"Gnome-shell minus black panel" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: linux

04/01/11 07:14 - ID#53958

Gnome-shell minus black panel

I like that the new gnome-shell is created with js and css. It means a lot more people will be able to play with and add stuff to the desktop once its released. It just makes it way easy to tweak the interface.

Here I took the panel and made it tiny font size and transparent, giving me almost my entire screen as screen real estate with barely any UI until I am in the activity screen.

Normal

Activity Panel

paul writes at 08:16:49 04/02/11 - Comment #61596: (e:tinypliny) - you might get is faster than I thought, the delay really was an April Fools joke, so Fedora 15 is still on schedule for May. :::link:::

I am so glad because I was really starting to finally enjoy gnome-shell.

paul writes at 03:04:22 04/02/11 - Comment #61594: I can't decide if the delay is an april fools joke or not :::link:::

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:20:39 04/01/11 - Comment #61566: I can see how using CSS would be an advantage. I think of the strengths and weaknesses of e17 is that uses efl. Using EFL isn't particularly complicated (at least to my eyes), works on just about any device (including toasters) and it works across platforms but CSS is much more universal.

paul writes at 10:08:58 04/01/11 - Comment #61565: You can do that in gnome 2 already. The difference with new gnome shell is the styling is all done with CSS, the same style markup language used for web sites.

tinypliny writes at 08:53:54 04/01/11 - Comment #61563: I think you can make the panel transparent even now in gnome....

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:52:40 04/01/11 - Comment #61562: Is it configurable at a gui userland level?

Or like all sorts of other gnome2 stuffs that I've experienced in Ubuntu, did you have to edit conf files and/or write scripts? One of the things that annoys the hell out of me that gnomescreensaver doesn't have a gui for setting even though it is based on xscreensaver (which does have a settings gui).

I like the ability to resize a panel and to make it "invisible". Since I've been able to do both in KDE and e17, I would have thought you would have been able to do that in gnome as well.

tinypliny writes at 07:41:50 04/01/11 - Comment #61559: Oh well, it's pretty. :)

paul writes at 07:32:26 04/01/11 - Comment #61547: It make me question how the Fedora team thought they were 99% done and ready for release :::link:::

"Targeted release: Fedora 15
Last updated: 2010-03-25
Percentage of completion: 99%"

Under contingency plan they have "If gnome-shell is not complete or stable enough, keep it experimental and use the 'fallback mode'. If there are problems with certain combinations of graphics hardware and drivers, use gnome-shell only on known good combinations, and use fallback mode everywhere else." Maybe they will do just that.

paul writes at 07:29:09 04/01/11 - Comment #61542: Unfortunately, I can't easily share it with you as there was a lot of compiling involved to get this to work and gnome-shell is not ready for prime time yet. Gnome-shell and Gnome 3 were slated for Fedora 15 in May but today the Gnome release team met in Bangalore and pushed Gnome 3 back to September - so I don't know what that means for Fedora 15 :::link:::

tinypliny writes at 07:20:01 04/01/11 - Comment #61536: OOOHHH... Can you share this configuration maybe? What is that floaty search you are using?

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Category: linux

02/19/11 04:31 - ID#53651

Blueproximity - a taste of the future

This is pretty neat. Once you install bluezproximity on fedora you can set it to listen for the proximity of a specific bluetooth device - say your cellphone - and lock and unlock the screen.

The beats having to type your password over and over again as you run to grab water, a printout, talk with someone, etc. The downside is if you leave you phone at your computer or someone steals your phone they can pretty easily get in.

That being said it translates real well with the concept of ID cards that you scan to get in a building. People can always steal those too.

I am pretty sure that apple and google are already integrating this into their respective products as we speak.

To get it simply, "sudo yum install blueproximity"

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Category: linux

02/18/11 07:16 - ID#53644

Dear Fedora 14

I love you. I feel like I don't tell you this enough. This morning I tried to install ubuntu on a secondary drive and it was a nightmare to get stuff working. Then I just popped in you live CD and overwrote everything with a working OS in like 5 minutes. It was fantastic.

tinypliny writes at 02:19:50 02/19/11 - Comment #60773: Heh - true, and good catch. I will probably end up ditching lubuntu as well... System76 has told me that changing OSes does not affect their warranty (just makes it tougher for them to replicate problems if I have any).

paul writes at 11:37:50 02/18/11 - Comment #60770: (e:tinypling), that was ubuntu and I was your tech support. The brightness just worked on Fedora, right?

