How to Get Classic Gnome Menu in Unity [Install from PPA]

Few days back, we wrote about how you can use Cardapio to get a classic Gnome style menu. Now a more easier option is available, thanks to Florian Diesch who ported Classic Gnome Menu to an Application Indicator specially useful for Unity.

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LibreOffice 3.4 Released with Improved Text Rendering and Better GTK Theme Integration

LibreOffice 3.4, the second major release form The document Foundation, has been released today with many new features and fixes. Most notable of which are improved integration with GTK+ themes and improved text rendering.

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[Screenshots and Video] First Alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Brings Some Gnome 3 Magic

Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Alpha 1 has been released today. The major focus for this release has been bringing in full Gnome 3 stack and porting required applications to GTK3/PyGI. Unity and Unity 2D has been updated with bug fix releases.

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[Quick Tip] Get Minecraft Cursor Theme for Ubuntu

Minecraft fans, get a cool cursor theme for your system, created by DevaintARTist OMGpotatoes. Not everyone will like these pixelated cursors but Minecraft fans would love these as they are fun to use and are original icons exacted from Minecraft jar file.

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UGet Download Manager 1.8.0 Released (Latest Stable Version)

The latest version for Uget download manager has been released that brings many new features and fixes. Uget is probably the best download manager available for Ubuntu which can accelerate downloads by using multi threading, schedule downloads and has easy to use native GTK interface.

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Sigil, Open Source and Cross Platform WYSIWYG E-Book Editor

Sigil is an open source, multi platform WYSIWYG e-book editor designed for editing e-books in ePub format. The application has an impressive list of features that allows you to do basic as well advanced editing. Sigil also comes with proper documentation.

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OpenSUSE Workstations Used for Rendering Real Facial Expressions in L.A. Noire (By Rockstar Games)

Couple of days back, we reported that how a Fedora system running KDE SC4 was used for Animation production in BBC's Doctor Who Series.

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Desura Linux Development Update

Indie Games and Mods distribution service Desura has been notifying us for quite some time that a Linux version will be available soon. 

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Fedora (KDE) System Spotted Running Maya 3D on 'Doctor Who Confidential'

A System running Fedora with KDE SC 4 was spotted on 'Doctor Who Confidential' episode broadcast this saturday in UK. 

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Nice Review of Addictive Puzzle Game 'Hex-a-Hop'

Gotbletu @ Youtube have done a really nice review of puzzle game Hex-a-Hop, a gem already available in Ubuntu repositories. I was really tempted to try this game after watching the video and found myself really hooked to the game later.

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