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Nel mondo GNU/Linux, a differenza di tutti gli altri sistemi operativi, la possibilità di personalizzare l’uso del sistema operativo è totale e a 360 gradi.
Tra le tante migliaia di possibili personalizzazioni c’è anche quella dell’interfaccia grafica. Queste si dividono in due grandi famiglie: i Window Manager e i Desktop Manager.
Un Window Manager (vedi il link per vedere quali e quanti sono) è:
“un software che gestisce l’aspetto e la posizione di una finestra nel X Window System, un sistema grafico usato principalmente sotto Unix”.
Le prime interfaccie grafiche per GNU/Linux nascono nei primi anni ‘90 e sono molto semplici: permettono di gestire le finestre presenti sul desktop, di aprirle e chiuderle e poco più. Niente a confronto con quello che permettono di fare i concorrenti.
Col passare del tempo, grazie all’uso di tanti e tante volontari cresce l’esigenza e la partecipazione per la costruzione di moderni strumenti per l’interfaccia grafica, ed è alle fine del millennio scorso che nasce il progetto Gnome, il primo Desktop Manager (detto anche desktop environments), cioè un’interfaccia grafica che offre all’utente la gestione non solo delle finestre, ma di un ambiente integrato per la gestione dei file, dei dispositivi, delle finestre e di tutto quello che permette di usare riccamente il proprio computer.
Nel mio caso, dopo qualche anno di uso di Gnome, dal 2003 uso KDE.
AGGIORNAMENTO!!
Ebbene, poco dopo aver scritto e pubblicato questa pagina, ad un aggiornamento della mia ubuntu mi sono ritrovato con buona parte di KDE (KDE 4, che qualsiasi divinità a caso lo stramaledica, lui e chi ha deciso fosse il caso di metterlo in produzione quando è poco più di una beta, ad essere magnanimi) che non funzionava più e/o aveva perso tutte le impostazioni.
Dopo il conseguente ed ovvio enorme giramento di maroni (e non intendo le belle castagne amiatine), ho preso il toro per le corna e sono (ri)passato armi e bagagli allo gnomo.
Passaggio che ha comportato qualche giorno di assestamento, dovuto soprattutto a trovare i programmi equivalenti a quelli a cui ero abituato (e per uno, amarok, non è stato possibile, così me lo sono tenuto), soprattutto per la posta (e la scelta è caduta sull’ottimo Claws Mail, giunto alla versione 3.7.0).
Che dire: sarò costretto a mettere, qui di seguito, anche le news dal mondo dello gnomo, che altrimenti non è giusto! 
Un’altra possiblie soluzione è il più recente Xfce, che offre sostanzialmente cose simili con un uso molto minore delle risorse del pc.
Sotto un po’ di news.
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Gnome Italia Planet
Luca Ferretti: A New Deal - Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Guadatevi attorno... Il colore aubergine comincia già a fare proseliti. Per esempio qui, ma debbo dire anche nel mio armadio, dove già in tempi non sospetti è atterrato qualcosa.
PS Il mio commento serio sul cambio di rotta lo troverete sul blog di Flavia non appena avrò trovato 2 ore di tempo per leggere, comprendere, destrutturare e rielaborare personalmente le pagine di annuncio del nuovo brand e il post di Shuttleworth... e ovviamente trovato il modo migliore per comunicare alle alte sfere che il circle of friend messo in apice nun se po' vedè
Ulisse Perusin (ulisse): Aang! - Sun, 07 Mar 2010
Con un tempo record di soli tre anni e mezzo, ho di nuovo cambiato il pc! 
La nuova bestiolina si chiama Aang, è attrezzata con un Intel Core i5-650, 4 Gb di ram a 1333 MHz ed una scheda video ATi/AMD HD5570 da 1 Gb di vram. Per contenere il tutto ho riutilizzato un vecchio stupendo case tower (con le ruote!) che avevo in giro per casa.
Per sbaglio ho installato il sistema (Ubuntu) a 32 bit, per ora mi sa che me lo terrò così, la differenza è trascurabile. L’unico piccolo problema riscontrato è stato coi driver proprietari della scheda video, che probabilmente perchè più vecchi della scheda stessa, producevano un watermark nell’angolo in basso a destra con scritto “AMD – unsupported hardware”.
Ho risolto installando gli ultimi driver dal sito AMD, che fortunatamente sono predisposti per autoconfezionarsi all’occorrenza in comodi pacchetti .deb per Ubuntu; il watermark è sparito ma adesso sembra esserci un piccolo problema nello svegliare lo schermo: a volte uno può scuotere il mouse quanto gli pare, ma lo schermo continua a non ricevere segnale video e spegnersi di nuovo. Poi, a forza di scuotere, finalmente cede e si accende. Mah…
Albus, il mio vecchio pc, essendo ancora in grande forma, andrà probabilmente a prestare servizio da qualche altra parte.
