Tag Archives: desktop

QoTD: Alberto Ruiz

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh: “AI will surpass human intelligence after 2020.” Alberto Ruiz: That’s the linux desktop year also! Jeff Waugh: Ha ha ha… Of course, now that you work for sun, that’s not funny! Alberto Ruiz: Ha ha ha ha ha … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu goes mobile too!

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Right before we launched the GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative, Intel went public with their sexy Mobile Internet Device prototypes, running Red Flag and Ubuntu. They’re Linux based, and use Nokia’s Hildon interface architecture, developed for the N770 and N800 … Continue reading →

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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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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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A Stream of Numbers

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Jeff Waugh
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QoTD: Miguel de Icaza

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“Implement a Gtk# widget that brings the Office-like ribbons to Gtk#. Focus is on managed widgets, not in C-based widgets.” — Miguel de Icaza, Mono Summer of Code ideas (emphasis mine). Go team. It’s also pretty sad that they’re pursuing … Continue reading →

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E is for Europe

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

This is why it’s clear to me that the E in GUADEC still stands for Europe: While some folks are trying to widen the scope by appealing to the faux fairness of sharing, I think the evidence pins true fairness … Continue reading →

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GNOME 2.18: Simplemente Hermoso

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Just delicious. Simply beautiful. GNOME 2.18 shipped last week, right on schedule, and I’m enjoying the fleeting wonderment of running an even-numbered GNOME release. Not for very long of course, there’s work to do.

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QoTD: Emmanuele Bassi

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“So, waiting for Project Ridley to come to the rescue is not going to cut it anymore: if you are proposing to move some functionality from a library to GLib or GTK+ be prepared to work on the whole code … Continue reading →

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QoTD: Dave Camp

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

“I think Apple taught us what percentage of people choose rhetoric over working sound.” — Dave Camp on “Just Works” Dave Camp, Super Geniusby Peter Teichman

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