If you’re making a highly visible change in the operating system UI that affects every running application, it seems fair to ask that it’s done for a good reason and that there is empirical data that supports it. Or, if no empirical data is available, that the change is made to make the transition to [...]
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Coming up “shortly”: Gnome 3.0 plan
From the ThreePointZero document on gnome.org (emphasis added):
The release team is working on a document describing plans and expectations for GNOME 3.0. This page will be updated shortly.
Page last updated 2008-07-14.
Downloading OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 1
Ubuntu has started to bore me lately. Nothing really new and exciting seems to be added to Feisty. And they just can’t seem to ditch the brown.
I actually installed OpenSUSE before (I think it was 10.1) but I quickly went back to Ubuntu again. However, I can’t really remember why I didn’t like OpenSUSE so [...]
Just four years, eh?
Wow, only four years were required to fix a major usability issue in Gnome:
Bug 102501 – Drag-and-drop extract operation should run instantly in background
An impressive sign of just how dedicated these Gnome developers are! Do they ever sleep?!
I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought File Roller is broken when it’s just taking an [...]
Fedora Core 6 – False Marketing?
(Headline intentionally spiced up slightly…) After reading the release notes from the Fedora Core 6 Pre-Release, I just had to download and install it:
The Compiz window manager provides better visual feedback and a variety of desktop effects by using the AIGLX framework. More information is available from the Fedora Rendering Project.
Unlike OpenSuSE 10.2 Alpha [...]
MSN support in Gaim for Windows broken too
Staying on the subject of broken betas, I installed beta 3 of Gaim 2.0 for Windows, but it can’t seem to connect to MSN from my workplace. It seems this bug has been reported, but there is no fix or resolution to it. Too bad, because I prefer Gaim over Miranda IM. In this case, [...]
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