Like Ubuntu’s Unity, Gnome 3 and Gnome Shell has its haters and own stories of controversies. A recent post reveals that Gnome 3 is heading for a new controversy! Reason? Some Gnome 3 developers have uploaded a new mockup which suggests the removal of Application Categories from Gnome Shell dash. This means, when you click …
We covered Cinnamon desktop 1.0 a few weeks back. Yesterday’s release of version 1.2 has taken us by surprise. We were not expecting another stable release until next month! Nevertheless, a good desktop is always welcome! This release is a major release for Cinnamon as it removes all dependencies of mutter and hence moves away …
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As we continue with the intense debate of Gnome Shell vs Unity, which is more user (un)friendly, a new fork of Gnome 3 released by Linux Mint lead developer and founder is quietly gaining stability and maturity. The Cinnamon Desktop Cinnamon, that’s the name of the fork, was released with Linux Mint as Mint Gnome …
In my earlier posts, I showed how to get Reliance data cards ( 2G and 3G ) working on Ubuntu. In this post I will show how to setup MTS Blaze data card working on Ubuntu based distros. Please note, I am using my custom distribution, Easylinux OS, on top of which which I had …
I have been reading quite a number of posts saying that Gnome shell does not work with ATI graphics cards properly. However, it does not seem to be the case with me! I have a 512 MB ATI Radeon HD 3600 series card. I have installed Gnome Shell on top of my custom distribution, Easylinux OS, based …
I know, by now, any of you who might be reading this post have scanned every blog which tells you how to install Gnome Shell (GNOME 3) in Ubuntu 11.04. Nevertheless, I will go through this procedure again, as I have successfully been able to install Gnome Shell along with the network manager icons . …
Oracle released the fifth stable version of its popular visualization sofware, Virtualbox 4.0 (4.0.10) which addresses issues for GNOME 3.0, adds support for VT-x on Linux 3.0 kernel and also corrects a regression which affected 64bit Solaris guest installations. Image courtesy: Virtualbox.org Mac OS X users can now enjoy a smooth experience of any Linux …
Virtualbox 4.0.10 released with full suport for Linux 3.0 and GNOME 3.0 Read More »
Now that GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell has been released, and Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity release just around the corner, GNOME 3 vs Unity is going to be a hot topic for discussion. So, let me start the ball rolling by doing a quick comparison between the two shells. What are GNOME Shell & Unity? …
Now that GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell has been released, and Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity release just around the corner, GNOME 3 vs Unity is going to be a hot topic for discussion. So, let me start the ball rolling by doing a quick comparison between the two shells.