uncutsaniflush writes at 07:57:08 02/18/11 - Comment #60766: I created some free space on my Zareason box. I was thinking of trying out some other distro this evening since I actually have some free time. And I was seriously considering Fedora. And along comes your post. I'm d/ling Fedora 14 right now.

tinypliny writes at 07:28:56 02/18/11 - Comment #60765: If you hadn't walked me through the brightness change steps, it would have taken me a few hours to work up the courage and finally do it but I think I would have got there eventually in a few hours. ;)

tinypliny writes at 07:27:39 02/18/11 - Comment #60764: I guess I don't really that much support. I am usually okay at figuring out things on my own... Maybe I shouldn't be listening to my bro. :/ (Quick, bury this comment before he sees it...)

paul writes at 07:23:13 02/18/11 - Comment #60763: I seriously never have any trouble with Fedora. Anything I ever wrote about was because I was doing crazy things that a normal user would not be doing. How much OS support do you really need?

tinypliny writes at 07:19:53 02/18/11 - Comment #60760: Hehehe - you know I agree. Ubuntu is a nightmare sometimes. I am trying out Lubuntu but sometimes it throws spanners into the works as well. The only thing is I can't get support if I install Fedora and run R on top of it - as opposed to Ubuntu which key support people (eg. more techy family members) have and can troubleshoot for me if I have troubles.

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Category: linux

11/03/10 06:59 - ID#53053

Fedora 14 is out

Fedora 14

is here and yes, they did use that awful backdrop (e:paul,52182). No matter how much they tried to change it, it sucked.
On the boot screen they faded it out enough to make it not noticable.

But on the login screen it is in your face bad.

The best part I have found so far is this new suggestive installer. When I try and run something I do not have installed it suggests I install it. I don't know how this slipped past all of the other reviews I found.

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Category: linux

10/01/10 11:16 - ID#52873

Fedora 14 Release Date Approaching

It seems almost hard to believe but Fedora 14's release date

is just around the corner on 11-02-2010. It got pushed back a little bit but not by much. The final release candidate should be out by the 19th. It seems like just yesterday that Fedora 13 came out. I love the pace at which Fedora moves. Everytime they refresh it is like getting a new computer.

The feature set is enumerated here

. I already upgraded to Netbeans 6.9 on Fedora 13 so thats no as exciting as it could be. I am so curious how the default desktop background turned out - I hope it progressed from (e:paul,52182)

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Category: linux

09/21/10 12:05 - ID#52799

I used to hate evolution

But since Fedora 13 and davmail

I am starting to love it as it is working great with exchange 2007. Evolution

even caught me when I forget an attachment.

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Category: linux

09/17/10 11:33 - ID#52772

Ktouch

I feel like such a loser that after about 20 years of typing constantly I still never use my pinky fingers. I decided to do something about it and learn to type properly once and for all. I installed ktouch, which is a Linux KDE touch typing tutorial application.

Unfortunately my package manager bundled it with a whole bunch of other children's crap.

On the other hand I have logo again. I always loved that turtle.

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Category: linux

09/17/10 06:25 - ID#52769

Pyroom

Hey (e:tinypliny,52765) I found a Q10 replacement that is available in fedora. Its called pyroom

and I have a feeling they had Q10 in mind when designing or that they both have a common parent. Its so funny all of these systems look like the terminal prompt I spend most of the day in. This is native and much better as it does not jerk you out when you save. Sorry no typewriter noise but I bet that could be added if needed.

From the command like type sudo yum install pyroom at the terminal or just open up the package manager and search for pyroom to install. It puts an icon in the office folder under applications. ctrl+p for preference settings.

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Category: linux

09/17/10 10:10 - ID#52766

PDF-XChange Viewer on fedora 13

While there may be alternatives, you do not need on. I have pdf xchange viewer

running on linux natively using wine.

Install wine using fedora package manager (System->Administration->add remove software).

Search wine and install (A Windows 16/32/64 bit emulator) if it is not already installed.

Then download the installer for PDF Xchange and run the installer like normal. Because i don't normally run this software, I can't tell you how good it works. Its seems to be stable to me though. Hopefully, (e:tinypliny,52765) can give you more info.

It should make a shortcut on the desktop. You can drag that to the panel at the top of the screen if you prefer.

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Category: linux

08/08/10 11:49 - ID#52399

mac OS X snow leopard in vmware on linux!

I have mac OS X snow leopard, windows 7, windows XP running as virtual machines on Fedora 13. I cannot wait to get the new computer with quad core and eight gigs of ram. This is going to change my life.

I used these instructions

mixed with these ones