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I know I’m in no position to criticise but really GNOME, really? (d0od rant)
With Gnome 3.0 on course to be released later this year developers have begun making the tough decisions on what will be included as part of the desktop – and, perhaps more controversially, what won’t be. One major component that won’t be making it into the revamped release of the GNOME Desktop is Gnome Activity [...]
GNU/Linux: The Name Game
I have been asked several times why I do not refer to Linux as “GNU/Linux,” or “the GNU/Linux operating system,” or some variation thereof. Most of you are well aware of the controversy around using the term “Linux,” but many people who have recently switched or are considering trying Ubuntu, or some other distribution of [...]
Songbird drops Linux support; Why this doesn’t matter
The big news today is the announcement by the Songbird team that they will no longer be officially supporting Linux versions of their media player. Community versions, will, however still be provided but there is no guarantee that these versions will see new features of thorough bug testing before release. So if you’re a glass [...]
Why Mark Shuttleworth is right – Ubuntu is not a democracy and nor should it be
Some comments that Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth recently made on a bug report have been flaming up and down the internet faster than a bushfire in the outback. Annoyingly the “popularity†of said comments is not down to any salaciousness news or shocking revelations present in what Mark has to say but simply from articles [...]