This post discusses the new features in Solaris 11 and includes a series of screenshots of a Solaris 11 install on VirtualBox.
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GNOME 3.2 is about to be released. There are major changes in the way GNOME Shell extensions must to be written in order to work with this version of GNOME. Here is a simple GNOME 3.2 Shell extension which demonstrates a simple popup menu on the right hand side of the panel (top bar.) Once loaded, it can be enabled (displayed) or disabled (removed) without restarting the GNOME Shell. This is a major improvement over GNOME 3.0 and 3.1. // // Copyright (c) 2011 Finnbarr P. Murphy. All rights reserved. // const St = imports.gi.St; const PanelMenu = imports.ui.panelMenu; const There are plans to replace the greeter in GNOME 3.2 which is due out in a couple on months. Here is what is is the login experience is planned to look like: The GNOME sheep seem to be following Bill the Microsoft shepherd. Maybe I do not understand security but surely it would be better not to expose usernames. In the days of yore, you had to remember both a username and a password. Nowadays the trend seems to be to expose the usernames and simply rely on the strength of a password for security. If I recall correctly, this The GNOME Foundation Quarterly Report for the first quarter of 2011 is now available. Their new website which is based on WordPress was completed during this period. The next step is to make the new website translatable via a custom WordPress plugin that integrates with GNOME’s translation infrastructure. It will be interesting to see how they do this. Interestingly, the Beijing GNOME Users Group launched a GNOME store on Taobao which is an online Chinese shopping site. Evidently the store sells GNOME 3 T-shirts, banners, stickers, GNOME Balloons, GNOME 3 DVDs. All funds received will be used to benefit local |
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