Tag Archives: Gnome

Help Gnome get a Sysadmin

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Shane

I just thought id mention Gnome are trying to hire a new Sysadmin so if you can become a friend of Gnome. Plus you get some cool gifts to boot, I would but I have a money shortage myself. They … 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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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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Lowering the programming barrier

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Shane

I love quickly and quidgets just for the simple reason they lower the barrier for potential programmers to join in and start easily. But it makes me think that gtk is getting old and its showing its oldness by not … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu backup awesomeness

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Shane

(Ubuntu poetry corner Read it aloud its good I think) Twas a night before Christmas it was the 12th to be exact at 3 am beside my computer I did sat. My ubuntu did stall, I had pondered and pondered … 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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Parental Control

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Shane

Ive done a good bit of work recently on parental control to get it ready for the UDS. It currently works but it takes a little bit of effort (you have to start the daemon in command line). Im going … Continue reading →

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Some help translating parental control

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Shane

I have the first version of the GUI for my parental control program. I need 6 strings translated for the moment so 5 minutes should do it. https://translations.launchpad.net/parental-control Thanks in advance to anyone who helps.

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Parental control and quickly

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Shane

I thought id add an update about the progress of the parental control system im designing. Thanks to Seif the backend is working (ish). I started making a blacklist editor so people can add rules to the system. I decided … Continue reading →

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