sexy’. Thankfully changing Ubuntu’ looks is like changing clothes: find something you like, not just something that fits! Of all the many, many (many) […]
If you get bored of your desktop wallpapers rather quickly, finding new ones can be a bit exhausting. One place to look is gnome-look which has, like, a gazibillion different wallpapers. They do vary in […]
The new Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope log-in screen has been presented over at Softpedia. Be sure to check out their little guided tour of Jaunty, but in the mean time here’s the new sleek black […]
A new version of the OS X only browser ‘Camino’ was released a little while ago. This version includes, amongst other things: – Better tab support for when you have lots of tabs open. Toolbar […]
An enterprising soul on some unknown forum posted some lovely screenshots of his HP Mini MIE’s interface. The netbook runs Ubuntu with a custom HP interface. It provides a ‘home panel’ that gives you access […]
Avant Window Navigator hits version 0.3.2 today, the first major release for the Linux Dock since this time last year. I’m a self confessed Dock-a-holic. I, obviously, have a dock in OS X, i use […]
Here’s a quick run-down of my top 4 favourite screenlets right now. 1. Now Playing – with Inlaid Alt Theme A luscious and slick theme for the default ‘now playing’ screenlet. Has Previous, Play and […]
It’s snowing in Britain!! PANIC!!!1 It’s funny how Britain grinds to a halt when we get a few inches of snow. We don’t get snow often so when we do it’s almost like we revert […]
Tech bloggers have been heralding Windows 7 as the end of a resurgent Linux. Very OTT, in my opinion. A lot of the praise for Windows 7 is deserved as it is, in it’s beta […]
Netbooks are twee little machines. Powerful enough to be awesome mobile devices for on-the-go computing, but underpowered and not suited to running most desktop operating systems fully. Windows Vista is an prime example of an […]