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Making Unity Useable | LAS | s23e03

chris — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:26:08 +0000

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Our top 10 tips to turn Unity into a great desktop! After years of rage, the crew of The Linux Action Show has grown to find a new respect, and maybe even some love for Unity. Tune in to find out details.

Plus: Is Valve making a XBMC competitor? Remote desktop suggestions, and converting video and audio formats under Linux.

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This High Tech Touch Screen Enabled Label Printer, Runs Linux! And E17!

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While over time we’ve changed our tune on Unity, early on we were kind of rough. We thought it would be a bit grounding to look back and what we used to say about Unity.

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Previous thoughts on Unity:

Matt: How Ubuntu’s Unity Can Be Improved – Datamation

“Apparently spending 15 minutes looking for something in a menu that is more attractive provides more value than getting things done in less than 5 seconds.”

“It’s not clever, it’s tacky and freakishly annoying.”

Chris: Ubuntu 11.04 Review

“I literally would wipe this off my system this instant if I was not forced to keep it for this review.”

Use a faster launcher, Chris likes Do
Install Drawers for Unity’s Launch Bar
Create and edit quicklists and launchers with MenuLibre
Intergreat with Google Docs: GWoffice
Gwibber Lens
Install SolusOS Patched Nautilus In Ubuntu 12.04 – Probably not a good idea!
Use the Ubuntu 12.10 theme on 12.04 for a bit more polish.
Unsettings: Tool To Disable Global Menu, Overlay Scrollbars And Tweak Unity
Install the System Load Indicator
Get a handle on all your PPAs

Using Unity for the first time:

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How to Encode WebM & BSD Tips | LAS | s15e05

chris — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:55:01 +0000

It’s an old IN DEPTH LOOK episode this week! Bryan is out resting with his new family, and we figured most of you in the US are watching the Super Bowl this weekend.

To keep your weekly dose of ACTION coming, I’ve put together a quick screen cast tutorial on using the Arista Transcoder to transcode just about any video format, into just about any other video format. Including support for WebM, and OGG Theora.

After that – Allan is back with a his first installment of Study BSD!

All that and more, on this week’s Linux Action Show!

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How to install firefox 4.0 beta using ubuntu PPA
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Is Google Playing You? | LAS | s15e02

chris — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:28:32 +0000

We’re all fired up over Google’s obvious playing of the open source community, and we attempt to shed our bright ACTION light of common sense their latest transgressions!

THEN – Firefox claims OpenGL is all messed up on Linux, and this has us scratching our heads!

Plus So much more!

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Runs Linux:
The Jeopardy Winning “Watson” Supercomputer, Runs Linux

Android Pick:
Prey Tracker
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NEWS:
Ubuntu to get 2D Unity option
Unity 2D now available for both Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and 11.04 Natty
FOSS Hopes for Novell Patents Spark, Then Quickly Fade
No Hardware Acceleration Firefox for Linux Due to Buggy X Drivers

Reddit Thread with comments from Chromium Dev

Google is “open”:
Google’s Official Announcement
Google’s dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for openness

“Znu”, on Slashdot:
This serves two strategic purposes for Google. First, it advances a codec that’s de facto controlled by Google at the expense of a codec that is a legitimate open standard controlled by a multi-vendor governance process managed by reputable international standards bodies. (“Open source” != “open standard”.) And second, it will slow the transition to HTML5 and away from Flash by creating more confusion about which codec to use for HTML5 video, which benefits Google by hurting Apple (since Apple doesn’t want to support Flash), but also sucks for users.

Microsoft Lashes Google for Dropping H.264
The first in-depth technical analysis of VP8
Creamy new Android 2.4 release due in May, say reports
Another Slashdot Commenter nails Chris’ thoughts on the topic RE: Flash Lock In

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Don’t Be Evil | J@N | 1.12.11

chris — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:39:46 +0000

Google’s recent announcement that they will be abandoning h.264 video compatibility in Chrome has touched a raw nerve with us. We’re here to tell you what we think this announcement is all about, what it could mean to the immediate future of online media and web browsing, and why Google is not living up to their motto, “Don’t Be Evil.”

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THE BIG BOMB:

https://blog.chromium.org/2011/01/html-video-codec-support-in-chrome.html

Is it to stick to Apple and their support of HTML5?
https://www.pcworld.com/article/216581/google_drops_h264_from_chrome_new_flash_battleground.html

Is it all about cutting the cost of running YouTube?
https://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/googles-h264-decision-its-all-about-youtube-costs/15529

Five simple questions to Google:
https://daringfireball.net/2011/01/simple_questions

Microsoft likens Google’s H.264 drop to abandoning English
https://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/12/microsoft.jabs.google.dropping.h264.in.chrome/

RELATED NEWS?

WebM (VP8) hardware acceleration coming to mobile chipsets soon
https://www.intomobile.com/2011/01/12/webm-vp8-codec/

Adobe plans to support WebM in Flash… Someday real soon now!
https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/05/adobe_support_for_vp8.html

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Ubuntu 10.04 Review | Linux Action Show! s11e10

chris — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:39:13 +0000

This week on The Linux Action Show,

It’s our ACTION review of Ubuntu 10.04, is this the release the world has been waiting for? WE DISCUSS! We cover the approaching war against OGG Theora and what it means for Linux users!

THEN – Is the Microsoft and HTC patent deal a sign of Microsoft’s new covert Linux attack strategy? WE BREAK IT DOWN!

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VirtualBox vs VMware | Linux Action Show s11e06

chris — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:12:01 +0000

This week on The Linux Action Show!

Novell kicks SCO in the face in a mother freaking punch fight! Google hires a dog to burn down Ogg Theora’s hospital.

THEN – Will HTML5 finally kill the windows monopoly? WE DISCUSS!

PLUS – VritualBox vs. VMware

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