Bored of your regular applications menu? Swap it out with Cardápio- a panel applet menu replacement with plenty of features up its sleeve. It allows full access to all of your installed applications and system options […]
Ever wanted to change colour, font or position of the Ubuntu 'bubble' Nofitications? Using NotifyOSD Config - you can!
Do you love the Elementary icon set but wish it was green? Would you use Meliae if it was less pastel? Say hello to the answer:Â icoGen. icoGEN can generate whole new iconsets based on SVG […]
If you’re anything like me then there are times when concentrating on writing seems like an impossibility; facebook pokes, youtube crawls, aimless stumbleupon-ing all get in the way of aiming my focus solely on the task in […]
As much as Microsoft Paint is derided, mocked and generally thought of as lame there is no denying that it’s one of the applications newcomers to Ubuntu find curiously omitted. GNOME Paint aims to fill […]
Looking for a simple way to receive facebook notifications on your desktop? Facebook Notify by Nzjrs may be the answer. A simple python-based tray application, it provides you with timely notifications upon: – One of your friends changes […]
A few days ago I was asked by a reader to recommend a ‘system info’ tool. I, foolishly, assumed everyone already knew about ‘Hardinfo‘ — an awesome system hardware profiler and benchmarking application – but […]
The word ‘dual boot’ may be a dirty word to some but it remains a practical and often necessary scenario that many people find themselves in. Whether it be for gaming, work or needing capable […]
A new project inspired by the Mandriva Control Centre aims to bring sanity to system configuration on Ubuntu. Called the ‘Ubuntu Control Centre’ — or UCC for short — it delivers system configuration options to […]
‘Wallpaper Slideshow’ is the name and easily generating slideshow wallpaper files for GNOME is the game by allowing users to easily create and then set the background.xml file used for wallpaper slideshows in Gnome. The […]
Lookit is a TinyGrab inspired application for taking desktop screenshots and having them automatically upload to an FTP or SFTP server of your choice. URLs are automatically copied to the system clipboard allowing users to […]
Several weeks back we reported on the announcement that Oscar winning Video Editor Lightworks was to become open-source. At the time of the announcement it was unclear as to whether Lightworks open-sourcing would lead to a Linux version. Today we have the answer: Yes.