Category: Planet Gnomefr

  • git commit / darcs record

    I’ve been working wit git lately but I have also missed the darcs user interface. I honestly think the darcs user interface is the best I’ve ever seen, it’s such a joy to record/push/pull (when darcs doesn’t eat your cpu) 🙂 I looked at git add –interactive because it had hunk-based commit, a pre-requisite for…

  • Graduation

    As of friday, I shall be referred to as “Ir. Raphael Slinckx” 🙂 The 2007 promotion (I’m the guy with the red jacket). Note the geeks. Especially our teacher that looks like Clint Eastwood ready to shoot someone. Antoine and me with the AILv price. We ended in 4th position for the best mémoire that…

  • Election Day

    Today was election day in Belgium! It turns out that my area uses the electronic voting, unfortunately I can only hope that WYSIWYV !

  • Google Summer Of Code

    Summer of Code I’m mentoring two students this year for the google summer of code: Daniel Siegel Daniel is going to implement some kind of photobooth application for GNOME. There has been some buzz around the idea lately. I believe that the idea if done well could really be a mini-killer-application. There is also some…

  • Let’s take pictures!

    This wednesday our local louvain-la-neuve LUG (louvain-li-nux) will participate to a student fair showcasing all activity groups present in the university. We had the idea of creating a photo booth stand where people can stop by take a picture by pressing a button and then send that picture on a dynamic website or on a…

  • My Christmas present: Gossip Audio/Video

    Gossip has now video/audio capabilities ! Coming soon in your favorite distribution. Notes: In reality I’m handsome, the weird face is due to the camera’s angle The black square is actually the video preview frame where you see yourself (but it can’t be screenshotted) The meters aren’t working yet If no video is possible, then…

  • Scandinavia ♥ Tux

    Tivoli, Copenhagen

  • Internet pour tous !

    Je viens de recevoir un courrier de notre gouvernement fédéral, faisant la promotion de “L’internet pour tous”. Moyennant une somme de 850€ maximum, le peuple peut acheter un “pack” comprenant un ordinateur, un abonnement adsl pour an, des logiciels, un lecteur de carte d’identité électronique ainsi qu’une formation de base. De plus, 21% de cette…

  • Epiphany is hype, get over it

    Ploum writes about epiphany 2.14, and explain why it’s the best browser for gnome. To make it short, here is a summary of the killer features in epiphany 2.14 Easy RSS subscription, integration with gnome programs (liferea, blam, straw) “Tagged” Bookmarks management (very Web 2.0) Adblock extension working out of the box HIG and gnome…

  • Deskbar 2.14

    There it is, we finally released the final 2.14 version of deskbar for the general audience ! Nigel made an excellent comment and a screencast (flash) (mirror) showcasing some current deskbar capabilities. I’m glad to see that the gnome community is loving it, and using it ! THANKS !