Tag Archives: GNOME

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 →

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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

Ubuntu celebrates GNOME’s birthday

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Check out the Ubuntu website to see their lovely birthday cake and message to GNOME. Remember that the combined GNOME + Ubuntu bug squishing / hug sharing day is today!

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Squash bugs and share hugs… for Freedom!

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Everyone’s having a party during our ten years of freedom celebration month… In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the GNOME project we are having a very special Hug Day on Wednesday, August 22nd. We will be focusing on the … Continue reading →

Tagged FLOSS, GNOME, gnome10years, Ubuntu | 1 Comment

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 →

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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

GNOME goes WordPress MU

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Last Friday I completed the migration of GNOME Blogs (nicknamed ‘blogo’) to WordPress MU with an announcement to the GNOME community and a thank you to the WordPress community a couple of days later. The first post details some of … Continue reading →

Tagged FLOSS, GNOME, WordPress | 15 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

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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