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Awesome Gnome Wallpapers/Backgrounds

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 […]

27 February 2009
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The New Ubuntu Login Screen For Jaunty

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 […]

25 February 2009
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OS X: Camino 1.6.6

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 […]

18 February 2009
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[Screenshots] HP Mini MIE Interface

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 […]

16 February 2009
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Avant Window Navigator 0.3.2 Released!

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 […]

9 February 2009
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My Top 4 Screenlets (For Now, Anyway!)

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 […]

4 February 2009
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Snow! Snow! Snow!

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 […]

2 February 2009
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Windows 7: The Linux Killer? Pfffft! No chance!

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 […]

22 January 2009
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What is the Best Netbook Operating System?

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 […]

14 December 2008
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Google Chrome 1.0 – What’s Great/What’s Not

Google finally removed the ‘beta' tag from their Chrome browser and pushed out a shiny new update fixing, improving and stabilising the browser even more. Chrome is now Chrome 1.0! W0ot!

14 December 2008
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Silverlight For Linux

To view Silverlight embedded content on the web in Linux, simply install the ‘moonlight’ add-on for Firefox developed by Novell. (Them what make OpenSUSE!). The add-on is being developed with assistance from the hallowed redmond […]

3 December 2008
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Ruby The Gerbil Passed Away

Only a few days ago Ruby was on webcam to the world! Unfortunately, last night Ruby passed away. It was all very sudden: Yesterday we discovered she was suddenly blind and she became stiff and […]

27 November 2008