Integrate Gmail to your Linux Desktop with Gnome Gmail
On installing Gnome Gmail on your Ubuntu Desktop you get the option to set Gmail as your default mail reader in Preferred Applications. In other words, with Gnome Gmail, Gmail becomes an email desktop client like Thunderbird or Evolution. Its supports “To:”, “Subject:”, “body”, “CC:”, and “BCC: fields, so when you click on an email [...]
GnoMenu Now Available in Launchpad Repositories
GnoMenu the eye-candy, theme-driven Applications Menu for the Gnome desktop is now available in the Launchpad repository so you can get updates directly from your Update Manager. For Ubuntu 9.04 users: Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list and get notified when updates/upgrades are available. 12deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnomenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnomenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main signing key: 1sudo apt-key adv [...]
GNOME-Colors: Sparkling Colors for your GNOME Desktops
The GNOME-Colors project aims at bringing bright and shiny colors to your Gnome Desktop with well polished and elegant themes. If there is a Gnome desktop that really needs this, that is certainly Ubuntu.
GnoMenu: Eye Candy Applications Menu for your Gnome Desktop
[Click to Enlarge] Wallpaper switchers, new themes, GDMs and GnoMenu all have one purpose – they bring fresh and new looks to our Gnome Desktops. GnoMenu is a highly customizable, theme-driven Applications Menu for your Gnome desktop. The XML theme engine supports very attractive themes with transparency, even on non composited desktops.
Quick and Simple Tips to Personalize your Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Quick and Simple Tips to Personalize your Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope – – with Me. I’m now on my freshly installed Ubuntu 9.04, like many others out there. I prefered, backing-up, formatting and doing a new install – – all went smoothly. I Immediately noticed that Ubuntu 9.04 is pretty fast at boot-up – – [...]
Download and Install Amarok 2.1 Nuliajuk Beta 1
Amarok 2.1 beta 1 paves the way for a more stable and more featured Amarok 2.1. The release notes talk of the re-appearance of old goodies alongside new ones like; cue sheet (a text file that details the layout of tracks on a compact disc) support as in Amarok 1.4, an easy to use drag [...]
Flegita: Gnome Scan – A Simple Scanning Alternative to XSane
Ubuntu: Before getting too frustrated with XSane, the in-built graphical front-end of SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) why not try Flegita, also called Gnome Scan. Originally launched as a proof of concept during the 2006 Google Summer of Code, Gnome Scan has no real back-end support, but its a good alternative to the XSane UI [...]
Introducing Sabayon Linux 3.5 – Stable Release
The Italian made Gentoo based Linux distro Sabayon goes 3.5. This version, code name Ibex Poacher, (referring to Ubuntu Ibex Intrepid) comes with many major improvements with respect to previous versions – hardware detection is immediately noticeable. It was rather easy to configure on my old Sony Vaio FR215S, even my external Wireless Card had [...]
How to change your default applications (Mail Client) in a Gnome Desktop
The Gnome desktop comes with a couple of default applications like Evolution Mail, Rhythmbox Music Player, GNOME Terminal and others, but many users give-them-up for other “better” applications. In most cases the non expert Gnome user continues to maintain as default those applications they don’t even use. Examples of users with Evolution Mail as default [...]