Stefano Canepa (sc): Placida Signora » Blog Archive » Dichiarazione d’Amore alla mia Città - Sun, 07 Mar 2010
Placida Signora » Blog Archive » Dichiarazione d’Amore alla mia Città.
Stefano Canepa (sc): Approfittando della confusione, Paperella si candida alle reg… on Twitpic - Sat, 06 Mar 2010
Gianky la mette in ridere:
Approfittando della confusione, Paperella si candida alle reg… on Twitpic.
Luca Bruno (Lethalman): Google search wrong again - Fri, 05 Mar 2010
Hello,
sometimes ago I posted twice about google search having wrong results.
Now it happens again after a few months (it's like google breaks page weights like every 4-5 months).
The search is "debian dpkg list", I really expect the mailing list info page but after 3-4 pages of google search (and also bing this time) I couldn't find it. With yahoo search it's at the first position (lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg).
Like for the previous posts, using different search engines matters and matches your needs.
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The GNOME Journal – article
What's New with Banshee
The Banshee Project released 1.5.3 on January 27th. This release brings a slew of improvements to the already impressive media player that gives iTunes a run for its money, if not hype.
Interview with Jonathan Thomas, creator of the OpenShot video editor
Paul Cutler interviews Jonathan Thomas, creator of the OpenShot video editor. OpenShot is a non-linear video editor with support for many audio and video codecs, GNOME drag and drop support, titles, transitions video encoding and transcoding and more.
GNOME Boston Summit 2009
Jason Clinton recaps the talks given at the Boston Summit in October 2009.
PiTiVi
Jono Bacon provides an overview of PiTiVi, an open source video editor for the Linux desktop.
Writing Multimedia Applications with Vala
Jim Nelson describes using Vala to write multimedia applications for the Linux desktop.
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FootNotes – GNOME Desktop News
Google Summer of Code 2010 Call for Ideas - Tue, 09 Mar 2010
GNOME's Google Summer of Code Admins are looking for a few good ideas. In case you missed it, here's the post from Ruben Vermeersch that went out to devel-announce and foundation-announce:
It's that time of the year again: Google's Summer of Code is approaching. We are in the midst of preparing it all but we need your help by submitting great project ideas. Student proposals will start to roll in on March 29, but we'd like to make sure there are plenty of projects from them to chose from and have mentors ready to volunteer their time.
Debian/GNOME Bug Weekend Approaches - Mon, 15 Feb 2010
The Debian Project is seeking a few GNOME lovers to help with a "massive cleanup in the insane amount of bugs submitted against GNOME packages." The Debian/GNOME Bug Weekend will be the last weekend of February, on the #debian-gnome channel on OFTC.
From the email to debian-devel-announce:
You don’t need any special skills. Just join #debian-gnome on the OFTC
IRC network, and we’ll provide all the guidance you need.Ultimately, the goal is to have, at the end of that week-end, all bugs
against GNOME packages in one of those states:
* closed
* forwarded upstream
* having a fix ready to upload
* waiting for more information from the submitterAgain, the Debian/GNOME bug weekend takes place on February 27 and 28. If you have some free time, you can help Debian and GNOME!
GNOME 2.30 Beta (2.29.90) is Available - Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The first beta release (2.29.90) towards GNOME 2.30 has hit the streets. This release is the beginning of the user interface (UI) freeze. Note that this release is not yet ready for production use, but is suitable for developers and testers who are working towards 2.30.
The full schedule is available on GNOME.org. The next beta is schedule for February 22. The release announcement has pointers to the tarballs for 2.29.90.
GNOME Journal 18 Released - Sat, 06 Feb 2010
The latest GNOME Journal has hit the streets. Issue 18, published on February 5, is a special edition focusing on multimedia, and a wrap-up of the GNOME Boston Summit by Jason Clinton. Four articles are by first time GNOME Journal contributors!
- Pitivi by Jono Baco
- What's new in Banshee by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
- Boston Summit Recap by Jason Clinton
- An interview with Jonathan Thomas, creator of the OpenShot video editor by Paul Cutler
- Writing Multimedia Applications in Vala by Jim Nelson
The latest GNOME Journal was edited by Sumana Harihareswara, Jim Hodapp, and Stormy Peters.
Want to keep up to date on GNOME Journal? Follow @gnomejournal on Identi.ca and/or Twitter. The GNOME Journal team is always looking for contributions!
Mozilla Sponsors GNOME Accessibility Efforts - Sat, 06 Feb 2010
BOSTON, Mass — February 4, 2010 — The GNOME Foundation is happy to announce a substantial donation from the Mozilla Corporation to benefit the GNOME Project's accessibility efforts. The donation will help continue the collaborative efforts between GNOME and Mozilla on Accessibility.
