June 2011
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Five Ubuntu-powered Netbooks & Laptops
MeeNee 13.1″ Pro
Screen 13.1″
Processor Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz (Single core)
RAM 2GB
Graphics Intel Integrated
HDD 400GB (listed as 320GB)
Battery 6 Cell; 3.5 Hours
Weight 1.5Kg with battery
Profile 6mm/18mm
Ubuntu version Ubuntu 9.10 (!)
Meenee Pro 13.1″ (White, Ubuntu) £250
Meenee Pro 13.1″ (Black, Ubuntu) £225
Kogan Agora Pro
Screen 11.6″
Processor Intel...
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Indicator-Syspeek
Indicator-Syspeek is a system-monitor applet for Ubuntu, capable of displaying CPU, RAM, Disk and Network usage.
Developed by Georg Schmidl, the indicator icon load changes with every 10% increment of CPU load. When the CPU is maxed out (100%) it turns blood-red.
Download
Syspeek is available for Ubuntu 11.04 users only, and can be installed via a .deb package (here) or installed from...
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The Best Linux Distro for your Netbook ?
#1 EasyPeasy : Dedicated Linux distribution for Netbook users
Important features of EasyPeasy includes –
it’s simple and easy to use!
Some proprietary codecs (Audio and video) and plugins are installed by default
uses well known proprietary Apps instead of open source alternative
provides special netbook features such as Automatic File Synchronization
consumes less power
How to...
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Faenza icon pack for WebOS
WebOS users bored of their default icons can swap them out for Faenza variants, thanks to the packaging talents of maslinux.
The pack, weighing in at just under 2MB, can be downloaded from the link @ precentral.net/faenza-webos
Source : http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk
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Firefox Is New! (Again!)
Give us an F-I-R-E-F-O-X! OK, you don’t really have to give us all those, but as you can see, we’re pretty excited about the latest version of Firefox. This is the first release as part of our accelerated schedule and it’s all aimed at getting you the newest features and latest technologies faster than ever before so you’ve always got the best browsing experience...
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Google Voice Search
Available Now! for desktop users!
Google Voice search is available now for desktop uses on Google.com - announced today few hours before. so just open your browser and search the world wide web through your voice. The Google Voice Search allows you to search web (using Google Search) through speech input i.e just say something on your microphone and get the instant result.
So, you can enjoy...
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[How to] Enable tabbed conversations in Skype for...
There’s no question that tabbed interfaces – be they in a web browser or chat application – help to streamline multitasking and window management.
VoIP application Skype, seemingly seeing the benefits of such interfaces, recently introduced ‘all-in-one’ windows into their Windows and OS X clients. Skype for Linux on the other hand still sports the traditional multi-window interface.
SkypeTab...
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UnityMail
UnityMail is a small Launcher-based mail-alert app for Ubuntu 11.04 capable of displaying the number of unread messages in your inbox.
UnityMail also has Unity Quicklist support, with a menu containing easy links for composing new messages and accessing your inbox accessible by right-clicking on the launcher icon.
Source : http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk
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Ubuntu 11.04 vs Mac OS X
Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) is the latest stable release (released few months ago, and it is the successor of Ubuntu 10.10>10.04 .. and it has arrived with a lot of surprising features).it’s the most popular Linux distribution among the desktop users and the community as well as users has augmented exponentially in the past few years. Ubuntu has established a new reputation among the common...
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10 Best Gnome Themes for Ubuntu
#1 : Elementary Lion
Download Elementary Lion Theme
#2 : Gotchione Theme
Download gotchione theme
#3 : Victory Theme
Download Victory Theme
#4 : Equinox Evolution Theme
Download Equinox theme
#5 : Aero Clone
Download Aero Clone
#6 : Mac OSX Tiger Theme
Download osx tiger theme
#7 : Elegant Brit Theme
Download Elegant Brit Theme
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Ubuntu Software Centre 5.0
The Canonical design team are currently hard at work designing, testing, evaluating new layouts for the Ubuntu Software Centre version 5.0.
Their work so far has resulted in three highly impressive mock-ups of Ubuntu Software Store interfaces heavily featuring an aggregated set of features that are par-the-course for Application Stores across various platforms.
Revamp begins
source...
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What is DropBox →
Your files, anywhere
Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website.
2GB of Dropbox for free, with subscriptions up to 100GB available.
Your files are always available from the secure Dropbox website.
Dropbox works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android andBlackBerry.
Works even when offline. You always have your files, whether...
May 2011
21 posts
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Thunderbird Unity extension for Ubuntu 11.04
Thunderbird thanks to a new experimental extension by Huahe. Huahe told us that his extension “does not need a Thunderbird alpha” and ‘works with the one [available by default] in Ubuntu 11.04.’
If experimental extensions are your thing, nab it and add it @addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/unity-unread-count/
Thunderbird 3.1 - Now with tabs, better search, and email...
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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu 11.04 Users
#1 : Ctrl+Alt+T => Opens a Terminal (Command Line or shell).
#2 : Super => Shows Unity Launcher (with Numbers indicated for each Apps) . /* Super key => key with Windows Logo */
#3 : Super + {Number} => Opens corresponding Application (according to the number). /* e.g Super+1 opens Home directory on my desktop */
#4 : Super+T => Opens Trash...
