Author: Nayar

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GNOME 3.12

KDE 4.13 is powerful as hell. But it is just a generic or classic desktop that awaits for the user to customise it. GNOME on the other hand aims to provide the user with a workspace. A delightful experience!

GNOME is based on the GTK+ toolkit which i believe not to be the on bleeding edge of technology as Qt actually is with it’s innovating QML technology.

GNOME, says to me:

Hi you there, welcome! Let me hold your hand and walk you around. You want to hear some music? You want to start working? Just type in your command and i’ll do it for you 🙂

Here’s how the menu or dashboard looks like. Type any program or recently used files here:

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Vertical space is very precious in modern 16/10 screens. GNOME knows that very well. It takes minimal amount of your screen and allows you to focus on what you have to do. Let’s compare reading a PDF in KDE 4.13 and GNOME 3.12

Reading PDF on Okular (KDE)

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Reading PDF on Document Viewer (GNOME)

Saw the difference is readable space?

GNOME is dedicated to offer you an experience as stated before. You’re listening to music while working. You press the next button on your keyboard, a non-intrusive notification appears at the bottom of the screen which disappears by itself after few seconds.

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If you want to know more about the song, just put your cursor over it, it expands revealing more controls.

Screenshot from 2014-04-29 21:13:12

Click on it, the full music app shows up. Genius! Choose the song you want then close it. Continue working as if nothing happened.

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Conclusion

Despite KDE apps like Dolphin, Okular and all have much much more feature and are more powerful, using GNOME apps at first seems such a great experience 🙂

In an ideal world,i’d like GNOME to be written with Qt Framework and QML. Or GNOME ‘Human Interaction’ team to take over KDE Plasma and make KDE rule the world. Or just forking existing KDE apps into GNOME. Do try GNOME 3.12 😀

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Killing your own people

I always thought it is illegal to kill your own people. For example, in the Arab Uprising, the ex-governors were trialled for giving orders or allowing police/army to shoot the people. Reading the Mauritian Constitution, i was kinda surprised to have read the following in section 4:-

(2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention
of this section, if he dies as the result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances
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(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny;

I’m no lawyer. Wondering why the so called “dictators” are trialled for their actions during uprising period. Is it really illegal to shoot at rebelling people in their countries?

Anyways, hope Mauritius doesn’t become dictated country.

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Teemo

I hate this stupid “champion”. It really needs to be ‘nerfed’.

I don’t mind the poison or blinding as much as the ability if his mushrooms to act like a “ward”.

Teemo

Those stupid “seeing” mushrooms just makes the whole map dangerous to wander around. Most annoying is that you see that stupid teemo put a mushroom in front of you. But can’t do anything to destroy it except by buying that expensive “ruby sight” thingy or simply walking on it.

Teemo is not fun to play against.

Hate you teemo. Hate YOU!!!!

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The Flying Bus

Sit idle in the bus. You shall travel faster and further. Poor runners…

Should you have had wings, you’ll be limited to the same speed and direction of the bus.

Why not cut the rope holding you down?

Use your wings to go faster and higher wherever you want!