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Metro UI now available to download for Android Tablets

Metro UI on Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 is very unique, but if you are on Android tablet you cannot experience it. But its release for Android tablets has made it possible, ' BroBot175 ' from XDA developers has designed and released Metro UI for Android tablets giving them the Metro tiled look of Windows 8. The theme is flashable to your device using ClockworkMod recovery. It’s worth noting that the theme is in beta, but there is a website with instructions for installing the mod. Apparently, the mod will work on the Asus Transformer and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets right now. The beta release supports tablets running Android 4.0 and there are widgets under development just for the mod. If you don’t own either of the two tablets specified for support right now, another theme is coming that will support more tablets. The Metro UI theme will change your your homescreen and notifications panel. This release is a work in progress and many other things like Music widgets, bug...

Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” sets to dethrone Ubuntu as top opensource OS

In past few months, Linux Mint is on a road to surpass Ubuntu as the most popular Linux operating. According to an open source ranking website DistroWatch, Linux Mint has already topped Ubuntu as the top Linux distro. Why, ? The reason is because the Mint is giving users a choice between old and new interfaces. According to Clem(Maintainer of Linux Mint) Mint is one of the last distro to support Gnome 2.32 which has been abandoned by major top distros like Ubuntu, Fedora etc.. The new interfaces on those systems have mostly focused on mobile metaphor instead of the traditional desktop metaphor. The Ubuntu's answer is controversial Unity which has been rejected by most users as is the Gnome Shell which is used by other distros. Linux Mint here took a very unique turn, they have rejected implementing Unity and have focused on Gnome Shell and MATE. The Gnome Shell is modified by Mint developers with MGSE(Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) to make Gnome Shell lo...

New Windows 7 Themes

Windows 7 is now officially released in the market that too with some interesting changes. Many of us are already using the RC version of Widows 7 which expires in March 2010. To celebrate the release of new OS Microsoft has decided to make available the whole new set of themes to its users. MS have added 14 new themes for Windows 7. To install the themes simply download the file and install it by double clicking on the file. Download Themes for Windows 7