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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Ubuntu 9.10 are we ready?
I was wondering what effect a release of Ubuntu 9.10 being released at the same time as Windows 7 and Mac “Snow leopard”. First thing we have to ask is are we ready? I think no but Karmic+1 we will … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Apple, Gnome-shell, Mac, Microsoft, OSX, Snow Leopard, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, ubuntu 9.10
32 Comments
Thank god for intelligent weighting of subjects
Bloody accounting, I keep missing the tests for some dumb thing wrong with my brain. So I failed the year and I missed the repeat. Im so happy they weighted the subjects in a good way. I can still make … Continue reading
Google Analytics
I was looking at my Analytics data and I was very surprised I have to say. The weird thing I found was the world map and how many people in different countries look at my site. Far away places like … Continue reading
My blog is fully moved
My blog has moved from http://wordpress.com/ to http://shanefagan.com/. I imported all the old files so the only thing different is the theme. So ill be back blogging after I get all this college repeating business over and done with. As … Continue reading
Moving sites
Im after getting http://shanefagan.com/ so ill be moving my blog there ASAP. I dont know if I should use wordpress, moveable type or just use drupal. Ill play with all three and see which I find easier.
Posted in Ubuntu
2 Comments
Ubuntu Development
I was wondering what is the preferred language for free software developers? [polldaddy poll=1903950] I plan to start developing for ubuntu in Karmic+1. The reason why im asking about what is the preferred language is because ubuntu and linux distros … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Gnome-shell, Novell, programming languages, software development, Ubuntu
30 Comments
ubuntu one in karmic by default?
I did a fresh install of ubuntu two days ago because I was having issues with network manager in karmic. I reinstalled from jaunty and then upgraded to karmic. I didn’t install ubuntu one but I have an account and … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged 9.10, karmic, Ubuntu, ubuntu 9.10, ubuntu one
4 Comments
Gnome-Shell
I have been busy the past month so I haven’t had a chance to try out the most recent builds of Gnome-Shell I looked today and I have to say its looking really slick. I took a few screenshots It … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Gnome, Gnome-Desktop, Gnome-shell, Ubuntu
29 Comments
Theora and Vorbis, HTML and Google
What an interesting company Google is they announced that they are buying On2. On2 is the company that provided the basis for OGG Theora by open sourcing the VP3 codec. Google, Mozilla and Opera all supported the addition of Theora … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Adobe, Apple, Chrome, Firefox, Flash, google, HTML, HTML 5, Internet Explorer, Java Script, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, OGG, On2, Open Source, Opera, Safari, Silverlight, SVG, Theora, Vorbis
15 Comments
Reply to Ballmers recent interview
I read and listened to an interview from Steve Ballmer: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10301028-16.html Ok we all can agree that Mac is quite expensive but its great looking and works well. He says windows is high quality low price but we all know … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Apple, Free Software, Mac, Microsoft, Open Source, Ubuntu
13 Comments