The Mozilla Corporation is granting the GNOME Foundation $10,000 for 2010. The funds will be used in part to send GNOME developers to the 25th Annual International CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. The CSUN Conference is one of the premier technology conferences for people with disabilities, and by holding a GNOME accessibility hackfest at the conference, GNOME can ensure a diverse group of GNOME developers are immersed in the accessibility space with direct hands-on interaction with end users.
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KDE Dot News
Akademy-es 2010 - Tue, 09 Mar 2010
The KDE España association is organizing Akademy-es 2010 in collaboration with Itsas (the Free Software group of the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) and the Department of Culture of the Basque Goverment. This event gathers contributors to and users of KDE software and will be held in the Engineering Technical School of Bilbao from the 7th to the 9th of May.
Kate, KDevelop and Okteta Developers Meet in Berlin - Mon, 08 Mar 2010
Berlin, probably one of the most frequented KDE hacking locations in the world, saw another hack sprint from 13th to 21st of February. This time four of the KDevelop and five of the Kate developers shared a week of very productive programming. Additionally team members from Okteta and KDE on Windows joined the meeting.
An Interview with KDEPIM Contributor Tobias König - Sun, 07 Mar 2010
Welcome to another interview with a KDE contributor. Last time we interviewed Marco Martin from KDE Plasma team, this time we talked with Tobias König from KDEPIM about Akonadi and the TV series Lost ;)
The original interview in Italian is available in Giovanni Venturi's KDE blog.
Camp KDE Videos Now Available, Get Them While They're Hot! - Wed, 03 Mar 2010
A little over a month ago, the KDE community had its yearly Americas event in San Diego. In the final article we promised you all the videos of the talks and now the KDE promo channel on Youtube features a series of Camp KDE talks. Check it out!
KDE Software Compilation 4.4.1 Out Now - Tue, 02 Mar 2010
KDE has released an update to the 4.4 series of our Software Compilation. Among other improvements, this update includes a fix for KMail hanging when sending emails that just missed the deadline for 4.4.0 and a number of fixes in many gearheads' favorite terminal emulator, Konsole.
As usual, this maintenance release also brings updated translations, but no new features. KDE recommends this update to everyone running 4.4.0 or earlier. Updated packages for many distros are becoming available as we speak.
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Rapidshare Starter 0.1.1 (KDE Other Utility) - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Rapidshare Starter 0.1.1
(KDE Other Utility)
Rapidshare Starter is a Konqueror plugin that will monitor Rapidshare time limitations and prompt you when the download is ready to start. With this plugin you don\'t need to check the countdown and so you can continue browsing.
changelog:
corrected a typo
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Megaupload Starter 0.1.1
(KDE Other Utility)
Megaupload Starter is a Konqueror plugin that will monitor Megaupload time limitations and prompt you when the download is ready to start. With this plugin you don\\\'t need to check the countdown and so you can continue browsing.
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Firewall Builder 4.0 4.0.0 beta
(KDE Security)
Firewall Builder 4.0 comes with support for high availability
firewall configurations, including heartbeat, vrrpd, keepalived,
conntrackd on Linux, CARP and pfsync on OpenBSD and PIX failover
configuration. It can generate configuration scripts to manage ip
addresses, VLAN, bridge and bonding interfaces on the firewall.
Drop-in support for OpenWRT firewall script is now available, as well
as experimental integration with IPCOP firewall appliances. The GUI
has supports undo/redo of unlimited depth and was generally
streamlined and improved.
changelog:
This is first public beta release.
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simon (Speech Interaction Daemon) 0.3-alpha-1
(KDE Accessibility Application)
The project provides a ready-to-use interface for the julius speech recognition engine. It integrates into X11 and Windows.
simon can import dictionaries, grammar structures and compile a language model with the help of the HTK toolkit of the university of cambridge.
With the recognition results it can type texts, simulate shortcut sequences, start programs control your mouse and more.
simon comes with a complete manual describing the system. This manual and setup instructions are also available from our wiki: http://simon-listens.org/wiki
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need help!
changelog:
0.2:
Fixed the remaining known issues and added the manual.
0.2 rc1:
We've done a _lot_ of testing. Basically we tested every feature as well as we could and came up with a lot of bugs.
Well those are all fixed now :)
There are two issues left which are sadly quite bad: One crashes simon and one causes the recognition to stop without any error or warning what so ever. Both only get triggered when re-initializing the recognition and are related to Juliuslib. I hope to get that fixed soon.
But all in all, simon should be quite stable and ready for some productive use!
0.2-beta-3:
Introducing three new command plug-ins:
* List
A list of other simon commands; The user selects one of the commands using numbers 1-9; If there are more than 8 commands in the list, the list only goes from 1-8 and 0 and 9 are can be used for scrolling (0: up; 9: down).
