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Re: 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Fans of Open Source & Linux

condoulo — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:13:09 -0000

The Kubuntu install on my desktop started out as a Kubuntu 18.10 install and has been upgraded in place twice thus far. I'd say 13-14 months counts as over a full year. I'm considering doing a fresh install when 20.04 comes out as I want to redo the partitioning scheme.

Re: Will You Upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04? [Poll]

condoulo — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:19:58 -0000

I will upgrade to Kubuntu 19.04 as soon as I can.

Re: How Often Do You Change Your Desktop Wallpaper? [Poll]

condoulo — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:44:46 -0000

I used to change it much more frequently, but these days rarely seems to fit the description. Last time I changed my wallpaper on this machine was last month, before that it was last August, so it seems to be about once every 6 months.

On my Thinkpad last time I changed the wallpaper was when I initially put Leap 42.1 on it, so over a year ago at this point.

And on my phone, maybe at least 6 months since I've changed it from a photo I took of the US Bank stadium?

Re: Man, I Used To Think My Linux Desktop Looked So Cool…

condoulo — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:19:28 -0000

Kwin offers the wobbly windows effect to this day.

Re: Lenovo Caught (3rd Time) Pre-Installing Spyware on its Laptops

condoulo — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:18:53 -0000

Most enthusiasts I've run into tend to have a Thinkpad, you know a laptop, those things that aren't exactly convenient to build your own of. They make great Linux laptops for anything you need to do on the go and as a supplement to your custom built desktop.

Re: Why GNOME 3.14 Won’t Be Included in Ubuntu 14.10

condoulo — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:01:09 -0000

The issue does go back to Ubuntu though. As already stated before 11.04 Canonical was able to keep the latest GNOME because the QA work was done alongside GNOME development. Now to make sure they're developing Unity on a stable GNOME release they have to be a version behind everybody else as a month from GNOME release to Ubuntu release is not enough time.

Re: Opera 25 Beta Adds Linux Support, New Bookmarking Feature

condoulo — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 03:52:48 -0000

I thought of giving this a try, but since I'm not on any Debian/Ubuntu based distribution anymore the lack of an rpm is quite disappointing.

Re: Unity 8 Desktop Preview Image Available to Download

condoulo — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:55:24 -0000

"Try this window manager alone that is nowhere near as feature rich as the entire KDE Plasma desktop, it'll certainly whip KDE's performance"

Who would've guessed?

Re: Native Trillian for Linux App Hits Beta, Impresses With Tight Ubuntu Integration

condoulo — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:29:26 -0000

Betas as a whole is something they probably offers as a feature for the Pro subscription, even among Windows users. The final release will probably end up allowing people to use the free account anyway.

Re: Native Trillian for Linux App Hits Beta, Impresses With Tight Ubuntu Integration

condoulo — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:28:20 -0000

For the Pro subscription. You need a Pro subscription to access the beta. That doesn't mean it will be a requirement for a potential final release. I don't get why people aren't understanding this.
Trillian also offers the ability to sync across desktop and mobile platforms. The only missing piece to this puzzle was a Linux version.

Re: Native Trillian for Linux App Hits Beta, Impresses With Tight Ubuntu Integration

condoulo — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:25:37 -0000

This is for a Pro subscription that works across multiple profiles with extra features. Right now Pro access is required for the beta, that doesn't mean that is going to be true for the final release. Beta access might just be a perk of being a Pro user now.

Re: Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 Released

condoulo — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:45:17 -0000

I just have one question: Where is Unity spread. If that seriously doesn't make it into 12.10, that'll be yet another release my main desktop won't run Unity.

Re: Google Drive Is Coming to Linux

condoulo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:52:43 -0000

Actually, QT applications integrate really well into GTK environments now days, and they keep striving to improve that, whereas GTK apps have NO integration with QT environments like KDE or Razor-QT without using some kind of a theme.

Re: GOP lawmaker calls for change to how government measures unemployment - TheHill.com

condoulo — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:18:20 -0000

He would actually be a second term representative, since representatives are re-elected every 2 years.

Re: Help Ubuntu Decide Multi-Monitor Launcher Use in 12.04

condoulo — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:37:01 -0000

As a user of multiple monitors, I saw this as being one of the primary "above the hood" improvements for multiple monitors to be very very disappointing. It is actually really irritating, would be better off with it only on one monitor (and allow a choice of which monitor it goes on), and fix the other stuff we've been going on about for a while. For example, the desktop switcher needs to be fixed. I know its been a Compiz bug thats been around since even before Unity was based upon Compiz, but you think that would have been one of the fixes since Compiz's main focus now IS Unity.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/114... < Unity in a 12.04 snapshot

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/114... < KDE 4.8 using Kwin.

Re: Mark Shuttleworth Explains Launcher Dodge Decision in Precise

condoulo — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:29:55 -0000

I am actually extremely irritated by this. And no, I do not think that Dodge Windows is autohide, I know what the functionality is, and I used it in AWN before I even used Unity. I like to see the launcher when I boot up, but have it hide once I start using my applications. Simple as that. It should have been kept as an option, but not entirely removed.

