Tag: gnome

  • Even faster GNOME Music

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Hello my GNOMEish friends! This afternoon, I felt an urge to hear some classical music. Perhaps because I’m overworking a lot these days, I wanted to grab a good hot tea, and listen to relaxing music, and rest for a few minutes. My player of choice is GNOME Music. In the past, I couldn’t use…

  • Smarter half tiling in GNOME Shell/Mutter

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Hello GNOMErs, I think that, at this point, at least a good part of the community is aware of the many new features that are planned to arrive with GNOME 3.26. I’m particularly looking forward a better tiling story in GNOME Shell and Mutter. And, y’know, I’m not exactly a referrence in being passive about…

  • GNOME To Do 3.24 release, and it’s shining

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    Georges Stavracas
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    GNOME To Do is a personal task manager for GNOME. It uses GNOME technologies and integrates very well with the desktop. And now, it’s finally being released! The 3.24 version comes with a few nice features and, most importantly, whole load of bugfixes. Let’s get started! Autostart & notifications GNOME To Do now (optionally) autostarts once…

  • I’m not looking forward 3.24

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    Georges Stavracas
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    If you’re reading this post, please also read the one about GNOME 3.26. I’ll leave this post here for historical purposes, but you should disconsider what I say here. Not until it’s fixed. Those who follow my work are used to read my “Looking forward ” posts, and they appear to be quite popular. This…

  • GNOME Music: the road to 3.24

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    Georges Stavracas
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    (Disclaimer: this is a guest post from Marinus Schraal, the maintainer of Music) GNOME Music 3.24.1.1 has just been released, a good time to reflect on what has happened last development cycle. A goal for Music is to make it an exemplary application of GNOME/GTK+ Python programming and make it an entry-level project for new…

  • How I became a GNOME contributor

    How I became a GNOME contributor

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Recently, I was asked by my fellow GNOME friends to write how did I transitioned from nothing to a GNOME contributor. The intention is to motivate people to engage. I don’t think my story is that exciting, but, well, why not? If someone gets motivated and start contributing, goal achieved. But beware: there ain’t any…