* Composite
Combines other simon commands in one "Macro". The user can even define delays between the invocation of two sub-commands.
* Input Numbers
A calculator-like front-end to input long numbers with ease.
Also, the desktop-grid can now be completely controlled by voice.
The recording widget now displays the current "loudness" of the input while recording. This should help to weed out not working / badly configured microphones.
Updated Julius to the current SVN versions with minimal modifications.
Bug-Fixing all around - especially related to sound and recognition.
0.2-beta-2:
Fixed various bugs related to the grammar which caused it to not get saved most of the time. It is now again possible to add multiple words at once without losing samples. All input files to the importing functions (dictionary, texts, etc.) are now checked if they exist before the importing begins. simon now compiles also on Ubuntu Hardy Heron (KDE 4.0) Removed KDE-Includes when building julius (a lot of warnings due to strict compiler flags) All libraries are now installed correctly.
0.2-beta-1:
Bugfixing all around.
Fixed a whole lot of libjulius / sent related issues regarding stopping / starting of the sound-stream.
Fixing the Windows Version.
Introducing CPack support for quick package building.
0.2-alpha-1:
Porting to KDE 4
Removed Juliusd in favor of simond:
* Network audio streaming
* Recognition and model compilation on server
* No processor intensive calculations on the client (opens the door to development of solutions for embedded devices, etc.)
Revised and greatly improved command plugin architecture
* Individual triggers per plugin
* Runtime module loading / unloading (even the configuration of the modules)
Introduction of ksimond - a frontend to the simond recognition server
And much, much more...
0.1-alpha-2.1:
A lot of compatibility fixes.
0.1-alpha-2:
Too many changes to count - here the most important ones:
Fixed about a gazillion bugs.
Streamlined the interface.
The command-system has been completely rewritten.
A few performance optimizations.
Introduced a structured build-system.
Switched to portaudio backend for more compatibility.
Did I mention fixing bugs? Lots of them...
0.1-alpha-1:
Initial release
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KMidimon 0.7.3
(KDE Sound Application)
KMidimon monitors events coming from a MIDI external port or application via the ALSA sequencer, or loaded from Standard MIDI Files. It is especially useful if you want to debug MIDI software or your MIDI setup.
Features:
* Easy to use KDE graphic user interface
* Based on the ALSA sequencer
* Customizable event filters and sequencer parameters
* Supports all MIDI messages, including System Exclusive, and ALSA messages
* Saves to a text file (CSV format) or Standard MIDI Files (SMF) the recorded event list
* MIDI playback of the recorded or loaded events
* GPL licensed
changelog:
Changes in 0.7.3 (2009-12-23)
* using Drumstick-0.3
* load and play WRK files (Cakewalk)
* open files from the command line
* drag and drop files into the main window
* fixed loop and stop time (last event time was not initialised)
* show the file name in the window title bar
Changes in 0.7.2 (2009-12-23)
* Added two new options all/none to the fine grained filter menus
* Show file creation/modification dates in the SMF info dialog
* Support for international encodings on MIDI text events
* Support for SMF sequencer specific and unregistered meta-events
* Open files filtered by mime-type instead of filename extensions
* Playback loop
* Mute tracks
* Allow stop in paused state
* Build system improvements and assorted fixes
* Czech translation. Thanks to Pavel Fric
Changes in 0.7.1
* Optionally translate notes, controllers and program numbers into names.
* Support for GM, GS and XG standards, using .INS definition files.
* New context menu option: adjust column sizes.
* Fine grained event filters, in addition to the old coarse filters.
* Fixed unregistered bug: don't change the current sequence PPQ/Tempo when applying the preferences dialog.
* New dialog showing information about the current loaded sequence.
* Support for the SMF events: Sequence Number, Forced Channel, Forced Port and SMPTE Offset.
* Playback speed control: tempo "zoom" slider allowing continuous scaling from 50% to 200%.
0.7.0
* Read and dump events from SMF (Standard MIDI Files)
* Save the session also in SMF format
* MIDI Playback
* Tabbed views for track filters
* Documentation updated, new man page
* Spanish translation updated
0.6.0
* Migrated to KDE4
* New library providing ALSA sequencer services
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Digitally Imported (DI.fm) Radio 1.0
(Other KDE Stuff)
Amarok 2 script that creates a service listing of DI.fm mp3 net radio stations.
changelog:
link was broken (filename too long for kde-look.org)?
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Kde linux
(KDE Wallpaper 1280x1024)
just another kde wallpaper...
bye :-)
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KDE American Football Helmet pack
(KDE Icons)
changelog:
kde icons on american football helmet set of 10 icons
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Amarok
Podcasts in Amarok 2.3 - Sat, 27 Feb 2010
Kraut Sourcing - Wed, 17 Feb 2010
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One more thing... - Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Amarok on Windows - Getting there :) - Sun, 07 Feb 2010
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