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Something Gnome3 and Unity could Stand to Learn from Windows 8 Ive mentioned a few times now that I dont understand this touch infatuation technology has developed in recent years. What ever the reason, there is no doubting this technology is going to be around for some time. In the Linux world the releases of the Gnome 3 and Unity desktops have been pushing a touch-geared interface not only to touch-screen devices, but also the large screen of your home PC! Macs OSX followed this line of thinking and it appears Microsofts Window 8 will be no different: Windows 8 Default Interface It is still early, but there appears to be one important detail that Microsoft is getting correct that Gnome 3, Unity, and OSX all seem to have failed at. They are making it easy to switch to a classic desktop. If Microsofts choke hold on the market still is any indication we should all know end users are very resistant to change. Up and redesigning the entire desktop experience because you think it is "...

Starting to learn Vala I have decided to learn Vala. Instructions are here. Hello Dbus: Everyone starts with "Hello World." I did too. Little is gained by repeating it. So here is something different. Here is my first dbus introspection in vala: // This vala file is named dbus-introspection.vala [DBus (name = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable")] // Dbus interface interface Introspectable : Object { [DBus (name = "Introspect")] // Dbus method public abstract string introspect() throws IOError; } void main () { Introspectable conn = null; // If inside the try, causes fail try { conn = Bus.get_proxy_sync (BusType.SESSION, // Dbus session "org.freedesktop.Notifications", // Dbus destination "/org/freedesktop/Notifications"); // Dbus path string reply = conn.introspect(); // the actual event stdout.printf ("%s ", reply); // print response } catch (IOError response) { // print error stderr.printf ("IO Error: %s ...

Spurs hope to learn from squandered opportunity Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs - Full Highlights | March 29, 2017 | 2016-17 NBA Season SAN ANTONIO -- The "L" word reverberated throughout the locker room Wednesday after a fast start morphed into slow death for the San Antonio Spurs, which saw a 22-point first quarter lead disintegrate into a 110-98 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Nearly every Spur interviewed said they"d "learn" from this, or characterized the game"s outcome as a "learning experience." "I think it"s a great learning experience," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "Reality check? We knew who we were playing. One of the best teams of the last few years ... . It was not going to be easy. We knew it was going to be tough." The Spurs also now understand their road through the postseason probably will track a little more adversely as most likely the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. San Antonio ...