The 6th and final Alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala lands today – the 17th of September. Alpha 6 brings with it, as always, a truck load of bug fixes and tweaks as well […]
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 […]
Karmic’s session applet icons have been updated to a new set of stylish glossy status symbols. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, these are the instant messenger status ‘icons’ integrated into the user-session-applet […]
Ubuntu Karmic Koala will see the first step of the much heralded package-management replacement named ‘Software Store’ – whose name has caused a lot of controversy within the Ubuntu Community. What’s in a name? The […]
Open Source graphics programme ‘The Gimp’ will finally switch to a single window interface in time for its next major release, although the current “multi-window” view will be available to enable for those who want […]
The following plug-ins, scripts and extensions add Google Doc integration throughout Ubuntu. Upload To Google Docs Via Nautilus You can easily upload a file to Google Doc’s via a Right Click with this User […]
Google’s 3D desktop application “Google Earth” has been updated to 5.1 ” but brings with it some incredible speed and memory improvements. “Fast is better than slow.” “For the newest version of Google Earth, we’ve […]
PlayOnLinux is a WINE ‘front end’ that allows easy installation of software designed to run on Windows, but in Linux! Unlike other WINE installation software – such as CrossOver – PlayOnLinux is entirely free, and […]
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 […]
XMind is an OpenSource “brainstorming and mind mapping” application that provides tools for online collaboration, easy sharing and the ability to embed mind maps into blogs or websites with one click. XMind can help create […]
Karmic Koala will see the release of TWO official Netbook Remixes – Ubuntu NBR and Kubuntu NBR. LEt’s take a look at both as of Alpha 5… Ubuntu Karmic Koala Netbook Remix Refined, Stylish and, […]
Alpha 5 of Ubuntu 9.04 was released to the wild yesterday and brought with it the usual slew of bug fixes, but also a few other odds and sods! A quick bullet-ized run down would […]