Ubuntu Brainstorm Launches

Published in February 29th, 2008

Remember how Dell’s IdeaStorm site convinced Dell to preinstall Ubuntu? There’s now a similar website, called Brainstorm, for Ubuntu. Ubuntu Brainstorm provides the same organization as a bug tracker does for bugs, but for features. Ubuntu users can create an account at Brainstorm to submit and vote up ideas that they would like to see [...]

First Kubuntu 8.04 Alpha with KDE 4 Released

Published in February 28th, 2008

Posted by Tom in ubuntunews

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The first alpha of Kubuntu 8.04 featuring KDE4 has been released. This is our first alpha for our KDE 4 version of Kubuntu. It comes with KDE 4.0.1 and some applications from KDE 3 to fill in any gaps. As with any first alpha there remains much polishing to be done (you will need to [...]

Restore Missing Icons in OpenOffice

Published in February 27th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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After changing your Ubuntu system icon theme you may find that OpenOffice’s toolbar icons have disappeared. There’s an easy fix for this. Launch OpenOffice and open Tool->Options. Select View from the list on the right of the options window. Open the icon theme drop down box and select Human. The icons will be restored once [...]

Turn Ubuntu Blue Using Blubuntu

Published in February 26th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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Spend a lot of time building a non-brown theme whenever you install Ubuntu? There’s a little-known theme called Blubuntu easily installable from the Ubuntu repositories that can switch every aspect of your desktop to blue. The goal of Blubuntu is to offer a polished and cohesive alternative to Ubuntu’s default theme. Install the theme’s metapackage [...]

Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 Released

Published in February 25th, 2008

Posted by Tom in hardyheron, ubuntunews

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The fifth alpha of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron has been released. Read the release notes, and download it. Here’s what I noticed that’s new in Hardy Heron Alpha 5: The GNOME panel slides in to the screen when you log in. This kind of transition is a great touch. The boot menu on the Ubuntu [...]

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