items tagged with GNOME
Why Ubuntu release schedules should be changed
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-17 18:51:34
Since the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution kicked off five years ago, it has been churning out release after release every six months.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-17 18:51:34
Since the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution kicked off five years ago, it has been churning out release after release every six months.
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RMS to change routine after sexism fuss
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-16 05:02:05
The head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, says he will change the routine he goes through when speaking at conferences in order to avoid people misunderstanding what he means to convey.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-16 05:02:05
The head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, says he will change the routine he goes through when speaking at conferences in order to avoid people misunderstanding what he means to convey.
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Linux is bloated, says Torvalds
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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Ubuntu tweaking for everyone
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
One great tool power users in the Windows world have long enjoyed is Microsoft’s unsupported TweakUI. A range of similar Tweak utilities have followed for successive versions of Windows. Ubuntu Linux users have their own little-known tool called Ubuntu Tweak to help achieve the same degree of modification.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
One great tool power users in the Windows world have long enjoyed is Microsoft’s unsupported TweakUI. A range of similar Tweak utilities have followed for successive versions of Windows. Ubuntu Linux users have their own little-known tool called Ubuntu Tweak to help achieve the same degree of modification.
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Push to make KDE default desktop for OpenSUSE
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 21:51:36
Members of the OpenSUSE community are rallying behind a suggestion to make KDE the default desktop environment for the distribution.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 21:51:36
Members of the OpenSUSE community are rallying behind a suggestion to make KDE the default desktop environment for the distribution.
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Why are people attacking RMS?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-20 21:04:32
When the two main desktop projects catering to free and open source software - KDE and GNOME - held their annual desktop summit at the same place for the first time, they probably expected nothing but messages of peace and harmony to emanate.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-20 21:04:32
When the two main desktop projects catering to free and open source software - KDE and GNOME - held their annual desktop summit at the same place for the first time, they probably expected nothing but messages of peace and harmony to emanate.
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Microsoft Mono move means exactly nothing
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-12 20:21:02
When Britain was the superpower of the world, there was one tactic which its officials used, with great success, to manage its colonies - divide and rule.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-12 20:21:02
When Britain was the superpower of the world, there was one tactic which its officials used, with great success, to manage its colonies - divide and rule.
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GNOME 3.0 may have more Mono apps
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-28 21:08:39
The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-28 21:08:39
The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
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GNOME Foundation wants your money
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-03 18:53:31
The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-03 18:53:31
The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.
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Ubuntu circus set to start again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 21:06:42
Six days from today, the Ubuntu circus will start all over again. The release of version 9.04 is scheduled for April 23 and lots of bandwidth will be consumed that day as people upgrade or else download the distribution for the first time.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 21:06:42
Six days from today, the Ubuntu circus will start all over again. The release of version 9.04 is scheduled for April 23 and lots of bandwidth will be consumed that day as people upgrade or else download the distribution for the first time.
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Ex-Novell developer releases port of Tomboy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 22:34:59
A software developer who was sacked by Novell in the first quarter of this year has begun porting Tomboy, one of two Mono-dependent applications which is part of the GNOME desktop, to C++/Gtkmm.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 22:34:59
A software developer who was sacked by Novell in the first quarter of this year has begun porting Tomboy, one of two Mono-dependent applications which is part of the GNOME desktop, to C++/Gtkmm.
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The best looking Linux is nearly here - and it's not Ubuntu
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-04-08 07:46:32
Ubuntu Linux 9.04, otherwise known as Jaunty Jackalope, will be released later this month. Forget Windows 7, this is going to be the hottest operating software release of 2009. Yet, the muddy brown and orange theme doesn't do it for me which is why this time I'm eyeing off something else from Canonical's stable.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-04-08 07:46:32
Ubuntu Linux 9.04, otherwise known as Jaunty Jackalope, will be released later this month. Forget Windows 7, this is going to be the hottest operating software release of 2009. Yet, the muddy brown and orange theme doesn't do it for me which is why this time I'm eyeing off something else from Canonical's stable.
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GNOME begins to play catch up with KDE
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-06 20:39:06
The GNOME project has released what it calls a roadmap towards version 3.0. After following a policy that mandated minor changes in its six-monthly releases, GNOME has decided that it would be a mistake to release 3.0 without a "user-visible change."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-06 20:39:06
The GNOME project has released what it calls a roadmap towards version 3.0. After following a policy that mandated minor changes in its six-monthly releases, GNOME has decided that it would be a mistake to release 3.0 without a "user-visible change."
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Patent suit tells us why we should shun Mono, Moonlight
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-26 17:08:38
Microsoft has shown the world exactly how friendly it is towards open source by going to court to claim damages over patents which have been allegedly violated in an implementation of the Linux kernel. And that's a good reason why FOSS users should avoid Mono and Moonlight like the plague.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-26 17:08:38
Microsoft has shown the world exactly how friendly it is towards open source by going to court to claim damages over patents which have been allegedly violated in an implementation of the Linux kernel. And that's a good reason why FOSS users should avoid Mono and Moonlight like the plague.
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How does Ubuntu Linux differ from Debian?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-07 08:54:51
Bring up the topic of Ubuntu and you'll receive a mixed response from unexpected corners. No, it's not the Windows brigade, but the Debian crowd. So just how does Ubuntu differ from Debian to inflame such passion?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-01-07 08:54:51
Bring up the topic of Ubuntu and you'll receive a mixed response from unexpected corners. No, it's not the Windows brigade, but the Debian crowd. So just how does Ubuntu differ from Debian to inflame such passion?
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I didn't know you could do that in Linux!
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Linux incognito part one: the Leopard
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-19 09:00:36
One commonly-stated barrier to Linux adoption is that it looks different to the regular computer environment people are used to. Yet, one of the strengths of Linux over other operating systems is that its user interface can be totally replaced to suit any occasion. Here is how to trick it out like MacOS's Leopard, and trick your friends.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-19 09:00:36
One commonly-stated barrier to Linux adoption is that it looks different to the regular computer environment people are used to. Yet, one of the strengths of Linux over other operating systems is that its user interface can be totally replaced to suit any occasion. Here is how to trick it out like MacOS's Leopard, and trick your friends.
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Mono 2.0 has been released. So what?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-13 17:24:44
Last week, the technology company Novell announced the release of version 2.0 of Mono - something which was described as an "an open source, cross-platform .NET development framework."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-13 17:24:44
Last week, the technology company Novell announced the release of version 2.0 of Mono - something which was described as an "an open source, cross-platform .NET development framework."
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The joy of X - master the Linux GUI
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-12 00:11:05
If you're a Linux user you have no doubt heard of GNOME and KDE. These popular desktop environments are really the pinnacle of a deep iceberg of technology with the X-Windows graphical interface underpinning it all. Here are a couple of ways to tame X, kicking off a journey of unlimited ability to change the Linux look-and-feel.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-12 00:11:05
If you're a Linux user you have no doubt heard of GNOME and KDE. These popular desktop environments are really the pinnacle of a deep iceberg of technology with the X-Windows graphical interface underpinning it all. Here are a couple of ways to tame X, kicking off a journey of unlimited ability to change the Linux look-and-feel.
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Why do GNOME people always play the man?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-21 10:52:14
Software engineers are often touted as people whose logic is excellent. That's why I'm amazed when some of these so-called virtuosos always indulge in personal attacks when they spot something with which they disagree.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-21 10:52:14
Software engineers are often touted as people whose logic is excellent. That's why I'm amazed when some of these so-called virtuosos always indulge in personal attacks when they spot something with which they disagree.
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