Monthly Archives: January 2010

iPad and the FSF

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Shane

Oh FSF why do you make me embarrassed? Really I saw the article on ars about them protesting and I just said to myself “they have protested yourselves into obsolescence”. The flaw is they are protesting for something free and … Continue reading →

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The importance of awesome

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Shane

Im going to plug a bunch of projects and stuff I like in this post so I hope you guys like it. Shot of jaq is bloody awesome. Well us ubuntu people are a little bit biased here because its … Continue reading →

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Gnome 3 world wide release parties

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Shane

At the last Gnome marketing meeting an interesting idea came up. That was to have a ubuntu loco style release party for Gnome 3 this fall. The proposal is here, im sure sponsors are welcome. I have to stress its … Continue reading →

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Debunking Gnome 3 myths

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Shane

Some people are slightly confused about what Gnome 3 actually is. The biggest myth is Gnome Shell == Gnome 3 Actually its very far from the truth, in fact there is a lot of work that has nothing to do … Continue reading →

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The next Kernel Bug Day

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Shane

Passing on a message from Leann on the Kernel team. Hi All, This is a friendly reminder that we’re starting up Kernel Bug Day’s again for the new year. Don’t know what a Kernel Bug Day is [1]? This is … Continue reading →

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Gnome activity journal

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Shane

I blogged about zeitgeist a lot back last year so I thought id give a little blog post about gnome activity journal(formally gnome-zeitgeist) the old version looked a little bad but seif and the guys have done an awesome job … Continue reading →

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Simply better collaboration

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Shane

Ive noticed over the ~2 years ive been contributing that we are big on collaboration but one thing I noticed was a slight lack in communication between the technical contributors and the non-technical contributers. Its not too bad but it … Continue reading →

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