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Set Up Hot Corners For The Compiz Grid Plugin Using A Script

I've recently seen a screencast by gotbletu about setting up hot corners for the Compiz Grid plugin which is not hard to set up but it requires a lot of copying and pasting so I though I'd make a script to do everything automatically so to achieve exactly what you see in the video, all you have to do is run the script I've created.

 

Find Duplicate Songs In Your Music Collection With dupeGuru Music Edition

dupeGuru Music Edition is an application to find duplicate songs in your music collection by scanning the filenames or tags. It is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Install Speed Dreams 2.0 Alpha 2 In Ubuntu, Now With Multiplayer Support And Much More

Speed Dreams is an open source, multi platform (works on Windows and Linux) motorsport simulator. It's a TORCS fork that adds new features, cars, tracks and AI opponents and so on.

Install LibreOffice In Ubuntu From A Launchpad PPA

LibreOffice finally got a PPA so it's now a lot easier to install and stay up to date with the latest LibreOffice versions.

Boomerang: Start The New Year With A Simple, Clean And Lightweight GTK Theme

WebUpd8 reader Ghogaru has sent us a tip about a simple, clean and lightweight GTK theme he created called Boomerang.

TagPlayer: Play Local Music Based On Its Last.fm Tags

Wouldn't it be great if you could tune into your local music like you do with the Last.fm radio? TagPlayer, a new Linux music player does just that: it plays your local music by using its Last.fm tags.

Install Wingpanel From An Ubuntu PPA

For those who don't know, Wingpanel is a "super sexy space-saving top panel" created by the Elementary team that displays the Ubuntu indicators. Because it doesn't take the whole width of the screen and maximized windows go below it, it can save a lot of vertical screen space.

Atolm: A New, Great Looking Dark Theme Created By The Orta Designer

How To Test Ubuntu 11.04 With Unity In VirtualBox 4.0

Great news for those who want to try out the latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal with the Unity interface without booting a CD or Live USB - Unity now works in the latest VirtualBox 4.0. All you have to do to get Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity to work in VirtualBox 4.0 is to enable 3D Acceleration and obviously, install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. Read on!

Google Reader Indicator For Ubuntu

Lorenzo @ atareao.es has created yet another Ubuntu indicator: Google Reader Indicator, which you can use to take a quick look at your unread Google Reader items.

 

Install VirtualBox 4.0 (Stable) In Ubuntu, Via Repository

VirtualBox 4.0 has been released today. We've already covered what's new in VirtualBox 4.0 when the first beta came out so check out that post or the changelog for more info.

 

XBMC 10.0 "Dharma" Released With Built-In Addons System, VAAPI Support, Improved VDPAU, More

XBMC is a free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media for for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox.

 

CADuntu (2D CAD Drawing Tool) Becomes LibreCAD, Gets Ubuntu PPA

CADuntu is a 2D CAD drawing tool based on the community edition of QCad ported to Qt4 and works natively on OSX, Windows and Linux.

How To Compile The Kernel In Ubuntu, The Easy Way [Video]

So you want to compile and maybe even apply a patch to the kernel but you've always thought that's too difficult?

A Guide to Wine on Ubuntu for Beginners

Wine is a compatibility layer which allows Windows applications to run on Linux by translating Windows system calls into native Linux calls.

Dropbox 1.0 Stable Released With Selective Sync, Huge Performance Enhancements, More

Dropbox 1.0 (actually 1.0.10) has finally been released! The new stable version finally brings selective sync, Ubuntu appindicator, huge performance enhancements and hundreds of bugs fixed. These features were already present in the Dropbox experimental builds for quite some time but only now they've "graduated" into the stable Dropbox 1.0 version.

Synapse 0.2.2 Gets Relevancy Service, Three Plugins And More

Jupiter 0.0.46 Released With SATA Link Power Management And USB Autosuspend Support

Jupiter is a Gnome applet you can use on your netbook or laptop to switch between maximum, high performance and power saving mode, change the resolution and orientation of the screen, enable or disable the bluetooth, touchpad, WiFi. Jupiter also comes with Eeepc SHE (Super Hybrid Engine) support.

Get Your Favourite Gnome Panel Applets And ALT + F2 Run Dialog Back In Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity)

As you probably know, the Ubuntu 11.04 panel doesn't let you add applets - it's not that panel is locked like it was in Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition, it simply doesn't support applets (it doesn't have such a feature) as the top Unity panel is not a Gnome panel.

Clementine 0.6 Stable Has Been Released

We've already covered all the new features in Clementine 0.6 (release candidate at the time) so this post is just a small update to let you know that Clementine 0.6 stable has been released. There are no new features since the RC, only bug fixes.

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