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Gnote: a Mono-Free Alternative to Tomboy Notes

By • Jun 17th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Open-Source, Ubuntu

Tomboy is a wiki-style desktop note-taking application originally developed for Linux and Unix operating systems, but is now fully supported on Windows and Mac OS X and is very famous amongst Ubuntu users. This light-weight open source application aims at improving your productivity as it helps you organize pieces of information grabbed from here and […]

Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1

By • Jun 17th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox

The first release candidate for Firefox 3.5 and the latest version of the Firefox web browser. Release Notes and Download

Mac4Lin: Mac Looks for Linux

By • Jun 16th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Linux Tips and Tricks, Ubuntu

Mac4Lin reaches version 1.0: With Mac4Lin you can obtain the cute Mac looks on your Gnome and Xfce Desktop Environments with an almost completely automated installation. Mac4Lin 1.0 Features: Fully supports GNOME 2.26 and backwards compatible Improved support for GlobalMenu, support integrated in the default GTK theme Better native Xfce support Integrates well with Globus […]

GnoMenu: Eye Candy Applications Menu for your Gnome Desktop

By • Jun 15th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

[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.

Skype: Get Growl-like Notifications with Skype-Notify Script

By • Jun 12th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Voip

Skype Notify is little python script that takes advantage of Ubuntu 9.04’s growl-like transparent notifications to bring slick Skype updates to your system tray. Not that Skype really needs one, it has the (like it or not) right-side-of-the-screen taskbar popup notifications. Rather dull, no? So if you want to test this, its simply because you […]