MATE is the desktop environment forked from Gnome 2 desktop code. Gnome team discontinued the Gnome 2 desktop development in favour of gnome 3 and gnome shell. MATE is a familiar desktop environment because it looks and works like gnome 2. Many Gnome 2 users shifted to KDE or XFCE to avoid Gnome 3. But …
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The Next Elementary OS code named Luna is nearing its release. They comes with some awsome apps and desktop based on Ubuntu 12.04. The apps are based on Gnome 3.4. The desktop is called Pantheon, it is another themed desktop of gnome shell with a dock called Plank. The Plank is taken from Docky and …
Gnome 3 Released. I just downloaded from Gnome3.org for a test preview. I choosed the Fedora 15 version because I basically using Fedora. Downloaded the ISO and burnt to a USB Disk just booted from USB. No welcome screen the black screen with text. Booted pretty much faster than any conventional booting of LIVE …
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Even though Ubuntu 11.04 is moving away from Gnome shell with their own unity desktop interface Fedora 15 is moving with Gnome Shell, the revamped desktop of Gnome 3. It is matured enough for an end user to get everything from gnome. The major updates to fedora 15 are really amazing. From the features page …
Image via Wikipedia Gimp 2.8 is coming with Awesome features. Single window mode, Rotating Brushes, On canvas Editing, Calculation on variable boxes are great new features. But lot of people think that it is not as Professional as Photoshop. It is not true we can use Gimp for Pro with some help of plugins. There …
Fedora 14 is released with more great features. The New features targeting mostly for developers. The New SPICE virtualisation environment, D compiler, Latest Python 2.7, Netbeans 6.9, Eclipse Helios 3.6 and Gnome shell preview, KDE 4.5.0 etc are the new improvements for Fedora 14. Fedora is a fully free software operationg system. So all the …
Libreoffice is the fork of Openoffice.org. And it is the largest fork project in opensource. It is a great effort to save openoffice.org and continue the development in Free software domain. As of now it is the best office suite available in opensouce kingdom. The alternative office suite Koffice is coming up. The beta of …
There are lot of themes released for ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat other than the default one. You can install and customize your ubuntu 10.10 like your mood. The bisigi project aimed for provide great looking themes for ubuntu 10.10 There are 14 themes available for ubuntu 10.10 currently. The installation is easy , just add …
Compiz Fusion is a state of art frame work for a cool looking PC. With compiz you can make desktop effects, 3d Desktop, Desktop Zoom etc. There is a window manager called emerald is with compiz and lot of great themes are available for emerald. Compiz is an essential component for a full eye candy …
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Bisigi Project released 14 Great themes for ubuntu. The themes are applicable for any gnome desktop. In ubuntu you can directly install from ubuntu repositories. There are 14 different themes for Ubuntu 10.04 and all other linux distros specially Arch Linux, Frugalware, Mandriva. A stable version of Ubuntu Lucid repository is available. Follow the post …
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Screencasts of your desktop are very useful in demonstrating programs and for video tutorials. “recordMyDesktop” is a very easy to use tool for creating screencast under linux. By using recordMyDesktop you can record a widow or the whole desktop with a single click. You can save the video as ogv. How to Install recordMyDesktop You …
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is Out . Download Now from Ubuntu Website. After Installation Just Tweak the ubuntu for more prettier performance. New installer, new artwork (themes, icons, wallpapers, login screen), ext4 filesystem, grub2, new software versions (Gnome 2.28.1, Firefox 3.5.3), the anticipated Software Center (instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications) and …
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