Cardapio: Simple and Powerful Menu
I have been a fan of Gnome-Do for a long time. Mac users have been used to having programs just a few keystrokes away with Quicksilver search, and Windows joined the fun with its newly designed start menu in Vista and 7. Cardapio simultaneously simplifies the gnome menu and delivers easy hotkey searching. From Cardapio’s [...]
Calvin & Hobbes + Daily NASA Photo Wallpaper
Haven’t you always wanted Calvin & Hobbes stargazing at the daily NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for your wallpaper? I know I have. Now we can. In this tutorial I will show you how to set that up. First, just double check you have these installed. I think most users will already. sudo apt-get [...]
Flying Toasters screensaver in latest Ubuntu
For whatever reason, the beautiful flying toasters screensaver is no longer part of the default set. Luckily, it can easily be reinstalled as part of the xscreensaver-gl-extra package. Just run the following:
PlayDeb.net: Making Simple Gaming in Linux a Reality
What is PlayDeb.net? According to their “About Us” page: PlayDeb is an unofficial project with the mission to provide the latest open source and freeware games for the current Ubuntu Linux release, in an easy to install manner. The PlayDeb repository extends the official repositories by providing latest versions and new games. Unlike the official [...]
Battery Status 0.1: Battery Applet With More Features
I like to know how much time I have left on my laptop battery in Ubuntu. It’s nice to see the time remaining in the corner of the screen. Sure, the default applet shows the time on hover, but hey: this is Linux. Why shouldn’t it work how I want it to?
Google Chrome Ubuntu Theme
I found this theme to better integrate Google Chrome with the new Ubuntu appearance. Download Ambiance theme:
Snap Windows to Sides like Windows 7 Using Compiz
My computer has a big screen, and the Aero window-snapping feature works beautifully. With it, you can drag a window to the edge of the screen, and Windows will then automatically resize the window to half the width of the screen, positioned on the side. This is great for window management. Today I was looking [...]
GIMP’s Own “Content-Aware Fill”
This plugin existed long before Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill feature was announced in a YouTube Video. The plugin is called Resynthesizer, and it works much like content-aware fill.
Chrome Auto-Scrolling
For whatever reason, Google Chrome in Linux does did not come with auto-scrolling. Auto-scrolling is usually triggered when the scroll wheel or middle mouse button is pressed. Luckily, there’s an extension for that. AutoScroll Extension
Google Chrome in Ubuntu: Impressive.
This thing is speedy and stable. Google just announced the release of Chrome 5, which officially supports OSX and Linux.
