http://www.tildehash.com/ http://www.tildehash.com/ http://www.tildehash.com/tilde-ad.png List of Articles (newest first) en-us 40 The upcoming GNOME 3 release will be making some controversial changes, such as removing the Window List from the panel making for a more 'task-based environment' as they say Tuesday, March 01 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=track-me-just-track-me-gnome-project http://www.tildehash.com/?article=track-me-just-track-me-gnome-project Indie games are not very popular, on any platform. Windows users started taking games for granted a long time ago. With Windows being the dominant operating system Friday, December 24 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=why-indie-games-need-gnu-linux http://www.tildehash.com/?article=why-indie-games-need-gnu-linux What fills an entire CD, only fills 17% of a 4GB thumb drive ... In contrast to Live CDs, the data contained on a Live USB can be changed and additional data can be stored on the same device Saturday, July 03 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=liveusb-drives-why-how-to-and-where-at http://www.tildehash.com/?article=liveusb-drives-why-how-to-and-where-at Why am I reinventing Disqus? That is the question I've been getting asked since I 'announced' on Identi.ca that I'd be replacing Disqus with a free (AGPL) comment system that I was to write. Wednesday, July 21 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=why-im-reinventing-disqus http://www.tildehash.com/?article=why-im-reinventing-disqus There was a time I was obsessed with finding good, free, stable, Flash animation software, because at the time I was also obsessed with Homestar and other online cartoons and I wanted to make my own Friday, June 24 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=potential-for-free-animation-software-dead http://www.tildehash.com/?article=potential-for-free-animation-software-dead Ubuntu's 'meritocracy' is flawed to say the least. Ubuntu's developers are grossly uninformed as to what the Ubuntu community and users want and need. We need someone Friday, June 11 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=meritocracy-vs-democracy http://www.tildehash.com/?article=meritocracy-vs-democracy So we've probably all seen the mock-ups for Firefox 4.0 by now, but has any of it been implemented? In the Windows version, yes. On the GNU/Linux version, partially. Saturday, October 16 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=state-of-firefox-4-0-on-gnu-linux http://www.tildehash.com/?article=state-of-firefox-4-0-on-gnu-linux I've talked a little bit about the half-PHP-half-JavaScript Identi.ca share button I wrote, but I really haven't shown it off or explained how to use it. It's kind of pointless to write it for myself Thursday, June 30 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=new-identica-share-button http://www.tildehash.com/?article=new-identica-share-button Free Software activist & computer programmer Richard Stallman 'I personally have escaped from proprietary software [...] I started the Free Software Movement so that everyone could have this freedom.' Monday, February 07 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=interview-with-richard-stallman-2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=interview-with-richard-stallman-2011 Twitter popularized micro-blogging, indeed, but it isn't fair to say they started it. There are many micro-blogging services, like Identi.ca. I like Identi.ca's focus on software Monday, June 21 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=5-ways-identi.ca-is-better-than-twitter http://www.tildehash.com/?article=5-ways-identi.ca-is-better-than-twitter 'GPL Compatible' T-Shirts and Accessories - strong Copyleft licensed Free Software, this design is a reference to that. http://www.tildehash.com/?article=gpl-shirt http://www.tildehash.com/?article=gpl-shirt If you're like me, you hate when you're in a hurry and just want to start an application, get right to it, and just start working. Well it never works that way when you need it too. Sunday, November 07 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=advanced-application-shortcuts-with-zenity http://www.tildehash.com/?article=advanced-application-shortcuts-with-zenity So we have a few great Free Software gaming engines now, like DarkPlaces used in Nexuiz, Cube 2 used in Sauerbraten, Qfusion used in Warsow, soon id Tech 4 which is used in id Software's Quake 4 Saturday, December 11 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=too-many-shoot-em-up-games http://www.tildehash.com/?article=too-many-shoot-em-up-games The proprietary game 'Minecraft', which is written in Java, may have been inspired by Sauerbraten (also known as 'Cube 2'). Minecraft is a browser-based first person 'Sandbox' style adventure game Friday, November 12 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=minecraft-inspired-by-cube-2-sauerbraten http://www.tildehash.com/?article=minecraft-inspired-by-cube-2-sauerbraten Users who are new to the command-line find it intimidating, no matter what operating system, they just find it intimidating. They were introduced to computers with graphics and point-click interfaces Friday, November 19 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=gnome-terminal-command-summary-mockup http://www.tildehash.com/?article=gnome-terminal-command-summary-mockup I often tell people that setup, configuration, writing, scripting, and other general development of any website is better done on the same web server, or OS, as the web server Friday, February 18 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=web-development-better-done-on-gnu-linux http://www.tildehash.com/?article=web-development-better-done-on-gnu-linux ... from the film's official trailer, you can see what appears to be an old version of the KDE Desktop Environment. This particular still image is from a scene in the movie taking place in 2003 Thursday, September 09 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=kde-3-appears-in-the-social-network-movie http://www.tildehash.com/?article=kde-3-appears-in-the-social-network-movie Awhile ago, two family members of mine were programing something for a simple task, they chose to do it in Visual Basic as the program was going to be running in a Windows Monday, June 28 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=bashing-visual-basic-out-of-the-picture http://www.tildehash.com/?article=bashing-visual-basic-out-of-the-picture I purchased the first Humble Indie Bundle, and I'm glad to have not purchased the last seven. Why? I know what you're thinking, `it's monetary motivation for developers to port their games to Linux` Friday, December 16 2011 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=introducing-the-humble-deteriorating-bundle http://www.tildehash.com/?article=introducing-the-humble-deteriorating-bundle Popular Canadian rock band 'Sum 41', doesn't like Facebook, perhaps for technical and practical reasons, not really political reasons, but it's still awesome. Friday, July 30 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=sum-41-doesnt-like-facebook http://www.tildehash.com/?article=sum-41-doesnt-like-facebook The problem with emulating Windows -- or since 'WINE Is Not an Emulator' I should say: the problem with developing a 'Windows Compatibility Layer' -- is you end up having the same problems Windows has Thursday, June 10 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=a-windows-style-fix-to-a-wine-problem http://www.tildehash.com/?article=a-windows-style-fix-to-a-wine-problem We see it all the time, someone straying from one distribution or another because you 'have to use the command-line'. I've even heard that in person, I've heard it too many times. Friday, October 08 2010 http://www.tildehash.com/?article=problems-dont-always-need-command-line-solutions http://www.tildehash.com/?article=problems-dont-always-need-command-line-solutions