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Nine Rules for Designing a Linux Desktop
Datamation
In all the hours I've spent listening to discussions about GNOME 3 and Unity, my greatest impression is how far apart developers and users are. Both these interfaces have been advertised as reducing "clutter" -- a problem I've yet to hear large bodies ...
LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Feb-2012LXer (press release)

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IBNLive.com

Is Desktop Linux Becoming Fractured as Open Source Matures?
The VAR Guy
Until quite recently, the Linux world had, for the most part, only two major desktop environments: GNOME 2 and KDE. Fast forward to the present, however, and there's an immense litany of different choices, all vying to become the new face of your open ...
Will Unity win the battle of the Linux desktop?ITworld.com

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New York Daily News

Garden gnome key to Giants' success?
New York Daily News
and sister Jennifer with lucky Giants garden gnome Lauren gave Jennifer for Chirstmas. Photo by Robert Mecea The Giants' Super Bowl run can be chalked up to a tchotchke, at least according to one die-hard Big Blue fan. Forget the bruising defensive ...
Superstitious Giants Fans Worship At Altar Of Garden GnomeGothamist
Can a Creepy Garden Gnome Launch the Giants to Victory?Gawker

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New Fedora boss pushes for the clouds
Register
Discussing the GNOME situation, Bergeron was sanguine about the continuing debate in the industry over the shift to GNOME 3, something Linus Torvalds has been weighing in on ? negatively, that is. Linux Mint has seen its share of the open source market ...

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HEXUS

Canonical pulls funding for Kubuntu
iTWire
Canonical, the company best known for its Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, has decided to pull funding for Kubuntu, the version that has KDE as its desktop environment instead of GNOME. The upcoming 12.04 release will be the last that the company ...
Canonical aligns Kubuntu as community flavorITworld.com
Canonical pulls the plug on funding for Kubuntu LinuxLiliputing

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Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop
GNOME 2.x fans get ready to rejoice. Mint has just released the first stable version of Cinnamon, its GNOME 2.x look-alike Linux desktop interface.

Five most downloaded extensions of awesome (gnome) shell
Justin Stories: "The gnome shell extensions are a great to way to customize your awesome shell."

'Cinnamon' GNOME 3 fork now 'fully stable' with version 1.2
The Linux Mint team announced the first "fully stable" version of its new GNOME 2.x-like "Cinnamon" fork of the GNOME 3.x desktop environment.

3 Reasons Why Gnome Shell Is Better Than Ubuntu's Unity
MakeUseOf: There's absolutely no denying the fact that there has been a lot of bickering between people about which desktop environment is the best.

Webopedia Term of the Day: What is MGSE?
Webopedia: "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions (MGSE) is a desktop layer for the Linux Mint Linux-based operating system that 'sits on top' of the GNOME 3 desktop environment."

Can a Creepy Garden Gnome Launch the Giants to Victory? [Wtf]
# wtf The NY Daily News brings us the touching tale of a Brooklyn woman and her lucky garden gnome. Ever since Jennifer Pernice received the gag gift ? it's your standard garden gnome in a Giants jersey ? "The Giants have been doing pretty good." Look, either Pernice is the fun kind of crazy, or that gnome is actual magic. Either way it makes for a great story. More »

Android 4.0 ICS Inspired GNOME Shell Theme
Tech Drive-in: "This particular GNOME Shell theme, aptly named as Ice Cream Shell, is inspired from the latest version of Android OS."

GNOME Shell 3.2.2 Released
Softpedia: "GNOME Shell 3.2.2 is a maintenance release and it comes with over 15 changes, as well as lots of updated translations."

Garden gnome key to Giants' success?
The Giants' Super Bowl run can be chalked up to a tchotchke, at least according to one die-hard Big Blue fan.Forget the bruising defensive linemen and the stellar quarterback play. Brooklyn?s Jennifer Pernice thinks her lucky garden gnome ? clad in a blue Giants jersey ? has been the key to the team?s stunning late-season run.

Do Giants have gnome-field advantage?
Super Bowl silly season brings out wacky wagers and strange superstitions.