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Lubuntu’s new theme ‘ozone’ ready for testing

Lubuntu 11.04's proposed new theme, 'OZone', has been made available for testing from the Lubuntu desktop PPA.

13 February 2011
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Xfce 4.8 adds remote shares browsing, new desktop panel, more

The latest version of lightweight desktop environment XFCE has been released, adding support for remote shares browsing, a rewritten desktop panel, and improved settings/file transfer dialogs.

17 January 2011
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Linux Movie players: VLC Vs Totem Vs Parole

VLC may the king of features, but is it the king of performance?

9 September 2010
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Ambiance theme for… Sony Ericsson phones (!)

Owners of Sony Ericsson handsets (non-android, natch) who want to bring a little Ubuntu style to their mobile experience will -love- the following Ambiance theme designed specifically for that purpose. Make the jump to find out how you can get your sweaty palms all over it.

4 September 2010
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Quickly update your .iso’s to the latest Ubuntu Daily Build

If you have an Ubuntu 10.10 Daily build .iso knocking around you can quickly update it to the latest daily imprint using this nifty script by Jeff Stone. Talking about it he says: – “I’ve […]

27 August 2010
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Easily Create a multiboot usb stick

Ever wanted to try out lots of different LiveCD’s on your thumb drive without the hassle of installing them one at a time? Say hello to MultiBoot LiveUSB which does just that. You just drag […]

13 July 2010
Linux Mint's new file manager Nemo

Five Alternative File Managers To Nautilus

Daily 5 today briefs you, er, briefly on 5 alternative file managers to stock Nautilus. Dolphin If you’ve tried Kubuntu of late then chances are you’ve already encountered Dolphin – it’s the default file manager […]

15 June 2010
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Daily Digest: Windicator Mock-ups, QuickShot Plans & Ubuntu On TV

Winidicator Mock-ups Over on the increasingly-dense-to-navigate Ayatana mailing list Daniel Planas posted some wonderful mock-ups of his take on the “Windicators” pencilled in to feature in Ubuntu 10.10. Aside from stirring some discussion the mock-ups […]

19 May 2010
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Fatal flaw connected to GRUB found at very late notice, never fear!

This bug report which was reported yesterday suggests that Lucid was about to ship with an issue that caused the secondary operating system to be missing from GRUB when installing in a dual boot setup; […]

29 April 2010
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21 gorgeous CD labels for Lucid

You could leave your freshly burnt CD-R of Ubuntu 10.04 looking average or you could splash out and paste on one of these lovelies designed by leogg instead. First impressions count and all that!    In […]

26 April 2010
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Twitter client Turpial gets a PPA

Lightweight (and very popular!) twitter application Turpial has gained a PPA – albeit an unofficial one – thanks to Efrain Valles. Turpial: Like a Linux native Tweetdeck Like other Twitter applications available for Linux Turpial features […]

15 April 2010
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Lubuntu not joining the ubuntu family until 10.10

There are “few chances” of Lubuntu becoming an “official” spin of Ubuntu 10.04 according to Lubuntu developer Julien Lavergne. The project, which provides the lightweight LXDE desktop as its base, still has many of its […]

8 April 2010