items tagged with GNOME
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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Shuttleworth has some nice words for KDE
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-15 03:10:08
Is Mr Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, slowly warming towards KDE? Or is the man merely trying to keep the KDE folk onside, after a whole host of "technical writers" have attacked the new release of that desktop environment?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-07-15 03:10:08
Is Mr Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, slowly warming towards KDE? Or is the man merely trying to keep the KDE folk onside, after a whole host of "technical writers" have attacked the new release of that desktop environment?
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Is Open Source software safe and secure?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-22 07:21:08
It’s a big question: how trustworthy is the software I use on my computer? When it comes to open source, can you trust the quality of programmers who work for free? You can, according to a new report out this week – which also proves major open source offerings to be especially well written. It equally shows up the projects which are slow to respond to vulnerabilities.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-22 07:21:08
It’s a big question: how trustworthy is the software I use on my computer? When it comes to open source, can you trust the quality of programmers who work for free? You can, according to a new report out this week – which also proves major open source offerings to be especially well written. It equally shows up the projects which are slow to respond to vulnerabilities.
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Seeing Linux clearly: Demystifying KDE and GNOME
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-18 11:27:38
Ok, you have to give some kudos to Windows: everyone knows what a window is. In the Linux world, KDE and GNOME aren’t quite as obvious. A gnome stands in your garden or inhabits the World of Warcraft, and KDE doesn’t even spell a word. The truth is they’re the two major window environments for Linux today; if you don’t like one type of UI you have another. Here’s what they do, how they differ and how you can bend them to your will.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-18 11:27:38
Ok, you have to give some kudos to Windows: everyone knows what a window is. In the Linux world, KDE and GNOME aren’t quite as obvious. A gnome stands in your garden or inhabits the World of Warcraft, and KDE doesn’t even spell a word. The truth is they’re the two major window environments for Linux today; if you don’t like one type of UI you have another. Here’s what they do, how they differ and how you can bend them to your will.
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Open sore on Planet GNOME
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-28 12:15:01
There is an air of disquiet again on Planet GNOME - and once again the reason behind it is the way the site is administered.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-28 12:15:01
There is an air of disquiet again on Planet GNOME - and once again the reason behind it is the way the site is administered.
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The unholy quad: Miguel, Mono, Moonlight and Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-10 11:26:57
Does GNOME co-founder Miguel de Icaza's backflip over the Novell-Microsoft deal a few days ago mean that he has finally been convinced that he is on a one-way path to nowhere?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-10 11:26:57
Does GNOME co-founder Miguel de Icaza's backflip over the Novell-Microsoft deal a few days ago mean that he has finally been convinced that he is on a one-way path to nowhere?
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Miguel does a backflip on patent licensing deal
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-07 17:45:46
I haven't laughed as loud and as long as I did this morning when I read that Miguel de Icaza has now started criticising the patent licensing deal which his employer Novell signed with Microsoft in November 2006.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-07 17:45:46
I haven't laughed as loud and as long as I did this morning when I read that Miguel de Icaza has now started criticising the patent licensing deal which his employer Novell signed with Microsoft in November 2006.
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Time and tide don't wait for FOSS projects
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 03:02:08
Should free and open source software projects set a release schedule that adheres to the old geek adage: release when it's ready? Or should time-based releases become the norm?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-29 03:02:08
Should free and open source software projects set a release schedule that adheres to the old geek adage: release when it's ready? Or should time-based releases become the norm?
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OOXML: the propaganda war has begun
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-17 09:45:45
The first salvo in the document standard war of 2008 has been fired - and, predictably, it favours the Microsoft camp. A study by the Burton Group, a firm of consultants, has come down hard on the side of Microsoft Office Open XML.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-17 09:45:45
The first salvo in the document standard war of 2008 has been fired - and, predictably, it favours the Microsoft camp. A study by the Burton Group, a firm of consultants, has come down hard on the side of Microsoft Office Open XML.
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