Awoken Icon Set Gets a PPA

We featured Awoken icon set under a post as one of the two must have icon sets for Ubuntu users. Now users can keep their icon set updated with new features by adding a PPA to their sources list. A look at the Awoken icon set:

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Desktop Recovery Feature Comes to Ubuntu Tweak Stable Version

Desktop Recovery feature that was introduced in Ubuntu Tweak Beta a few days back comes to the stable version.

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May Be It Is or May Be Not : Maverick Default Wallpaper

There is lot of buzz going around the new Maverick default wallpaper and almost everyone hates it (comments, tweets, questions).

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New Maverick Meerkat Wallpapers: Ubuntu Artwork Shortlist

The Ubuntu Artwork group on flickr shortlisted 20 wallpapers to be featured in Ubuntu 10.10 out of a whooping 5,345 submssions. Have a look, download and set one of them as dektop background now.

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New Gnome Shell 'Date and Time' Mockup

A few days back, a new mockup for Gnome Shell was shown at GUADEC. Now, a mockup for date and time came out which looks really neat.

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Choose Addons while Installing Applications: Ubuntu Software Center

There has been no new posts in last couple of days as I was travelling. Now that I am back to work, something about the new 'Software Center' in Maverick will be a nice start.

The Software Center came up with yet another impressive feature: Install related addons/plug-ins while installing your favorite applications.

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Backup and Restore Settings : New Ubuntu Tweak Beta

A new Ubuntu Tweak Beta has been released and it comes with some really nice features.

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Cardapio is Maverick Ready

Cardapio is an alternative application menu launcher to the default menu bar that comes with Ubuntu. It can also be used as an standalone application launcher just like Gnome Do. Cardapio have a native gtk interface that integrates well with the gnome desktop environment. It also includes a plugin system that  integrates different types search capabilities like file search, google search, youtube video search etc.

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Catagorize your Docky Icons with these Wonderful Labels

It would be really nice if we would be able to categorize a set of icons on docky and give a particular label to it. As such docky does not support labeled catagories. However, salathaendler came up with this innovative idea that makes it possible. Take a look:

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Rate Your Photos with New Shotwell Version

Shotwell, the default photo manager for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat just got a new version. The new version 0.7 brings lots of new features like importing photos from F-spot. A complete list of new features is below:

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