Jaunty NEW Update Manager pop-under

To disable the new Jaunty Update Manager's pop-under feature, just copy the following code in the terminal:

gconftool -s --type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch false

I have found the tip in the comments of TuxRadar's «Open letter to Mark Shuttleworth».

Bye

Jaunty's out! Check it out!

Finally!
Ubuntu released Jaunty Jackalope 9.04.
I haven't the time, till the w-e, to install it on my main laptop, due to full backup time... :)
Since.... I don't remember since when.... I have at home a laptop IBM Thinkpad R30. I tried many times over the past years to install an Ubuntu release without success.
I haven't given much time to find out the problems.
This was the perfect machine to try, and hope in, Jaunty.
And...
Tadaaaa...
Ubuntu installed without problems... nor kernel boot parameters... nor ... nothing at all.
The only problem was that the screen res was only 800x600... :) ... I say «was» cause after a bit of googling I found (as always) the solution.
Below the content of the super-natural /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
 HorizSync 28-49
 VertRefresh 43-72
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor  "Configured Monitor"
 Device  "Configured Video Device"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Modes  "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Credits to draimus, 2009, april 2nd post found at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident/+bug/209018

I'll post during the week-end how my main laptop upgrade is gone and something about my first Jaunty's impressions.... :P
LOVE IT!

waiting for 15 years....

Wait's over!
Wow... this brings my memory back for some days... months... years... yes. Many years. 15. (Better 17 years... 'cause haven't loved «The spaghetti incident» so much... )
It's a good album. Very good.

Thank you Axl Rose. Thank you very much.

GDD2008 Milan

Today I attended the GDD 2008 (Google Developers Day) in Milan. Was the first time. What a nice experience. Sessions were ok (not all what I expected) but, ok.

Interesting the topic on OpenWeb and the Keynote (overviewing all Google products), not bad GWT and Chrome V8 sessions, disliked the GData API; the content can be interesting but to much code to follow on slides, without the possibility to follow live on our Pc. But I understand... one day for so many things...
I love that Company.

The dream...

Check here
No comments needed...

Gnome Icon theme

I recently found an impressive wonderful icon theme for Gnome...
Meliae... now at version 0.2.3


Here the link to Gnome-look
Thanks to Sora for creating and sharing this piece of art!

Metacity opacity change (On inactive windows)

Since one of the last releases of metacity, at least set as default in UBUNTU, inactive windows have set opacity to a semi transparent value. That's nice but... with some skins the effect is terrible.
Here the gconf values to set to achive a nicer look.
(Eventually if you like the opacity effect, my advice is to set to the entire window that effect (using compiz)).
Howto:
1. Open the GConf Editor (alt+F2, gconf-editor, Enter)
2. Navigate to /apps/gwd and set the metacity_theme_shade_opacity Value to 1 (should be 0.75 as said in Ubuntu)
Done!
Here some screens...
...Before

...After

Nicer GNOME clock applet

I have found how to change the look of the default-almost-ugly GNOME clock applet...

gconf-editor
goto /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs

set

format = custom
custom_format = <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:smaller;">%a %d %b</span> <b>%H:%M</b>

Example: