Tag Archives: GNOME

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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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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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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Missing you at BOSSA

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

Unfortunately I’m not in Brazil for BOSSA this week due to illness — not even healthy enough to argue with my doctor about it. Missing Brazil again! Gah. I wouldn’t normally announce my non-presence at a conference here, but it … Continue reading →

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GNOME mail services feedback wanted

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Jeff Waugh

I’ve been very happy with GNOME’s mail services since performing major repairs in July… List administrators have had less spam to moderate, owners of gnome.org mail aliases have received less spam, we’ve had a consistent list turnaround time of between … Continue reading →

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