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What is Google ChromeOS, I mean really ?
All this fuss about Google ChromeOS.
Is it a threat to Microsoft ? Is it a threat to the Ubuntu ?
(funny nobody wonders if that’s a threat to Apple, especially considering everything is a threat to Apple, even being able to take DRM free songs *out* of the freaking iPod)
I’ll just assume you’ve already read the
No more Gimp for you little Joe
When I first posted about the matter, most people’s reaction was LOL.
The we thought it was just a random proposal, never going to be approved. Well, according to OMGUbuntu’s do0d, the GIMP has just have been said bye bye …
Crying wolves
I am not sure if I should write about this or not.
Reading the Ubuntu Planet today I noticed a post about sexism written by Melissa Drapper.
Interestingly, she points as a subtle sign of sexism a post by Emgent, where he made her grandma try to crack a wireless network with the last version …
One thing nobody told you about Mono
I can’t really go on vacation without the world reminding me the day later how much I was right.
Just a few days later my dead easy 1 step proposal for Mono here it is, here we go.
So nice, really. This is not the end, and …
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 …
Orange icon, we love you
As many of you already know, Jaunty brought a small but significant change in the Ubuntu user interface: the beloved updates icon doesn’t show up anymore. In its place, the Update Manager will automatically open under the current windows.
The pop under …
Interactive notifications mockup
Hello all, I sent a little proposal to the Ayatana mailing list.
While I’m waiting for feedback from them, I thought I could just copy-paste it here and know what you think about it.
I had an idea for notifications which …
A new roadmap for the App Center
This is a follow up to the previous post about the App Center.
As noted in a previous post (that one too long to be read), the …
Ubuntu censoring rap
Wow, I love rap.
I don’t believe that Ubuntu is censoring Mono Opposition. I don’t believe Mono haters infringed the CoC, not in most cases, at least.
I do believe Mono opposers sometimes get utterly annoying.
I believe also moderators are not careful enough and …
Code Talks
Some days ago I stumbled on an old post of Matthew Paul Thomas, Canonical employee: Why Free Software has poor usability.
Disagreeing on about everything written in there, I decided to pull out a long reply to each one of the points made. Of course, that’s not really a direct response to him, but more …
