More posts about “Apps”

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Naufrago! RSS reader is basic but competent

Nothing comes close in terms of awe and ease as Google’s very own online RSS reader ‘Google Reader’. Despite this many users still use desktop based solutions. Liferea is perhaps the most well known desktop […]

27 July 2010
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F.Lux ‘Natural Lighting’ for Ubuntu gets an Indicator Applet

We’re all acutely aware that spending long periods of time in front of blazingly bright computer screens isn’t entirely fantastic news for our eyes – or our sleep patterns. Nevertheless we stare away anyway unaware that there […]

26 July 2010
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Histwi – Powerful desktop twitter app

Backing up your tweets, managing your account and searching tweet based on strict criteria direct from the desktop has been made easy with Histwi by OriginalCoding. We’ve featured many, many desktop twitter applications here on […]

21 July 2010
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Orifli – Simple desktop Flickr image uploader

Looking for a simple, lightweight Flickr image uploader? Orifli by Original Coding might be just what you’re looking for. If you’ve never heard of Orifli before now then there’s a simple reason – the Flickr-loving app is […]

20 July 2010
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Pithos: Native Pandora App (US only)

If you’ve never tried Pandora, (and you live in America, as it is US only) you probably should. Type in your favorite artist or band, and then BAM, it starts playing tracks from them, as […]

20 July 2010
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BURG Boot loader installation, themeing & more gets even easier with BURG Manager app

The process of installing BURG – the easy way to get a graphical, good-looking bootloader – has been made easier thanks to a new ‘BURG Manager’ application which provides users with a graphical front-end for configuring and managing various […]

14 July 2010
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Portable Linux Apps – Run your favourite apps on any Linux distribution from a USB drive

Ever wanted to run your favourite Linux applications from a USB sticks on ANY major Linux distribution with the need to install anything? Then prepare to say hello to Portable Linux Applications. The Portable Linux […]

14 July 2010
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Quickly record soundcard output in Ubuntu with OutRec

“Have you ever wanted to record a sound heard from your computer or website?” queries OutRec on their website  “If yes OutRec is perfect for you.” The application is simple:  you can record everything outputted […]

14 July 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
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Rapid Photo Downloader Makes importing & sorting photos easy

If you have a camera – be it digital stills or digital video – then you know that importing and renaming files is a chore; Camera’s aren’t able to name photos taken at Sally-Sue’s wedding […]

13 July 2010

At Last: Spotify Comes to Linux With Native Client

The popular music streaming service ‘Spotify’ has today announced a preview release of a native Linux build for their desktop media player. Until now Linux users of the service had to use Spotify through Wine […]

12 July 2010
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Pragha Media player is both fast and familiar

Everyone loves music players and we’ve certainly had a lot of feature of late - The google looking MiniTunes, ‘ghost of Amarok 1.4’ Clementine & the stylish Banshee-Meego. Pragha is ‘yet another music player’ that’s been kicking around for a while now and, I though, time for a bit of a mention here on el OMG!.

11 July 2010