Apr 092011
 

nattyToday I was checking as usual the linux news from around the world and two articles caught my attention.

1) Canonical has second thoughts, maybe Ubuntu 4.11 will not haave Unity as default ! Yay !!!!!

In this popular Italian blog the author refers that at the last ubuntu Technical Board meeting a question has been raised:

* Classic Gnome Desktop by default (dmandell)
* Action: rickspencer3 will bring up the state of unity on the -desktop list for public review and discussion

So, there is in the technical board a discussion about changing the default desktop ?
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Apr 092011
 

Yes, from today the site has a new look.
I apologize to those who landed today on the website there were probably times when everything was not exactly in the right place, and probably some pages were not visible at some time. Now all major problems should be fixed, for what i know there are just some small glitches left: the time when a comment has been posted for example.

So goodbye dear brownline theme, you were nice to me but to be true in these 8 months I had a bit of criticism about its layout and the fact that it was too dark and not very readable.

And of course, welcome to the new theme, I moved on Suffusion a light theme, with many customizable options, let’s see some that I used on the site.
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Mar 262011
 

UbuntuGood news, at the last Ubuntu Technical Board the members have voted against including (by default) Non-Free software in ubuntu distribution. The Ubuntu Technical Board is responsible for architectural and technical decisions in Ubuntu. They set the standards required for packaging and integration with Ubuntu, as well as signing off on the release process and goals, and are ultimately responsible for granting official status and access rights to developers and the leader is of course Mark Shuttleworth.
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Jan 072011
 

calendar What better time to create your own calendar for 2011, even better if based on the Linux world ?.

I saw this idea on the site http://cursorlibre.com/ where they made a nice dodecahedron with a Ubuntu theme.

In the download package, there is a pdf version ready to print and assemble, plus a pdf version of a guide in which is explained what parts should be cut and how to bend the paper to obtain the dodecahedron.
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Dec 172010
 

indieIf you have not already heard of it i’d like to point out the excellent initiative  “The Humble Indie Bundle #2” for 5 days is still possible to buy 5 good games and choose the price you want to pay too good to be true?

Then I add also that you can decide whether, and to what percentage, to allocate part of the sum for charity in two associations.

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