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Comment Re:GNOME Developers (Score 2, Insightful) 640

by ebassi (#34146762) Attached to: Ubuntu Dumps X For Unity On Wayland
tl;dr. whining never gets you anywhere.

Is that the "open source way"? Or are you not fixing a bug that scores of users have taken the trouble to report over three years out of laziness, or is it some kind of nerd pride? What must we go, oh master?

nobody pays anybody to work full time on the whole of GNOME; it's a volunteer effort, through and through. this is also true of a lot of other open source projects.

if no developer is working on your pet bug you have two choices: a) learn the ropes and fix it yourself or b) convince a developer (with money, if necessary) that your pet bug is important and that he or she should work on it for you.

otherwise you have misunderstood how open source works, and you don't get to complain.

Comment Re:GNOME Developers (Score 1) 640

by ebassi (#34140954) Attached to: Ubuntu Dumps X For Unity On Wayland

I'd feel more amenable to the GNOME developers plight if they'd give some attention to some of the three-plus year old bugs that don't seem to get any attention. Some of the bugs aren't serious, but they're so simple and yet so annoying you'd figure someone would have fixed them years ago.

and I'd feel more amenable about closing "simple" bugs if you provided patches for them instead of moaning and bitching about them on /. if you provided a patch and didn't stick around to actually have it committed then you're not doing open source development right either, by the way.
Science

World's Smallest Superconductor Discovered 72

Posted by samzenpus from the none-more-small dept.
arcticstoat writes "One of the barriers to the development of nanoscale electronics has potentially been eliminated, as scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor. Made up of four pairs of molecules, and measuring just 0.87nm, the superconductor could potentially be used as a nanoscale interconnect in electronic devices, but without the heat and power dissipation problems associated with standard metal conductors."

Comment Re:What a stupid stupid name (Score 1) 78

by ebassi (#28464725) Attached to: Clutter Reaches 1.0 Release Candidate Status

Clutter is an open source project that has been around since 2005, and "marketing morons" have nothing to do with its name. and since it's an API to create applications, toolkits and desktop environment, then you won't have Clutter on your desktop, but your desktop will use Clutter internally.

oooh, it was a pun on the name! now, I get it.
Intel

Submission + - Intel brings rich UI to Moblin Linux platform (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by 2mob
2mob writes: Intel's Linux-based Moblin operating system recently got a significant user interface overhaul. The platform's new graphical shell, which was unveiled Tuesday in a new Moblin 2 beta release, delivers top-notch usability and slick visual effects. The developers have completely reinvented the concept of virtual desktops and have replaced it with a more fluid "zone" system that makes it easier to organize how windows are grouped together. The shell also has tightly-integrated social network and messaging features, such as a built-in Twitter client and an instant messenger buddy list. Ars Technica tested Moblin beta 2 on Dell netbook and has published a comprehensive hands-on look at the new user interface.

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