Lucid moves to Yahoo! as Firefox search provider

ā€” Posted infirefox, linux, Ubuntu ā€” 1 min read
I’m not sure if it’s already well known, in the community of Ubuntu lowers. Anyway, I just discovered it today: namely, the Firefox default page in the next release of Ubuntu (10.04, code name “Lucid Lynx”) is already online, and it features a search box that it’s not more provided by Google, but instead by Yahoo!
Here is the screenshot of the Firefox default start page in the current Ubuntu release:

If you open Firefox in  a brand new Ubuntu 9.04, here is what you get…

To switch to the page of the next Ubuntu, you simply have to change the following URL:

http://start.ubuntu.com/9.10/

to this easily guessed URL:

http://start.ubuntu.com/10.04/

and you’ll be greeted with the following webpage:

Next Ubuntu default Firefox page…

Update: I’ve found the post that talks about the change of default search provider, on the Ubuntu developers list. I easily stumbled upon the page after a quick Google search.. can’t help but notice that Google is (still) my friend …;)

Book Of Love, Peter Gabriel

ā€” Posted inMusic, youtube ā€” 1 min read

Well, I came to the conclusion that it’s time to add some bytes of music to patch.panel. After all, music is something that can easily run – in its digital form – trough wires, panels and similar stuff… šŸ˜‰

A friend of mine shared this wonderful song, a cover beautifully played by Peter Gabriel. I find that both music and worlds are wonderful: this video present a static image, so you can better concentrate on the worlds.

…”you ought to give me wedding rings…”

Happy birthday, Qaiku!

ā€” Posted inlifestreaming, microblogging, qaiku, web2.0 ā€” 2 min read

It ‘a shame that the microblogging platform Qaiku still has not found – in general, and in the Italian community in particular – the credit it deserves (in my humble opinion), in light of the features and flexibility of its structure (less minimalist but far more effective than Twitter, just to make a quick comparison between the most diffused platform).
Features such as thematic groups, the possibility (really unique, for what I know) to select the language for messages, or sending images (and now, after the restyling, also more general attachments)… not to talk about the evolved conversational models (inspired to Jaiku, it features the possibility to add real comments to posts, with a build in notification mechanism to inform other participant about your reply)… these are things that might lead someone to a more careful analysis of the platform (which incidentally has been already translated into Italian for the most part, guess who did it…)



This week Qaiku went offline for a few hours, after which users have been surprised to find a substantial “refurbishment” of the site, which just recently celebrated her first birthday.

I followed the adventure of Qaiku from the earliest times (I am still convinced that I was the first to post a message in Italian, to say one thing). I was already there when the infrastructure had just gone out from the “internal” test phase. Time slowly brought a lot of interesting improvement over the original project, but the user base – at an international level (Qaiku is rather strong in Finland, its native country) – perhaps did not expand as the structure deserves. 

Now it seems that good things are happening, for Qaiku. Among others, maybe you’ll be glad to know that Ubuntu users can rely on Gwibber – a microblogging client already included in Ubuntu 9.10 – as a powerful tool to access the service, without even having to open a browser.

On this occasion, we publish here a screenshot of the Linux group (which, as any other group, can work selectively in Italian, English or any other language) .. you never know , maybe someone wants to join us …

Happy birthday, Qaiku!

ā€” Posted inlifestreaming, microblogging, qaiku, web2.0 ā€” 2 min read

It ‘a shame that the microblogging platform Qaiku still has not found – in general, and in the Italian community in particular – the credit it deserves (in my humble opinion), in light of the features and flexibility of its structure (less minimalist but far more effective than Twitter, just to make a quick comparison between the most diffused platform).
Features such as thematic groups, the possibility (really unique, for what I know) to select the language for messages, or sending images (and now, after the restyling, also more general attachments)… not to talk about the evolved conversational models (inspired to Jaiku, it features the possibility to add real comments to posts, with a build in notification mechanism to inform other participant about your reply)… these are things that might lead someone to a more careful analysis of the platform (which incidentally has been already translated into Italian for the most part, guess who did it…)



This week Qaiku went offline for a few hours, after which users have been surprised to find a substantial “refurbishment” of the site, which just recently celebrated her first birthday.

I followed the adventure of Qaiku from the earliest times (I am still convinced that I was the first to post a message in Italian, to say one thing). I was already there when the infrastructure had just gone out from the “internal” test phase. Time slowly brought a lot of interesting improvement over the original project, but the user base – at an international level (Qaiku is rather strong in Finland, its native country) – perhaps did not expand as the structure deserves. 

Now it seems that good things are happening, for Qaiku. Among others, maybe you’ll be glad to know that Ubuntu users can rely on Gwibber – a microblogging client already included in Ubuntu 9.10 – as a powerful tool to access the service, without even having to open a browser.

On this occasion, we publish here a screenshot of the Linux group (which, as any other group, can work selectively in Italian, English or any other language) .. you never know , maybe someone wants to join us …

New Brand for Ubuntu?

ā€” Posted inbranding, linux, Ubuntu ā€” 1 min read
 
via wiki.ubuntu.com

No more brown in Ubuntu desktop? Anyway, I must recognize that the posted screenshots are pretty…. It seems that Ubuntu is succesfully shaping a path toward a “clear” and fresh new style.
The new layout let you understand that there is something “new”, without loosing completely the old and widely accepted look & feel. Well done Ubuntu!