Re: Elementary OS ‘Luna’ Speed Shown Off

condoulo — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:39:56 -0000

Linux Mint still uses GNOME-Panel as far as I remember. Elementary doesn't. :P

Re: Mac vs. PC: Why Specifications Are Not Very Important

condoulo — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:55:57 -0000

The debate of specs between Mac and PC was far less relevant back in the PPC days where pure numbers didn't mean as much as how well the Architecture was designed.

However, now that Apple has been on Intel for the past 5 years, the spec comparisons between a Mac and a PC when it comes to numbers have been more relevant, as they are running the same hardware. Sure, OS X has a much better BSD UNIX core compared to the Windows NT, but I could also use a Distribution of Linux or BSD on a custom-built machine.

I will give Apple this though, they control both the software and hardware, meaning that they have more control over making it an amazing experience. However, Apple really needs to put more effort into keeping their hardware up to date just to remain competitive, because as I said, we aren't in the days of PPC anymore (Which, was superior to x86 based Intel and AMD CPUs :P)

Re: Gary Johnson Believes He Deserves to Debate - Fox News

condoulo — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:47:44 -0000

errmm....
Gary Johnson has submitted the Paper Work, he is an official candidate.
Except for Ron Paul and Herman Cain, everybody else participating in the CNN debate has not announced their official candidacy.

Re: Unity 2D PPA for Ubuntu 10.10 users

condoulo — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:55:26 -0000

Thats because Compiz in 11.04 has Sync to VBlank enabled by default, which caused problems on certain video chipsets.

Re: Ubuntu 11.10 will not ship with ‘classic’ GNOME desktop

condoulo — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:59:40 -0000

Ok, so to address a few things I see here.

1. Unity is change for changes sake? I don't think so. They're trying to make things more unified and consistent on their distro, hence the name Unity. Not to mention, the old GNOME 2 interface is being put onto the back burner by the GNOME developers. So they could either use GNOME-Shell (which to me feels like change for changes sake), fork the old GNOME 2 interface, which takes up extra resources in Canonical to develop two separate GUIs (Unity and the old GNOMe 2), OOOOR they could take something in-house, tailor and improve it for Desktop usage, so they can consolidate resources AND make unify things on their GUI.

2. You can change it to whatever you want if you don't like it. I assume most people on here KNOW how to do that as that was probably one of the reasons they went to Linux.

3. Canonical is probably not going to ship the classic GNOME interface with 11.10 because I doubt the GNOME team themselves are going to include it with GNOME for much longer than maybe a year or so. So face it: unless somebody does a fork, its going to be dead.

4. Comparing Unity now back to the Ubuntu Netbook Edition for 10.10, its improved DRASTICALLY in nearly 6 months. They're doing something with Unity that I haven't seen as much with the GNOME Team and GNOME-Shell: They're listening to their user-base to improve it. For example, they moved it from a slow Mutter Base to a snappy Compiz Base. The slow mutter base was a major complaint from the User-base.

Anyway, I myself enjoy using Unity, I find it pretty good, and a step in the right direction. And TBH, I'd be using 11.04 Beta right now if I could get the PulseAudio equalizer working on it. Thats the only reason I'm still on 10.10 right now.

Re: LibreOffice Ribbon UI mock-up

condoulo — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:53:21 -0000

Ok, to put it simply: I love the Ribbon UI. Great concept in Office 2007, a lot of polish in Office 2010.

I think it offered a lot of improvements over the old Menu/Toolbar interface. First off, if I were to work with lets say the formatting of an image in Word, in Office 03 it would pop up a toolbar in the middle of the monitor ir below the other toolbars, and by default, taking up more screen real estate. In Office 07 and 2010, a tab appears in the ribbon for that images configuration. I actually found a lot of things easier to find in the Ribbon UI as its up front in one of the tabs instead of hidden in various menus. *shrugs*

So I think the option for a Ribbon UI in LibreOffice would be AWESOME! However, the fact OpenOffice isn't native GTK or QT still bothers me. Preferably, I would love to see a pure QT Office Suite out there that can compete to the level LibreOffice does with a Ribbon UI. (Pure QT so there can be a native OS X version without X11. Sorry GTK fans.)

Re: Ubuntu to get 2D Unity option

condoulo — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:52:05 -0000

Well, theres a difference between Pure QT and KDE QT.
Pure QT, when implemented properly can fit into any environment 100%. Actually, Teamspeak is developed using QT, and it fits perfectly into GNOME, BUUUT, acts like its a GTK app when in KDE. Quite ironic.

Re: Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop

condoulo — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:34:56 -0000

Thats kind of what I'm thinking. I have a very good feeling it will be tailored for the desktop, for sure. I myself am having mixed feelings about it.

I think the MOST good that can come from this for sure is creating an image for Canonical that they're willing to branch out and do their own thing.

But the key thing is: only time will tell

Re: 5 Awesome Windows 7 Features You Might Have Missed

condoulo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:13:56 -0000

I think I should try to use the "Play To" Feature to freak out my Younger Brother >:-)

Nah, but some of these are really nice features. I'd love to upgrade my younger brothers to Windows 7 so File/Printer sharing can be made easier across our network.