‘linux’ Entries
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Jul282010
Consequence of Choice?
I was watching the TED talk by Sheena Iyengar last night and it prompted a couple of thoughts about Open Source, Linux and choices.
Before I continue, have a look at the video below:
Are we overwhelmed by choice?
In the Linux and Open Source world we are saturated by choices all around us. The …
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Apr272010
Switching Themes in Gnome Shell
As many of you may know, Gnome3 is due for release later this year, and with it's release, we will see Gnome-Shell become the new window manager for many Linux distributions based on Gnome. I have played around with Gnome-Shell and I have to say that I really like how it's making everyday tasks something that feels natural and simple. I really look forward to the end result.
I did however have one initial complaint about Gnome-Shell, and that was that it's not easy to change themes, yet. What I do like, is that the gnome developers decided …
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Mar032010
A Fresh Look for Ubuntu
Since there are far too many blogs already talking about the new ubuntu look, I'm not going to saturate the blogosphere further with yet another post about the new look. This entry is merely to highten awareness, in case someone missed the news in other blog entries, tweets, forums, etc.
The ubuntu wiki has more information and screenshots if anyone is interested.
If you would like to engage in more of a discussion or see more of a review, I suggest you read the blogs here and …