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GNOME Shell Dock And Alternative Status Menu Extensions Fixes [GNOME 3 WebUpd8 PPA]

GNOME Shell Extensions 3.2

A quick update for those of you who are using the official GNOME Shell Extensions 3.2 from the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA: I've added 3 patches to the package:

How To Find Out If Your Computer Can Run Unity 3D (w/ Compiz)

If Unity 3D isn't working on your computer and you want to find out if this is because of a bug, because you're using the wrong drivers or because of your computer's hardware, you can use a command which lets you know if your computer can run Unity 3D:

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

Install GNOME Shell Weather Extension In Ubuntu Via PPA

GNOME Shell weather extension

extensions.gnome.org is not yet ready and because I got many requests to upload more extensions to the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA, I've started packaging some unofficial GNOME Shell extensions for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

The first one is GNOME Shell Weather Extension. This extension displays the current temperature in the top GNOME Shell panel and clicking it, you can see some more info such as the humidity, pressure or wind as well as a forecast for tomorrow.


Unity Bookmarks Lens For Ubuntu 12.04 And 11.10

Unity Bookmark Lens

Unity Bookmarks Lens displays your bookmarks in Dash so you can easily search all your bookmarks with a click.

Speed Dreams (Racing Game) 2.0 Beta 1 Released With Reworked Cars And Tracks, More [PPA]

Speed Dreams 2.0

Speed Dreams is an open source racing game that works on Linux and Windows. The game is a Torcs fork with cool new features such as new cars, tracks and AI opponents.

Speed Dreams 2.0 beta 1 is now available for Linux and Windows and comes with many bug fixes, reworked cars and tracks, improved physics and many other improvements.

Install LibreOffice 3.4.3 In Ubuntu 11.04 Via PPA

Libreoffice 3.4.3

A quick update for Ubuntu 11.04 users: LibreOffice 3.4.3 is finally available in its official PPA. For what's new in LibreOffice 3.4, see THIS page.

Google Releases Cross-Platform Remote Desktop Extension For Chrome

Chrome remote desktop

Google has released a remote desktop extension for Chrome. The extension works everywhere Chrome does (including Chrome OS and Chromium) and is as easy to use as it gets: there are no settings and you only have to enter an access code and you're ready to go.

ReText Gets Improved Google Docs Export, More

Retext text editor linux

ReText is a text editor for MarkDown syntax that supports some popular formats such as PDF, ODT, HTML and plain text. It has tabs support, live previews, web pages generator, HTML syntax highlighting, KDE integration and more.

Marlin (elementary File Browser) Gets Dropbox And UbuntuOne Plugins

Marlin, the new file browser developed by ammonkey (who's also behind Nautilus elementary) for elementary OS, got two new plugins for Dropbox and Ubuntu One.

GNOME Shell Zeitgeist Extension Updated With Integrated Shell Search, More

Quick update: GNOME Shell Zeitgeist extension was updated recently and it now integrates with the standard GNOME Shell search, meaning GNOME Shell will list the Journal items in the regular search under the Activities Overview.