Ubuntu Vibes

The Power of the Docks : AWN, Docky and Cairo Give Your Desktop A Dash of Unity

Sunday, January 23, 2011 | No comments |

Danial Huxter from DeviantART has given his desktop an interesting new look which he calls Dunity. In his original concept he used Docky and GNOME stack to give his desktop look of Unity, the new interface in upcoming Ubuntu 11.04.

Avant Window Navigator, Cairo Dock, Docks, docky, Mockups, Unity

This Awesome Ubuntu Advertisement is One of the Best

Friday, January 21, 2011 | No comments |

Just came across this Ubuntu AD by InfinitelyGalactic, probably the best.

ADs, Ubuntu ADs

Turn Your Linux Desktop,Tablet or Touch Device into Digital Sketchpad

Friday, January 21, 2011 | No comments |

Ardesia is a free open source application that turns your Linux device into a digital sketchpad. You can make hand drawn annotations, figures, a quick sketch, do some artwork or just use it for fun. Drawings can be made using many pointing devices like a mouse or a pen/finger on your touch screen device.

Applications, Ardesia, Gesture, Multi Touch, Tablet

Shadow Clones is a Fun Alien Shooter with Nice Soundtrack

Thursday, January 20, 2011 | No comments |

Shadow Clones is a 3D top down shooter where you play a role of space commando left alone on a military base infested with aliens on Mars.

Games, Shadow Clones

Quick Tip: How to Disable IPv6 in Ubuntu For Better Internet Speed

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | No comments |

For most Ubuntu users, disabling IPv6 can increase the Internet speed on their system if they feel that it is slower than what it used to be on Windows or Mac.

Internet, Quick Tip, Tweaks

Popular First Person RPG 'Arx Fatalis' Open Sourced

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | No comments |

Arx Fatalis is a first person role playing gaming released by Arkane Studios on November, 2002. The source code for the game has been released under GPL V3 on January 14th.

Arx Fatalis, Games, Releases

Lutris: A New Universal Gaming Platform for Linux is in Development

Saturday, January 15, 2011 | No comments |

Lutris is a new gaming platform for Linux that aims at providing easy game installation, configuration and launching system for games. It is different from other services like PlayOnLinux as it integrates a large number of games from a number of different systems that includes console emulators also.

Applications, Emulators, Game Emulators, Games, Lutris, Wine

New Linux Action Game 'Warlock's Gauntlet' Released

Saturday, January 15, 2011 | No comments |

Warlock's Gauntlet is a top down shooter game for Linux inspired by classic Gauntlet game series. The game is an Open-Source community project, created by users from gamedev.pl - a polish game development site known as Warsztat (the Workshop) and is available entirely for free - the code is open source and the assets are licensed CC.

Games, Releases, Warlock's Gauntlet

Orta Theme Updated to Version 1.4.0, Install from PPA

Thursday, January 13, 2011 | No comments |

Orta, one of the most beautiful themes available for Ubuntu, recently got updated to version 1.4.0 that brings many fixes smaller menu icons and a new nautilus breadcrumbs style.

Customize, Orta, Themes

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