Category: gnome

updates in the war between man and computer

I prefer to use kde4 "just because" and also due to issues I have outlined with my interim standard, lxde.  But, all computers are not created equally.  KDE 4.6 is running flawlessly on my 6 core desktop.  Different stories all the way around on my othe… more »

oh, that.

So at the moment I am using the gnome (3.0 sort of) desktop as it is the only one that will remember my left/right screen setup when I logout and log back in.  But I did discover what might be part of the problem(s) ... It seems that in all of my updat… more »

a month worth of blogging

Soooo ... My actual job morphed from nothing much to do into chained-to-desk 24/7 (except when driving like madman to next location).  Yikes!  No time to blog -- but lots of things to comment on. I discovered by accident that the updater applet… more »

jolicloud 1.1 finally

Imagine my surprise when I logged into Chrome after installing Jolicloud 1.1 to see an entry, apparently some several days old, indicating I could now UPGRADE from Jolicloud 1 to Jolicloud 1.1.  (And that there are Jolicloud reps. in Vegas at CES.  I mig… more »

the value of xkill

KDE3 used to have a hotkey to pop up a little skull and crossbones cursor, which -- if you clicked on a stalled or runaway application (well, any application), would kill it.  Very useful -- especially when there was a much bigger problem with runaway ap… more »