Tag Archives: Gnome-shell

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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More gnome-shell messing from me

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Shane

I was playing about with docky (its based from gnome do but its for window management) so I put it in gnome-shell for the window management. Have a look I also have the ubuntu netbook launcher too.

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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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Ubuntu 9.10 are we ready?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Shane

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 →

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Ubuntu Development

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Shane

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 →

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Gnome-Shell

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Shane

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 →

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My views on KDE and Gnome

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Shane

I am a Gnome guy I have always been but I have to say I recently started being annoyed by a few little things. I looked at KDE the one in the karmic repo I dont have a clue what … Continue reading →

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Pyclutter Music Player

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Shane

Artir from the Zeitgeist team showed me how to use clutter today. Its quite interesting and got me thinking. He is making a video wall program using clutter it is quite a nice idea. He has a video of it … Continue reading →

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Gnome-Zeitgeist

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Shane

Ive started contributing on gnome-zeitgeist so I decided that ill explain it. Firstly here is the url http://zeitgeist.geekyogre.com/ and on the gnome website http://live.gnome.org/GnomeZeitgeist And finally on Seif Lotfy’s website http://seilo.geekyogre.com and on launchpad https://launchpad.net/gnome-zeitgeist In a nutshell zeitgeist journals … Continue reading →

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Follow up on my gnome 3.0 post

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Shane

I can mark a few of my points as done or at least being done as we speak. If they replace rhythmbox and totem with banshee it would fix my point about having a unified media player like itunes or … Continue reading →

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