Monthly Archives: April 2007

Major GNOME announcement next Thursday

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

If you were wondering what this obtuse, xkcd-inspired stream of numbers meant… Now I can reveal a little more, as per www.gnome.org… If you love GNOME, and you’re near Santa Clara next Thursday, come and see us!

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links for 2007-04-15

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Calendar:GDATA Provider Google Calendar GData provider for Mozilla Sunbird or Lightning. Should help with the recently announced Evolution Data Server GData integration Summer of Code project. Rock! (tags: google calendar gdata mozilla sunbird thunderbird lightning gnome desktop evolution) The GTK-server … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-04-14

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

a natural reaction “integrating all that 20th century technology must be exhausting.” — Jacob Berkman’s righteous deadpan sarcasm directed at the fanfare around Ubuntu’s new crash detection functionality. (tags: jacobberkman markshuttleworth ubuntu bugbuddy funny)

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links for 2007-04-13

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Version Control System Shootout Redux Redux “Distributed version control is a new and strange world… but we’re excited to be here. Finally.” — Mozilla shifts from CVS to Mercurial… for now. preed makes it very clear that they’re keeping their … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-04-12

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Will Ferrell Movie Generator “Sweet Orwell’s wildebeest! My despair is a deviant pyramid!” — Hilarious. On almost every reload, there’s a Will Ferrell film I would pay to see. (tags: willferrell film movie funny via:andrepang)

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links for 2007-04-11

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Open desktop remains distant at seasoned Linux shop “Successful use of Linux and other open source software for nearly a decade has not translated to any movement on the desktop at [Gundagai Shire Council], which sees thin clients as a … Continue reading →

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WordPress Tango/GNOME Smilies

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Been playing with Tango icons recently, so had the bright idea of swapping out most of the default WordPress smilies for luscious Tango and GNOME icon theme emotes: … icky awesome … Much nicer! Cheesy and nasty, but I just … Continue reading →

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Spooks dig GConf

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

At the recent SE Linux Symposium, James Carter of the NSA spoke about using GConf as a user space object manager. The paper covers the application of Flask principles (and SE Linux in particular) to user configuration, and is well … Continue reading →

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QoTD: Garr Reynolds

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“If your presentation visuals taken in the aggregate (e.g., your “PowerPoint deck”) can be perfectly and completely understood without your narration, then it begs the question: why are you there?” — Garr Reynolds, Is it finally time to ditch PowerPoint? … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-04-07

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

On now on to a more positive note (My bias) “If you’ve been reading this blog for a few years, you may recognize that I’ve swung further to the ‘freedom’ side of needle.” — I have, and it has reflected … Continue reading →

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