Comment Re:MeeGo name is strange. (Score 1) 125
Mod parent funny! (at least if you know your Ghostbusters classics)
Comment Re:I have been using it for awhile (Score 1) 230
Evolution was still at Ximian, to be exact. (Imagine how old I must feel now.)
Comment Re:obligatory comments (Score 1) 230
It isn't. Gnome-tweak-tool will allow you to do the same thing, without any network connectivity required.
Submission + - Mageia 2 arrives with GNOME 3 and systemd (h-online.com)
ReinoutS writes: "The H reports: 'The developers of the Mageia Linux distribution have announced their second release. As the official Mageia blog puts it, the distribution is "growing up". Where the initial version was mainly designed to get a stable first release out after the fork from Mandriva, the second major version of the distribution attempts the first significant changes to the code base: Mageia 2 has switched to systemd for its boot process and the GNOME desktop has been updated to the 3.x branch.'
Mageia 2 comes with kernel 3.3.6, KDE SC 4.8.2 and GNOME 3.4.1. In an interesting turn of events, Mandriva is going to base a business product on this distribution."
Mageia 2 comes with kernel 3.3.6, KDE SC 4.8.2 and GNOME 3.4.1. In an interesting turn of events, Mandriva is going to base a business product on this distribution."
Submission + - EU Warns Google To Change Or Face Fines (reuters.com)
bonch writes: Europe's top antitrust regulator has issued an ultimatum, giving Google weeks to propose changes or face formal charges of antitrust abuse. Google is under investigation for allegedly promoting its services over competitors in search results. Google issued a statement disagreeing with the EU commission's conclusions, stating that 'innovation online has never been greater.'
Comment Re:Stand up, people! (Score 1) 439
For what it's worth, the Dutch GreenLeft MP Arjan El Fassed asked written questions in Parliament about American pressure on EU countries to support internet freedom-threatening laws.
Comment Re:So show me the clean energy research and develo (Score 4, Informative) 561
So maybe for once they could take all this money from donations and build say a windfarm and sell clean electric energy to people?
Comment HTC Flyer (Score 2) 425
The HTC Flyer is especially designed for this type of usage. It comes with a stylus and full Evernote integration. Plenty of demo videos on Youtube, if you want to know more.
Comment Re:...Seriously? (Score 1) 274
but I just use Firefox for the desktop integration (I use GNOME 3) and because it's much more configurable than Chrome right now.
If you think Firefox integrates in the GNOME 3 desktop, wait until you try Epiphany.
Comment Re:Show your support for the Duck :) (Score 1) 274
As a techie, I like DDG. But my girlfriend who is used to Google's regionally optimized results doesn't like it at all. When looking for some article for shopping online she wants results from Dutch webshops, not US-based ones.
Submission + - TNO studies WebM as alternative to H2.64 for deplo (www.tno.nl)
ReinoutS writes: "Dutch research institute TNO has published a report comparing WebM and H2.64 for large scale deployment within the Dutch public broadcasting company, re-using as much opensource components as possible.
From the article (my translation):
WebM is regarded as a potential video standard for HTML5, solving the plugin issue. Rarely it has been investigated whether it is possible to realize a WebM-based operational chain, taking into account the patent-position, video quality, encoding speed and existing infrastructures.
The main conclusions are:
At present it is impossible, without big investments, to develop a WebM-based live- and VoD service that is compatible with the existing infrastructure at the NPO [Dutch public broadcasting company].
The fact that Google is the driving force behind the development of WebM, combined with increasing support of other industrial partners provides confidence in the fact that WebM can constitute a serious alternative within a few years."
Submission + - Binary usenet groups prohibited in the Netherlands (vrritti.com)
dutchwhizzman writes: Amsterdam based Usenet wholesale provider News Service Europe has been mandated by the court to remove all copyright infringing content on their servers, or face severe financial penalties. Dutch copyright MAFIAA organization BREIN has won a court case making the usenet provider responsible for the content posted on other platforms than their own.
Could this be the end of usenet as we know it, or will an appeal be won by NSE? Why didn't the judge make the provider that allowed the posts responsible? Why did the judge not honor the "cancel message" procedure that technically exists in the NNTP protocol?
Could this be the end of usenet as we know it, or will an appeal be won by NSE? Why didn't the judge make the provider that allowed the posts responsible? Why did the judge not honor the "cancel message" procedure that technically exists in the NNTP protocol?
Submission + - Battle for open standards in public education (janstedehouder.nl)
pjstevns writes: The heat is on! With the rising use of online systems for school administration the battle for open and accessible solutions is here, now. Parents are forced to buy 'proper' operating systems from your favorite Redmond based supplier — just to be able to access their childrens' grades, or participate in classes. A petition addressed at parliament for proper implementation of the open-standards guidelines put forward by the Dutch government itself is buzzing around the Netherlands. Comply or Explain!
Comment Re:Does it have a decent desktop? (Score 3, Informative) 111
If you want to put items on your desktop, that's simple: use gnome-tweak-tool or set the org.gnome.desktop.background.show-desktop-icons property to true manually.
The fact that this isn't enabled by default doesn't convey an arrogant attitude, but is a simple design decision that flows from the fact that Gnome3 doesn't implement a traditional desktop metaphor, and it wants to minimize visual distraction. For sure, this doesn't mean Gnome 3 is finished. It's only just taking off. There's a lot more in store in the area of 'finding and reminding' in upcoming releases, for instance. In the mean time you can try out some of the Gnome Shell Extensions to tweak the environment to your liking.
Comment Re:Does it have a decent desktop? (Score 1) 111
How about you try it for more than 5 minutes (say, 5 days), instead of 'immediately' switching away?
