Be Warned! This is a very addictive game! I am not normally a fan of any type of computing games, but I found myself playing on this for hours on end.I'm sure most of you would have heard and played the flash version of this game somewhere on the Internet. There are many different version of it now, each with their own set of elements to play around and experiment with. The original version of this game is now available to download for Linux. You may wonder why you would want to download it, ... Read Full Story

Spice up your new Ubuntu 9.04 installation with some of these fantastic wallpapers. These are all Alpha release wallpapers that didn't quite manage to make it into the final release. I am sure you will agree with me that many of these really should have made it!All of the below images, and many more can be found from the Artwork section of the official Ubuntu Wiki Read Full Story

Firstly I would like to apologize for the lack of updates to this site over the last few weeks. This is down to some personal problems I have been having, and due to Jaunty messing with my display on my MSI Wind. All is back to normal now, and I'm ready to go!I have recently used this very neat trick within the dpkg packet manager. Have you ever started a fresh install, and forgot which applications you had installed on your old installation? It's a pain. Even when you think you have ... Read Full Story

Over the past 6 months, the popularity of Twitter has sky rocketed, with the worlds most biggest celebrities using it - With @Obama being one of the top users with the highest amount of followers.So what is Twitter? Twitter is known as a 'micro-blogging' website that allows the user to send a short message (know as a 'Tweet') to their friends (known as 'Followers'). The idea is to update what it is you are doing, thinking, working etc. at that moment in time. Your stat... Read Full Story

The one thing that I really like with using Ububntu is the amount of shortcut keys that you can use. Shortcut keys can really speed up your tasks, and make like so much more easier for you. I have listed what I find the most useful shortcuts below. I have decided to leave out the ones that I think everyone will know - like the Copy & Paste etc. Window Management Some of the below shortcuts may require Compiz to be enabled on your Ubuntu system to work. Switch Workspaces in Ubuntu (win ... Read Full Story

Basic wget Commands:To download a file from the Internet type:wget http://www.example.com/downloads.zipIf you are downloading a large file, for example an ISO image, this could take some time. If your Internet connection goes down, then what do you do? You will have to start the download again. If you are downloading a 700Mb ISO image on a slow connection, this could be very annoying! To get around this problem, you can use the -c parameter. This will continue the download after any disruptio... Read Full Story

What more can I say?[Click On Image To Enlarge]Fail.When browsing the Internet earlier on today, I got an alert box pop up on me. I normally just click the cancel button, but I saw the word Microsoft in it. This made me laugh quite a lot. No matter what you do, you can't seem to get away from Windows can you?!If you have any more examples of these types of error messages whilst using Linux, please do share them with us! Read Full Story

You have just installed Ubuntu, and you are staring blankly at the human themed desktop... Now what?1. Enable Multiverse RepositoriesThe first ting to do on any new install is to enable the Multiverse Repositories. This will then give you access to the 'non free' applications, allowing you to install many more programs.To do this navigate to System -> Administration -> Software SourcesOnce the new window has appeared, make sure that there are a tick in all of them boxes2. Instal... Read Full Story

It's not often that I use this feature, but this morning when I tried, It would not show any applications.[Click To Enlarge]After a little bit of searching online, I found out that many people have had this problem after installing Adobe Air. I am not quite sure on why this is, so if anyone does, please do share with us!To resolve this problem, re-installing the Add / Remove application will do the trick. To do this, run the following command into the terminal:sudo apt-get --reinstall ins... Read Full Story

Bored of the default mouse cursors that come with Ubuntu? Yeah, it doesn't take long to get fed up of them really. Well luckily, there is a great set in the repositories available for download.Apart from the default white set that you can get [above] that wo other colors to choose from: black or gold set. Personally I prefer the white...To install this cursor theme:sudo apt-get install oxygen-cursor-theme oxygen-cursor-theme-extraBelow is a video from Youtube that I found , demonstrating ... Read Full Story