My friend Og Maciel and I had a short package session today where we updated some openbox items that we use such as Nitrogen for wallpaper, pypanel, and something we didn’t package before…gmrun. Install it with:
sudo conary update gmrun
I’ve patched the default gmrunrc file so that when it executes, it places itself toward [...]
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gmrun and openbox
My friend Og Maciel and I had a short package session today where we updated some openbox items that we use such as Nitrogen for wallpaper, pypanel, and something we didn’t package before…gmrun. Install it with:
sudo conary update gmrun
I’ve patched the default gmrunrc file so that when it executes, it places itself toward [...]
Foresight KDE Alpha3
NOTE: For clarification purposes…this is not an official release. It is only accessible to developers. It is called Foresight KDE Alpha3 because it is based on the underlying architecture in Foresight Gnome alpha3 release.
For those of you with developer status or above on the Foresight Linux project, there is a KDE build available f [...]
Empowering the Linux Community
From a Linux Developer point of view, when users are no longer developing with you…you’ve lost. Empowerment is key to a successful community in Linux. The day the community is no longer empowered to improve is the day the distribution dies. What kills empowerment? Helplessness. Despair. Inability.
As an example, a user might [...]
Use Foresight Linux? Add Some Spice ...
Hot on the heels of the .4 beta release of Spicebird and a Lifehacker article previewing spicebird (with many screenshots and functionality tests) I bring you the Conary package available for your consumption. To install spicebird on Foresight:
sudo conary update spicebird=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-contrib
What is Spicebird? From the Spiceb [...]
Alltray in Foresight
I’ve recently packaged up Alltray, a handy tool for keeping items minimized to the gnome task bar, in Foresight Linux. For those of you who new to my blog…I’ve recently switched jobs to from the state of Virginia (project management) to work for rPath, Inc. rPath is responsible for some innovative software development tool [...]