5 easy steps to flip a burger, 1 easy step to eat it

5 easy steps to flip a burger, 1 easy step to eat it

2009 may not be the year of Linux on the desktop, but surely can be appointed as the year of Mono. David Siegel, creator of GnomeDo felt constructive enough to share 5 easy steps to create a viable alternative to Mono.

  1. Create a mailing list where people ...

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Beware of Berlusconi virus

Beware of Berlusconi virus

Windows users should be ware of the Berlusconi virus. It's claimed to be stopping all processes :) Hint: processo is the italian for "trial".

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MS makes everybody happy

MS makes everybody happy

In Europe Windows 7 will cost 41% to 100% more than in the US. Thanks to Microsoft for keeping everyone happy:

  • MS can recover the cash from the last EU anti-trust bill
  • Linux will get a big push
  • The EU anti-trust will have new excuses for a ...

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Clever windows management for Gnome

Clever windows management for Gnome

I've just come across this mockup for Gnome 3, and I find it pretty cool :-) Not that everything is desiderable but you can find some clever concepts in there:

  • colored decoration basing on the application (so alikes look alike)
  • notice how the maximized window contains the systray.
  • easy and drag and drop based minimize and move-to-desktop.
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Ubuntu Wiki lock-in

Ubuntu Wiki lock-in

This comes from the Fedora planet, more specifically AdamW:

I may be missing something here (be great if I am), but it seems to me that the content of the Ubuntu Wiki - which contains some great stuff - is not ...

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Install Solang on Fedora 11

I've been notified that Solang *can* work on Fedora 11. _Hicham_ put it on his repository. Fedora users, for further informations, check out this page: http://hicham.iblogger.org/?q=node/1

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Solang is in Ubuntu repositories now

Solang is in Ubuntu repositories now

Ironic announcement from Luca Falavigna to announce that Solang is now included in Ubuntu Karmic Koala repositories.

Ho deciso di scendere in campo... Per partecipare alla crociata contro Mono. Il primo passo è fatto !
Translation:
I decided to step on ...

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Some notifications WIP

Some notifications WIP

Macslow, who is working on notifications,  recently posted some screencast of his last progresses. The first image shows a colored title bar upon every notification. While the chance to display the urgency of notifications has been discussed, this work is just meant ...

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Hands off the Gimp

Hands off the Gimp

Really, you wouldn't dare..

  • rickspencer3 proposes pulling the gimp from the CD:
    • It takes up a lot of space that we need for couchdb, etc...
    • F-Spot has key features, like crop and red-eye removal
    • It's a power user tool, users shouldn't stumble into it
  • Discussion points ...

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Ubuntu Satanic Store issue cleared up

Ubuntu Satanic Store issue cleared up

I've been warned by Jono that the Satanic issue with Canonical is solved. Now, that's fast !

Heya everyone, OK, I checked into it and I have managed to clear this up. Some kind of mistake occured and the Ubuntu Satanic Edition ...

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