Ryan and I made it back safely from camping in the Smokies. We had a really great time there and since we took a lot of pictures I decided it was time to write a script to automate the process of making the images smaller so they load faster and take up less space [...]
Some of my friends and I have decided to form a book discussion group. My personal motivation for doing this is that I’ve been so out of the practice of reading and in general have let certain of my interests fall by the wayside. I feel that I’ve let a certain side of [...]
Just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be away for a few days. I’m leaving Thursday morning to go camping in the Smokies with Ryan.
I downloaded Ximian Desktop 2 yesterday. I’m pretty impressed. The interface is very polished. The new “industrial” theme is really clean. The programs menu is uncluttered and it’s easy to find things. Ximian has added some improvements to the panel menus, improved the panel clock by adding a little popup [...]
Check out a long interview with Nat Friedman and some other articles
I reserve final judgment until after I try it out, but Ximian Desktop 2 is looking like a very excellent corporate desktop. I say “corporate” because that’s obviously Ximian’s target: the corporate sector. They’ve worked hard to make XD2 integrate perfectly with [...]
Ximian Desktop 2 is scheduled to be released in one week. Check out Joe Barr’s sparse review, eWeek’s article and review. You can also view some screenshots.
I think it’s worthwhile for all Red Hat users to “upgrade” their BlueCurve GNOME distribution to XD2. Click below to read Ximian’s press release.
Ximian Announces [...]
