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…)
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...
Easily transform Ubuntu into mac os x with macbuntu – now better than ever!
November 27th, 2010 by Youzhny
Ape the look of OS X in Ubuntu using the ‘Macbuntu’ transformation pack.
Kyle Baker, with whom regular readers will know is a source of many great things, has been diligently posting a guide to skinning Ubuntu into that resembling OS X.
Improvements
Kyle has done much more than just knock together an ‘how to’ ace: after trying the pack out he found a few things were lacking so rather than...
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...
Jimmy Wales Chrome extension adds Wikipedia appeal banner to every site
November 25th, 2010 by Youzhny
If you browse the web and find yourself thinking ‘There just aren’t enough Jimmy Wales appeal banners around’ then read on to discover how you can bring joy back to your browsing experience.
Once installed it inserts a subtle ‘Personal Appeal from Jimmy Wales’ banner onto every site you visit. No more need to visit Wikipedia every hour to get your fix – get it everywhere and anywhere.
Here’s...
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...
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...
New Orta GTK Theme Looks Great on Your Ubuntu Desktop
November 24th, 2010 by Youzhny
Orta is a new GTK theme that just stands out with an innovative tab style, metacity controls, elementrish looks and two different panel styles.
Features
3 styles for tabs
Nautilus vanilla support
Nautilus Elementary support
New Metacity buttons
Two panel styles – light and dark
Rounded menu item selector
3 different sizes for scrollbars
Gui configurator and installer
Includes Chromium theme
Instructions
Download...
Get a $300 Drone and Fly It Using Ubuntu
November 24th, 2010 by Youzhny
Love Drones and Helicopters that you can fly from your garden or rooftop from a remote control? Got Ubuntu? You are in for a treat.
Parrot AR. Drone