* Posts by dr No

4 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Jul 2011

The sad state of Linux desktop diversity: 21 environments, just 2 designs

dr No

I used to use litestep on XP. Bit by bit I got rid of all the unnecessary shell widgets until I was left with just a context menu that would pop up when I hit the meta (windows) key. That allowed me to do all my OS-ing by stepping down into nested menus, wither with the mouse or arrow keys. It was the best shell experience I've ever had.

Dock? ×

taskbar? ×

systray × (clock and some system info was on the context menu).

The file browser was Dopus, which does use the left to right form, so ✓

Will the looters 'loose' their benefits?

dr No
Mushroom

cry havoc…

…and loose the benfits of war!

NASA's Juno roars off to Jupiter

dr No

Lego Gallileo on board

"NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft will carry the 1.5-inch likeness of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno to Jupiter when the spacecraft launches this Friday, Aug. 5. The inclusion of the three mini-statues, or figurines, is part of a joint outreach and educational program developed as part of the partnership between NASA and the LEGO Group to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics."

How LulzSec pwned The Sun

dr No

That's right, it was a mere 35 years after..

..they got the vote in New Zealand. And just 33 years after South Australia. Cutting edge stuff, chaps.