Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ubuntu Netbook launcher Craziness

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Shane

I had an insane idea. I thought how about installing the Ubuntu netbook remix launcher and run it inside Gnome-Shell. It turns out that it looks awesome. I love it

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Cool Koala

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Shane

Ubuntu 9.10 looks awesome and works really well. Congrats to everyone who made it happen. In particular the DX team who did some great work with the new theme, icons and an even cooler version of notify-osd. It is by … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu advertising through twitter

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Shane

I was thinking about how windows 7 was a threading topic for the past few days. When ubuntu 9.10 comes out we should hit twitter with a load of tweets too. Its a great way to advertise.

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Parental Control

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Shane

I was asked by Seif Lotfy to take over zeitgeist’s parental control system. I made a wiki page and a project on launchpad. I want to have a beta available for the Lucid UDS (thanks canonical for the sponsorship). Unlike … Continue reading →

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Control 2

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Shane

From my last post (http://shanefagan.com/2009/10/10/control/) I had one question more. What words would you not want your kids searching? So if you were writing a blacklist what would be on it? (Dont write your replies in the comments please) Send … Continue reading →

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Control

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Shane

This is a little bit controversial so try to keep it clean. Also I dont have kids, im just interested what people think. When is too young to be on the internet? We are in the internet generation its about … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 pricing

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Shane

Really I love ubuntu you get everything for nothing. I heard the pricing for windows 7 and I nearly collapsed Windows 7 Professional is $299, Ultimate is $319, Home Premium is $199. Those prices are very bad. Like my computer … Continue reading →

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Epiphany

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Shane

I just tried the new version of epiphany in karmic that uses webkit and its very nice. Of course I did some moving around and removing of stuff from the UI but now its uncluttered and simple. I have been … Continue reading →

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My Ubuntu Vision: 10.04

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Shane

Lucid Lynx: Codename for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid (Adjective): Easily understandable, clearly perceived. I decided to continue the previous post from Brian Curtis. My vision for ubuntu 10.04 is….a stable, well thought out, intelligent OS. We have file sharing now with … Continue reading →

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