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Remember these past few months where Ubuntu/Canonical’s contribution to Gnome (or lack thereof) was called into question and the topic was on the tip of every Linux news website tongue (see closing thoughts for info links)?  Let’s throw some gasoline on that fire for your Friday!!  It’s time for a Barbecue! Today, Mark Shuttleworth’s blog was added into Planet Gnome after he made a request for it to be added.  Why is this a controversy?  Mainly because some people want blogs that are featured on Planet Gnome to be from authors that are active in the Gnome community and to actually blog about Gnome as a topic.  If Canonical’s contributions to Gnome are being called into question (as evident from the links in closing thoughts below) then what results is a controversial decision for Mark’s blog to be added in. If you read the comments on the buglist issue , you will see that there are quite a few people in opposition to this move.  According to the Planet Gnome FAQ , there are criteria for being added.  Does Mark’s blog fit the criteria?  A close examination will result in a resounding NO. Examining the Evidence The evidence?  Mark has only one, single post on the topic of Gnome on his entire blog .  Is it recent?  If 2008 is recent, then yes, it’s recent.  If that’s not recent enough for you then no, it fails horribly on being recent

Many Linux users use the ‘find’ utility when searching for files using the command line on their system. They’ll do a simple: find / -name ‘pattern’ Really though, the power of find isn’t just in finding names of files but rather specific details about those files. For example, if you wanted to find files which are writable by both their owner and their group: find / -perm -444 -perm /222 ! -perm /111 or perhaps find any file that’s been altered in your Download directory in the past 24 hours: find /home/user/Downloads/ -mtime 0 As you can see, the find command is very versatile and can be used to find an array of different attributes of files.  There are times though where I’m just looking for something and I don’t want to have to wait for the command to scan the entire directory tree in order to track it down.  That’s where locate comes in with quick and simple results

So, what do you think of the Google News redesign? You like it???  Tell me where you live so I can come hit you on the head a couple of times with a tack hammer …we’ll see if that jars anything loose.  All kidding aside (no I don’t want to hit anyone on the head with a tack hammer), there is plenty of negative feedback on the redesign.  If you’re not sure what changed, the original Google News Blog announcement is here (with screenshots) and you can also see it on your own computer (for now…they may roll it out to other countries besides the US soon so this may not work perpetually) here is how to check: Login to your google account.  Go to http://google.com/news Now visit this link in a new tab:  http://www.google.ca/news The difference initially looks subtle but once you start scrolling it blares like a fog horn in your head.  I’m not the only one who thinks the redesign sucks.  The original announcement is filled with negative comments about the redesign.  Look on the right hand column of the announcement to see related posts and you’ll quickly see there are plenty of people who despise this ‘improvement’.  Even looking in the google news general forum results in the most popular threads being discussions about how bad the redesign actually is

What’s that strange image? It’s the logo of popular gaming website Abstract360.com.

Finish the month off with a bang (literally) and play the team from the DualShockers website  in our Community Playdate, Sunday, February 28.

There is nothing like an epic role-playing game (RPG) to get the blood stirring, your adventurous side stoked, your crafty warrior side activated. It’s easy to get lost in the glorious worlds of games like Fable II , Oblivion , and so many others. Well, before you lose your way exploring the recesses of some dungeon, make sure to enter our Epic RPGs Sweepstakes

Symptom: ======= GetIPForwardTable return’s undocumented error ERROR_MORE_DATA where it should actually return ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER in a Windows XP environment. Questions: ========= Is this an expected behavior? How we should handle the situation when ERROR_MORE_DATA is returned.

Young grasshopper, do you know the way of the legendary Han Tao? No? Well, you better learn it quick.

and the Winner is…… Congratulations to Bulletproof Infotech for taking home the Impact Award for SBSC of the YEAR! The Small Business Specialist Award recognizes a member of the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community in Canada who has demonstrated innovation for deploying a Microsoft-based small business solution (fewer than 50 employees or fewer than 25 PCs) with a tangible impact on the customer’s business. I’m also pleased to announce another 6 SBSC Partners that took home an award in their respective categories

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As I promised in the session in Minneapolis, all the links from the slide decks are available here.