Tag Archives: desktop

GNOME 2.22 and other awesome

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Jeff Waugh

Somewhat belated celebration of our latest release, but hey, I just wanted to see the release love continue to roll by on all the Planets. Check out Dave’s release linkage for some bricks and whole bunch of bouquets. Definitely great … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged desktop, GNOME, gnome222, gtk+, hackfest, platform, release | Leave a comment

Happiness is a warm cache

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Jeff Waugh

If you haven’t celebrated New Year’s in Sydney, you haven’t celebrated New Year’s… and remember, kids, 2008 is the year of Linux on the des– kidding! Happy new year! Photo courtesy SMH. Click the image for more.

Posted in General | Tagged 2008, desktop, Linux, nye2007, sydney | 7 Comments

Jinxed again for 2008

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“No doubt you’ve heard the prediction before — ‘this is going to be the year of the Linux desktop’. At the risk of being repetitive, though, I’m going to go ahead and say it: 2008 really could be the year … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged desktop, GNOME, jinxed, joebrockmeier, Linux, zonker | Leave a comment

Thank you, Cheese!

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Pia & Jeff say thank you to Daniel for Cheese!

Tagged cheese, desktop, FLOSS, GNOME, justblamepia | 4 Comments

GNOME: Ten years of Freedom!

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

A one month, world-wide celebration of GNOME’s tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September with Software Freedom Day and the release of GNOME 2.20. During the celebration month, GNOME contributors will create a scrapbook wiki recording their ten year … Continue reading →

Tagged desktop, FLOSS, freedom, GNOME, gnome10years | 2 Comments

QoTD: Paul Nowak

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“Software will increasingly compete on ease of use in the total software experience more than on features. The future will be more about being simple than about any other dimension. [...] This is a classic case of experience changing perception … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote of the Day | Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNOME, Ubuntu | 2 Comments

GNOME in The 5th Wave

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Shreyas noticed that the The 5th Wave’s June 17, 2007 strip includes a homage to GNOME! Rocking! Update: Melissa points out that UserFriendly was pretty awesome on the 17th too.

Posted in General | Tagged desktop, FLOSS, GNOME, Ubuntu | 3 Comments

Firefox: Still Saving the Web!

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Steve Jobs’ vision for the web, rendered as a pie chart.

Tagged desktop, FLOSS | 14 Comments

Safari on Windows

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Leopard’s Safari on Windows? Really puts the cat among the foxes.

Tagged desktop | 13 Comments

Looking for a simple GPS receiver

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Dear Lazyweb, I am looking for a simple GPS receiver for my laptop. Ideally, it would disappear into one of the PCMCIA or SD slots, but I am having a tough time finding something like this. Alternatively, if Bluetooth is … Continue reading →

Tagged desktop, embedded, GNOME | 25 Comments