Category: Free/Open-Source software
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Spooky GTG features to try out for Halloween 2020
Are you an irresistible creature with an insatiable love for the dead… bugs? Well, grab your bug hunter crossbow, because we need you to test some big technological changes in GTG so that we can confidently release version 0.5 sometime soon (way before the year end, ideally). Synchronizing your tasks across devices using CalDAV A…
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L'indicible horreur des fichiers SQLite (et les mandelbugs de corruption de profil Firefox)
En cet Halloween, je vous partage aujourd’hui une petite histoire d’horreur et quelques astuces, fruit de mes observations sur un mystérieux phénomène survenu en 2017. En fait, ce billet est resté dans mes brouillons depuis trois ans et trois semaines (essayez de battre ce record, bande de flemmards), et je me suis dit qu’il vallait…
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Rebuild of EvanGTGelion: Getting Things GNOME 0.4 released!
We are very proud to be announcing today the 0.4 release of Getting Things GNOME (“GTG”), codenamed “You Are (Not) Done”. This much-awaited release is a major overhaul that brings together many updates and enhancements, including new features, a modernized user interface and updated underlying technology. Beyond what is featured in these summarized release notes…
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Revival of GTG, status update #2: git ready to test!
As a follow-up to my first global project situation update, I am happy to report great progress towards the successful revival of the GTG project. You can see that in this fancy-pants teaser trailer (featuring epic music, big explosions and special effects), or this short status update video that also includes the trailer in it:…
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Overhauling your Open Source project's "Developer Experience" and redefining the workflow
A collection of observations and insights about attracting contributors by improving the developer experience of your open source project, particularly if you don’t have the luxury of paid developers.
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The Ultimate Free and Open Source conference explanation video
Have you ever wondered what the best community-oriented open source conference events look like? Ever wanted to attend one, but never dared to? Or need something to convince your boss to support you in attending as part of your work? For many veteran FLOSS contributors who are part of big established projects, it is easy…
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Revival of Getting Things GNOME: survey results and first status update
Ever since my previous blogging frenzy where I laid bare the secret to my productivity, formulated my typology of workers, and published a survey to evaluate the revival potential for Getting Things GNOME, I’m sure y’all have been dying to know what were the outcomes of that survey, and how the GTG project is doing.…
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Survey: making Getting Things GNOME sustainable as a productivity app for public good
Now that you’ve been introduced to the overall concept of Getting Things Done with the video in my previous blog post, let me show you the secret weapon of chaos warriors who want to follow that methodology with a digital tool they can truly own. Your secret weapon: “Getting Things GNOME” “Getting Things GNOME” is…
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Understanding the Rotschild vs GNOME case in 12 minutes
What’s the deal with the Rothschild vs GNOME Shotwell patent litigation case that the GNOME Foundation must defend against, and why does it matter for protecting the Free & Open-Source software community at large? Here’s my personal attempt at explaining the matter with a short video. Please note that this video represents my personal opinions,…
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The Longest Debugging—The journey towards a reliable Linux workstation
I have this curse where I keep finding heisenbugs not only in the software I use, but also in hardware… The difference being that, unlike software misbehavior, hardware issues take me months to figure out. But hey, they say I’m a persistent bastard. This blog post is mainly a tale about computer hardware, which is…