More posts about “Eye Candy”

Give your Ubuntu desktop a stunning new look with GTK themes, free icon packs, Conky, visual customisation tools, rad wallpapers and more – all of which you’ll find badged with this tag.


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7 NowPlaying/CoverGloobus Themes

NowPlaying and CoverGloobus are two methods for displaying currently playing track details, controls and artwork on your desktop. Screen What? NowPlaying is a screenlet and requires the Screenlets framework to work. You can install screenlets […]

16 September 2009
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How To Enable Ubuntu Notifications In Kubuntu

Kubuntu users will finally be able to use Ubuntu’s notification system in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Jonathan over at ConservativeTechie has posted a sweet guide on how to enable them in Kubuntu 9.10 ” as […]

16 September 2009
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Free Ubuntu Laptop Stickers

Ever seen and wanted one of those “powered by Ubuntu” stickers to lavish on your laptop or desktop? Want no more because you can get a set of four free stickers thanks to awesome Ubuntu […]

15 September 2009
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PerfectClock Screenlet Lives Up To It’s Name

PerfectClock screenlet is a Linux port of the desktop-clock Windows application. It comes with a bunch of pre-made themes, and tons more are available – from Dynamite shaped clocks to binary style ones. PerfectClock is […]

9 September 2009
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10 Ubuntu Themed Wallpapers

10 Ubuntu Themed Wallpapers for your Ubuntu desktop. Ubuntu Text by Treyisrad Download Destroy Ubuntu by lukeroberts Download Plain Ubuntu by [unknown] [click image to download] Ubuntu by snn-engn Download Ubuntu Metal by fibermarupok Download […]

26 August 2009
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Dust Theme for Gwibber

Leo Lannacone has designed the perfect Gwibber theme to compliment the GTK Dust theme. You can download the code using bazaar*: – bzr branch lp:~l3on/gwibber/dust-theme To install it, put it into the following folder: ~/.local/share/gwibber/ui/themes/ […]

23 August 2009
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8 Minimal GTK Themes

Below are 8 minimal GTK2 themes for your Ubuntu desktop. To install them either follow the instructions given or use the ‘Appearances’ dialog from the ‘System’ menu. MurrinaStudio   http://drfr4g.deviantart.com/art/MurrinaStudio-78479558 T3K http://amadme.deviantart.com/art/T3K-103862094 Gaia Neue http://fratrip.deviantart.com/art/Gaia-Neue-Suite-100383098 […]

23 August 2009
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Quickly Install Google Android Fonts

Google’s Linux based Mobile Operating System ‘Android’ (Gee, try saying all that with a mouthful of doughnut!) comes with some very sexy fonts called ‘Droid’. The fonts are crisp, clear and far nicer looking/easier to […]

18 August 2009
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The Gnome-Do Weather Docklet – Totally Awesome

Gnome-Do comes with a variety of different docklets for use with it’s ‘Docky’ interface. For example the ‘Trash Can’ docklet lets you right click on it and choose to empty your trash directly, or simply […]

17 August 2009
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Opera 10 Finally Fits in Flawlessly on GNOME Desktops

The new beta of Opera 10 web browser comes in a Qt version, meaning it can now “use” the GTK theme when running in the GNOME desktop environment. Here’s a screenshot of Opera 10 on […]

13 July 2009
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Gnome-Do .0.8.2 Released – Best Linux Dock Yet!

The Gnome-Do team have pushed oyt the latest version of their popular application launcher (and so much more than that!) which hits it’s 0.8.2 release. The new version comes with a literal HEAP of new […]

30 June 2009
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"Clever Windows" – Better than Gnome 3?

Gnome3 – aka ‘Gnome Shell’ – has been met with a mirth of derision within the Linux community for various reasons. Some don’t like progress, some don’t like the way it handles windows and some […]

25 June 2009