gDesklets now in Fedora
Thanks to Luya Tshimbalanga, I can happily announce that gDesklets is now officially in Fedora Extras for all supported architectures!
Now with our shiny new website, this very comprehensive Developer's Book, and even a handy printed reference (still in German only, sorry), what are you waiting for? :)
I am still planning to bring gDesklets to the Nokia 770 in some form. Maybe as a simple way to create your own home screen applets. That would require a slimmed down version of the core, which could also become the base for gDesklets 0.40.
DVDs on Train
I successfully tested my Nokia 770 for watching DVDs on long train trips. With a 512 MB memory card you can take two DVDs encoded in reasonable quality for the 770's screen with you.
The screen is actually big enough for watching movies comfortably; and with headphones, you don't annoy the others. Battery life is not an issue as you can watch several movies with a full charge.
My next train trip will be to Hungary, so I'm looking for some DVD to purchase for that.
White Christmas?
Experience shows that while we usually have a green Christmas in my area, there's always quite some snow a week before; today as well. Maybe we should have Xmas one week earlier here. ^^;
GNOME vs KDE
In other news, Linus Torvalds was trolling about GNOME. I wouldn't have expected such dumb statements by Linus, but who cares? His domain is the kernel, and I don't care about what desktop he uses.
My preference still is GNOME because I can use the apps without needing a map and GPS to find the options I'm looking for. Nonetheless, KDE has some good applications, and a more mature VFS layer (more responsive, more stable).
I'm sometimes impressed by KDE's enthusiasm and technology, but disappointed by how they put it all under a IMHO sick overloaded user interface design. Maybe the ideal desktop would be a KNOME, featuring KDE's quick progress and technology along with GNOME's clean design. But that isn't going to happen soon, and diversity is good.
I'm sure GNOME is on the right path and 2.14 will rock!