Ubuntu Netbook Edition brings all the advantages of Ubuntu to your netbook – it's optimised for smaller screens and, of course, it's free. Ubuntu Netbook is a secure, reliable way to use your netbook. It gives you instant access to all the free applications you’ll need, wherever you are. Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 Screenshots
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The Elementary GTK Theme Gets More Gorgeous Than Ever!
Here are just a few of the changes in the latest Elementary Theme from BZR: started using Equinox GTK engine too, new sexy midori tabbar and statusbar workaround, special toolbar/menubar rules for nautilus, minimal range for Nautilus, Terminal style, awasome sexy panel now with prelight, scrollbars with no steppers (which you can preview in the screenshot below) and a lot more!
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Firefox Ditches the Dialog Box
Get ready to say goodbye to Firefox’s multitude of dialog boxes. Recent design mock-ups show Firefox moving toward an “in-content” look where settings, the add-on manager, themes and other “things which formerly appeared in dialog boxes” will now become just another tab in your browser.
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Shutter - Fully Loaded Screenshot App For Linux
Shutter is a fully loaded open source screenshot app for Linux. It is fairly easy to use and especially useful for bloggers. Using shutter, you can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.
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Peppermint OS – A New Take on the Web-Centric Desktop
Nearly all operating systems these days seem to be transitioning toward a faster and more web-centric experience. Peppermint OS takes a different approach than Chrome and tries to blur the line between desktop and Internet.
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Pidgin 2.7.1 closes 3 year old MSN bug
The Pidgin developers have released version 2.7.1 of their open source instant messenger application, addressing issues from the previous update and closing a three year old bug related to MSN direct file transfers
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Backup your OS to a LiveCD - Mephisto Backup v1.10.4
Mephisto Backups key feature is the ability to backup your system to an image and copy it to a Linux Live DVD for future restoration. The user can then take that cd and move his or her system to any PC.
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Grub2 Splash Images for Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
Make the grub look nice than before.This package is compatible with Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) and also Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) LTS.
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MeeGo Brings The Magic
When the Linux Foundation announced the MeeGo project earlier this year, they said it would "bring the magic to Linux." Now that it is finally here, does it deliver on its promise? It sure does.
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5 Firefox Based Browsers You Probably Haven't Seen Before
Firefox 3.5 is already the most widely used browser in the world. But how many of you actually knew that there are a number of Firefox based browsers which are as good or oven better than Firefox? Here is a list of 5 Firefox based browsers you should know.
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Using Freemind as a Writing Planner
Freemind, the open source Java based mind mapping application, makes a great writing planning tool.
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Spotlight on Linux: Slackware Linux 13.1
People sometimes ask which distribution to try if they want to learn how Linux works. Common answers are Gentoo, Arch, or Debian. However, I disagree. Each of these distros teach users their particular brand of Linux. There's only one truly pure Linux, and that is Slackware.
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Usability Comparison: Five PC Operating Systems Compared
Most Operating systems are very good these days. Primary focus for the Desktop Computer should be ease of use, or so you’d hope. I take five Operating Systems and compare them using six tasks that most users will need to do at least once a week. Here is how they did.
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Live for Speed - Absolute perfection!
Great computers games are like love at first sight. The moment you power on the game, you know it's something different and you know you're going to love it. This is what happened to me with Live For Speed.
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Pidgin 2.7.1 Fixes 3-Year-Old MSN File Transfer Bug
Pidgin 2.7.1 which was released today fixes a 3-year-old bug related to MSN file transfers. Until now, Pidgin didn't support direct file transfers with the official MSN client making the direct file transfer very slow:
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