OMG! 5! – Five Docky themes
August 10th, 2011 by Youzhny
Give your Dock some added oomph with one of these gorgeous Docky themes.
1. Tinted Steel
Works best in 3D mode. Doesn’t look so swell when using the weather or clock docklet’s ‘panel painting’ views but otherwise is a nice unique theme.
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Be nice with your process on Linux
July 30th, 2011 by Youzhny
On Linux there is a way to set/change the priority of processes, the user can act to give greater or lesser priority to its own processes.
/> For example you are running a backup with rsync or doing a tar, but you do not want these processes use all your CPU, in these cases you can make use of the nice command. (more…)
How to check amount of RAM, CPU load
June 19th, 2011 by Youzhny
top displays all sorts of CPU/Memory/Process information.
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Lubuntu 10.10 RMX is both lightweight & gorgeous
December 23rd, 2010 by Youzhny
Lubuntu is one of the most elegant looking distributions out there but one users own ‘spin’ on it has made it even more breath-taking.
‘Lubuntu 10.10 RMX’ takes the best of stock Lubuntu 10.10 but adds in a fantastic visual gloss. Using the Faenza icon set, a revamped visual style, a lightweight dock bar and installing several extra default applications Lubuntu 10.10 RMX is an impressive example...
Meet Dexter – elementary’s new address book app
December 4th, 2010 by Youzhny
Keep your contacts in check with Dexter – a new address book application from the elementary project.
Created by developer Allen Lowe and Dan Rabbit the feature set provided in the first release is more than complete for everyday use.
Features include: -
Add, edit and view contacts (including first, middle and last name, organization, birthday, email(s), phone(s), address(s), picture, and notes)
Importing...
Use Chrome’s auto-updated Flash in Firefox
December 2nd, 2010 by Youzhny
Keep Firefox updated with the latest patched version Adobe Flash thanks to Google Chrome.
Thanks to a partnership between Google and Adobe Google’s Chrome browser ships with a built-in version of Flash that is more recent than that available to download individually. This ensures better performance and better protection.
Using it in Firefox is simple although the trick requires you to have Google...
Meet Synapse – the super fast new GNOME Do replacement
December 1st, 2010 by Youzhny
It’s finally arrived. After weeks of leaking screenshots and juicy tidbits on a ‘mystery new launcher’ we can reveal what it is.
Called Synapse, the launcher is light, fast, zeitgeist powered and can do some incredible things thanks to tight Zeitgeist integration.
Why Synapse?
The idea for Synapse was born from a merging of ‘Sezen’ – which allowed an way to search Zeitgeist log conveniently...
Compiz-based Unity coming to PPA tomorrow
November 27th, 2010 by Youzhny
And so it begins! The Compiz-backed version of Unity – to be the default Ubuntu 11.04 desktop – has arrived on Launchpad.
For those with itchy fingers and brave hearts ‘Unity Compiz’ (‘Compinity’ anyone?) will be available for installation via a PPA tomorrow according to Ubuntu Desktop Experience lead njpatel.
He also tweeted a few juicy screenshots of its current state which i have dutifully...
Small tool to change the login window appearance
November 25th, 2010 by Youzhny
Easily configure the GDM, ‘login manager’ to the rest of us, with ‘Change GDM GUI’ – a simple script for changing various aspects of the login interface.
The script allows you to change the wallpaper, the GTK theme and various other options (as can seen in the screenshot beneath).
Download
Download the .zip file @ this link
When finished right click on the archive and choose ‘Extract...
Firefox 4 Beta 7 – how it should look on Linux
November 25th, 2010 by Youzhny
Yesterday we mentioned that Firefox 4 Beta for Linux now boasts a ‘menu’ button rather than a menu bar. Whilst it’s undoubtedly welcome it doesn’t look as good as it could – nor should.
Below is a mock-up posted on the Mozilla wiki of of how the Firefox 4 in Linux should look.
Here, for reference, is how it currently looks: -
Not quite there yet; if the beta manages to hit its intended...
StackApplet 1.4 released – great indicator-applet for askUbuntu
November 24th, 2010 by Youzhny
Track your StackExchange reputation, get notified of new comments and answers with StackApplet.
It is, as the name implies, an indicator-applet for StackExchange (including askUbuntu). You can add as many userid’s as you like and the applet will will conveniently and unobtrusively check for and alert you to updates at a user-configurable interval. You can also choose the icon (dark or light)...
Spread Ubuntu site gets slick new look, domain
November 24th, 2010 by Youzhny
Where am I? No, I don’t know either. Why? The “relaunch” of the new-look Spread Ubuntu site – which offers a massive online catalogue of downloadable marketing materials for Ubuntu – has happened and I didn’t notice!
The site is a firm favourite of mine – not only does it offer up CD wallets, posters, presentations and other Ubuntu-orientated goodies (many of which we’ve featured here...