My take on gnome shell

Sorry to say this, but i think the GNOME Shell (short: GS) looks totally senseless to me. There is not much you can do with it, it reminds me a bit on a mix of the Windows Start button and the Exposé from Macos X. Or add Novells “great” idea of a new Windows XP [...]

GNOMEs Git

I never understood, why GNOME switched to yet another client/server based revision control (SVN) back then. But who was I to tell them that much more is possible. I aint the coder.
Anyway if I reas this from the new F-Spot:
This is the first release where we all used Git and it has massively paid off. [...]

Ubuntu proxy trouble

I have used the proxy settings once. I used the Ubuntu/GNOME tools and then also made the mark for “set the proxy system wide”.
Now I realized I could not do any bittorent or downloading from FTP. http and https worked. I had already disabled the proxy again.
I then did a grep “proxy /etc/*” and found [...]

My take on current GNOMEshell

I have looked at the Screencasts for GnomeShell. I like the idea that seems to drive GNOME shell, but I dont like how it was done. I think the main problem is that it is based on the old concepts of working with the mouse, instead of a more text based approach:

You can create new [...]

GNOME: Oh dear, here they come again

I was hopeful to see some major changes in GNOME Topaz (3.0). But now I have quickly viewed the discussions on the marketing list. Especially those threads:

GNOME Marketing Strategy (Was Audiences), Paul Cutler
GNOME 3.0 slogans, Michael Hasselmann

PLEASE DONT (do it again)
Dont waste your time thinking again about target audiences and slogans. Some say the real [...]

Updating from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS?

A Phoronix article suggests that Dell should update the Ubuntu on its Inspiron netbook. Michael Larabel wrote:
Besides running faster, the newer Ubuntu releases have better hardware support, various package updates, many improvements to GNOME, and all sorts of other features. Ubuntu 8.04 is nice for its Long-Term Support with Canonical continuing to [...]

Commenting on GNOME 3.0

First of all I think that this is the first time for some time that I see GNOME taking the right steps and the right direction when they announce the GNOME 3.0/plan. I have left marketing team because there was no marketing plan – no direction and man opportunities missed. So I was very astonished [...]

OTR encryption denied widespread acceptance

It is so sad to see that many clients do not support OTR enryption, still. It is supported by some, like Pidgin, Adium, Kopete. But other big clients like Psi and Gajim will not support it. Gajim states ” won’t support OTR because it hasn’t a XEP.“
OTR is not a clean and perfect standard, thats [...]

Removed shutdown in Ubuntu Jauntys system menu

I have talked about this in my first impressions and now have found more about it:
See “Why missing shutdown and user logout menus in system menu with 9.04 Alpha 5?“:
“Yes, this is a stupid UI decision made by people in Ubuntu who haven’t thought about accessibility. Luckily, getting the menu options back is simply a matter [...]

First impressions of Ubuntu 9.04 beta

I have just updated to newest Ubuntu. Here are some points of interest:

Thes removed the shutdown option from system menu. You now HAVE to use the stupid applet. IS this a GNOME or an Ubuntu decision. Personally i dont like this applet for shutting down. I always used the system menu. The applet looks so [...]