Monthly Archives: July 2009

last.fm

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Shane

last.fm is so awesome I just got using it a while back. I only use it for the stats I get from sending my recently played tracks from my music player. I use listen on my ubuntu 9.10 laptop and … Continue reading →

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Google Wave

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Shane

I got an invite to test out wave in the sandbox. Its very good but the main thing I have to say is it has a very steep learning curve. You can use it (kinda) just like an email but … Continue reading →

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Irish Translations Page on ubuntu-ie.org and the poll results

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Shane

Ubuntu Irish translations. We have been very active recently translating Ubuntu 9.10 into Irish and I created a page on http://ubuntu-ie.org/ about Irish translations of Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu-ie.org/node/36 Its in both English and Irish Dave from the loco helped out with … Continue reading →

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My love of Gedit

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Shane

I love Gedit. It has syntax highlighting for most languages and a spell checker. I feel thats all I need but one of my friends and one of my college classmates (Ilya) says im crazy and awkward for using it. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Linux source addition

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Shane

Interesting the past few days in the Microsoft camp. First the community promise and now they submit source to the linux kernel. I think the question to ask is “Why are they taking this new stance?”. I remember reading the … Continue reading →

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Google Wave Ubuntu?

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Shane

Google announced a project called google wave a while back to rethink the whole idea of Email and IM etc… I think it would be good to start thinking about how the ubuntu community can use this new technology when … Continue reading →

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YAMP (Yet another Mono post) please end the debate

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Shane

I just want to throw my size 10 and a half boot in on the whole Mono controversy. First one link that some may have not seen http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx. The community promise is legally binding. All that it contains is a … Continue reading →

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The whole RMS controversy

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Shane

Im hearing a lot about this RMS sexism thing and my only thought on it is that he is an eccentric hardcore guy. He has strong views about everything. You shouldnt care because he is a crazy old coot. He … Continue reading →

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Im on planet ubuntu

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Shane

Hi im Shane Fagan. Im a software development student from Ireland. Last Tuesday (july 7th my 21st birthday too) I was approved for Ubuntu membership. I help out on launchpad answers for ubuntu and I run the Irish translation of … Continue reading →

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