Tag Archives: desktop

QoTD: Alberto Ruiz

May 7, 2007 – 12:58

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 ha. I think Sun prefers a Linux desktop world than a Microsoft one.

Coolest thing about […]

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Ubuntu goes mobile too!

May 6, 2007 – 23:19

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 web tablets… So it’s fantastic to see Canonical and Ubuntu come to the table with […]

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Major GNOME announcement next Thursday

April 16, 2007 – 08:31

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

April 11, 2007 – 18:51

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 worth reading, even if you’re not astronautically familiar with SE Linux itself. Definitely recommended for […]

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A Stream of Numbers

April 3, 2007 – 16:45

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QoTD: Miguel de Icaza

March 27, 2007 – 08:11

“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 data binding at the Gtk# level, rather than helping deliver it to all users of GTK+. Let’s strengthen […]

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E is for Europe

March 23, 2007 – 22:34

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 smack bang in the middle of Europe!
You can trust me on this, because I’m totally unbiased about it: […]

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GNOME 2.18: Simplemente Hermoso

March 22, 2007 – 18:54

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

March 9, 2007 – 12:20

“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 and not only on your pet feature.” — Emmanuele Bassi, Of Angels and Angles on improving the […]

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QoTD: Dave Camp

February 16, 2007 – 19:52

“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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