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16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

By Benjamin Humphrey, Ubuntu Manual Team leader. UPDATE: I’ve added in “Fixed!” where things are fixed, and “Probably won’t be changed” where it’s more than likely nothing will be changed. In this post I’m going […]

10 March 2010
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Easy GUI Window Button Switcher for Lucid (and Karmic) users

I do envision a time when the Window Button Controversy™ has been resolved and i can stop posting endless articles about it. Alas, that time is not yet. To smooth things over OMG! Ubuntu! reader […]

9 March 2010
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OpenShot 1.1 Released – Gets Undo/Redo, New effects, Will be in Ubuntu 10.04!

OpenShot – OMG! Ubuntu!’s favourite video editor for Linux – released a new version today. Version 1.1 brings with it a buffet of new features, speed improvements and general all round greatness that we’ve come […]

8 March 2010
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6 Desktop Fonts to try in Ubuntu

A fresh install of Ubuntu yields one annoyance that seems to irritate most people: the default ‘Sans’ font is set at a gigantic 10px. The effect of having the font so large is evident from […]

6 March 2010

‘Twitim’ Is Yet Another Desktop Twitter Client for Linux

Lately is seems as though we have native twitter clients tweeting out of our ears! So does Twitim bring something new to the deck or is it just yet-another-twitter-client?

26 February 2010
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Pino Twitter Client Goes Experimental: Adds multi-account, Indenti.ca & a Xmas Tree

Pino 0.2 was released was released a few hours ago, adding a slick roster of new features. Experimental Features The new features are: – Identi.ca support Multi account support Conversation view Single instance mode Option […]

21 February 2010
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Help The ‘Ubuntu Welcome Tour’ Project

Once upon a time in a distribution not-so far far away a proposal was made: “Lets show new Ubuntu users a tour of their OS on start-up so that they’re orientated from the start.” Ultimately […]

3 February 2010
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Get Paid To Use Ubuntu (UK, This Friday only!)

The Canonical design team are looking for volunteers in the London (UK) area to participate in user testing. Testing will take place on Friday 29th January, during the day, and will extend all through the […]

26 January 2010
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OMG! BLACKOUT!

OMG! Ubuntu! is taking part in this weeks ‘Blackout‘ campaign in protest at Australia’s proposed Internet Censorship bill. The Internet is one of the most valuable, innovative and sacred tools available today. It has changed […]

25 January 2010
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Ubuntu Software Centre Gets Star Ratings & Reviews

The Ubuntu Software Centre gained star-ratings and reviews for application selections in a recent update to the current development release, Ubuntu 10.04. Well, sorta. I’ll explain. Although you can see the star ratings and number […]

25 January 2010
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Lubuntu Alpha 2 Released; Gets New Bootsplash, Artwork, File Manager

The second Alpha of Lubuntu 10.04 has slipped out for testing. The main differences from Lubuntu Alpha 1 are minimal, so for a better insight in to Lubuntu I’d recommend referring to our ‘Lubuntu Alpha […]

24 January 2010
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Awesome ‘Made On Ubuntu’ Badges For Your websites, Projects

Tommy Brunns ‘Made on Ubuntu’ badges are great way to show off the power of Ubuntu when creating something using the worlds best OS – Ubuntu! (He also has some “made on Linux” ones, but […]

22 January 2010