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How much would you pay for Five great Linux games?

How much would you pay for five really great Linux-compatible games? It really is up to you with ‘The Humble Indie Bundle’. It’s an exciting experiment in online retail & distribution ” these games would […]

6 May 2010
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Chrome vs Midori

Both in response to my recent review of Midori and some argument… ehm, discussion, in yesterdays Ubuntuesday OMG! Podcast, I have taken on the task of running Midori and Google Chrome through a few tests […]

5 May 2010
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Danny Piccirillo’s rockin’ post-install guide for Lucid

Danny Piccirillo has posted an awesome Lucid post-install guide on his blog that covers a lot of cool stuff that you can do with Ubuntu 10.04 after installing it, including a great list of quality applications […]

2 May 2010
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Ubuntu Manual reaches 20,000 downloads on first day

Just a quick post to share the exciting news that “Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04,” which was released about 18 hours before Lucid, had 20,000 downloads in the first 24 hours and is now up […]

1 May 2010
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Transfer your packages to a clean install

With all the new installs of Ubuntu and clean upgrades going on right now, I thought I’d point out a few great ways to package up the apps you have currently and prepare them for […]

1 May 2010
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Tyler on Ubuntu: Your Virtual desktops

Remember when I asked you about how you used your virtual workspaces? Well, ever since then (yes, ever since last Friday. It seems like a long time) I’ve been doing my darndest to collate the […]

29 April 2010
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Switch Lubuntu window controls to the left – Just like Ubuntu!

Lubuntu users feeling left-hand control envy need glow green no-longer! Switching Window controls in Lubuntu’s OpenBox window manager is a snap. Navigate to: – LXDE Menu > Preferences > OpenBox Settings Manager > Appearance Here […]

20 April 2010
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Window buttons shift order (again)

Updates to Ubuntu 10.04 today shifted the window button order back to that of the Lucid alphas with the close button being placed on the inside and maximize on the outside. Edit: It seems that […]

15 April 2010
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another round of ‘”Hey! I only just noticed that new icon”

A more befitting Transmission icon finally landed. It feels like i’ve been following the bug report for this for an age and then some… Also pleased to see the ‘elevated privileges’ icon get a spiffing […]

4 April 2010
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Quickshot released, PPA and LiveCD’s available!

April 1st is a big day for the Ubuntu Manual Project, with their beta released and an announcement of a new audio book edition. The fun doesn’t stop yet as the team have just unleashed […]

1 April 2010
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Play with the new Ubuntu website (sort of)

The new Ubuntu website should launch sometime in April but whether it will look like the website mocked up in the branding images Ubuntu released a few months back remains to be seen. If you […]

31 March 2010
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Kubuntu gets updated splash screen to match new branding

We reported earlier that a new Kubuntu logo was in the works. Now that the ‘k’ has been properly made in the new ubuntu font, the Kubuntu folks can rejoice as they’re in on all the […]

31 March 2010