Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Customization Guide

At the request of our readers and because today is Independence Day in the United States, we have decided to revive our old desktop customization tutorial for the Ubuntu OS and other major Linux distributions powered by the GNOME desktop environment.

This step-by-step tutorial was created for the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system and it will teach you how to change the looks of your Linux desktop into an eye-candy, practical, simple and modern one. In other words, to pimp your desktop and change its looks:

from this	to this

Things you need to get started:

1. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system (Desktop Edition);
2. AWN (Avant Window Navigator);
3. A nice wallpaper.

Google Releases Chrome 11 Stable for Linux

The Google Chrome developers at Google proudly announced last evening (April 27th) the stable release and immediate availability for download of the Google Chrome 11.0.696.57 web browser for Linux, Windows, Macintosh and Chrome Frame platforms.

The new Google Chrome 11 browser contains some interesting improvements, such as speech input through HTML, which helps developers to create useful and innovative web applications like the Google Translate’s speech feature.

"The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 11.0.696.57 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Chrome 11 contains some really great improvements including speech input through HTML." - was stated in the official release announcement.

"Speech input through HTML is one of many new web technologies in the browser that help make innovative and useful web applications like Google Translate’s speech feature possible." - said Josh Estelle, Software Engineer at Google.

Speech input through HTML - Image courtesy of Google