I stumbled upon a Fedora package release named gnome-shell, which led me to its project web site. It is easy to play from Gnome 2.30, simply invoke this from a terminal prompt:
gnome-shell –replace
… and the existing GNOME panel will be replaced using shell. When done playing, simply press Ctrl-C from the terminal and you are [...]
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GnomeShell preview
Jun 11
Fedora 13 add-on packages
May 29
After a stock Fedora 13 install, it is time to add-on packages to bolster up this lightweight and stable desktop OS. With the eye-candy afforded by Compiz-Fusion and Emerald theme manager and replacing the bottom Gnome panel with Avant Window Navigator and its docking applets, it is a simple matter of installing and some [...]
Fedora 13 preupgrade
May 25
A quick post that I (successfully) upgraded my Fedora 12 guest under KVM using the preupgrade script. Just yum install preupgrade and enter preupgrade “Fedora 13 (Goddard)”. After a download of 1217 packages (mileage may vary), it reboots to complete the upgrade process. That part failed for me, although I was able to quickly diagnose [...]
Hack & Slash online
May 13
It has been over a year since this game has been available to play online. Now that I have control over my guest web server and installed WebSVN, I decided it was time to dust off that old C code.
But instead of crafting new scripts to compile it, I headed instead to a Gnome-based programming [...]
Moving to DynDNS
Mar 20
After switching to FiOS, it was time to move my domain, hurst-ri.us, from a solid provider in dotEarth to a new location with DynDNS. The reason for the move is because I would no longer be able to co-locate with my brother’s store, rah-cocos.com, as he prepares to close his store/warehouse — along with [...]
