Archive for December, 2009

Getting things done

Knowing that you have a lot of tasks that has to be done is something that can slow you down. I have how ever experienced that if you write down a list of tasks you’ll quickly move forward. On this list you write down anything. Even the smallest of tasks – these are in fact [...]

The wishlist for birthday

Since I’m becoming of age (39) on January 5th, 2010, this is my wishlist that I don’t believe will come trough: HTC / Google Nexus one (Launched on January 5th…) Dell 2100 Latitude (with Ubuntu Linux installed, please!) Scalextric Race Track (Any design will do, this was just an example!) Great kids (Already have that, [...]

Rapid Application Development under Linux

There are a few ways to develop applications under/for Linux. You can write cross platform applications using MonoDevelop, Real Basic and QT (not pronounced Cute, but Q.T. – yes, sort of like E.T….). Or you can use any other language and use IDEs like Komodo, Eclipse and so on. Coming from the Windows side of [...]

A Gnome Dock-applications roundup

I’m running Gnome under Ubuntu and I’ve had this Dock on the bottom of the desktop. First it was Avant Window Navigator (AWN), then – after reading only positive things regarding it – I moved to Gnome Do – Docky (GDD). After the upgrade to 9.10 GDD became a bit unstable and it’s unstableness sort [...]

Version numbers count

In an episode of TuxRadar they asked: Does Version numbers count? My response: Yes. Why? Read on. Quite a few Open Source software on the Linux platform is in version 0.x.x., and after listening to the episode I started to wonder why. Why is InkScape in version 0.47, when I think that the software is [...]